How to Grow More Vegetables

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Appropriate posture can make weeding easier.

Weeds are generally hardier than cultivated plants
since they are genetically closer to their parental plant
stock and nearer to the origin of the plant species. They
tend to germinate before broadcasted cultivated plants.
You should usually wait to remove these plants from the
beds until the cultured plants catch up with the weeds in
height or until the cultured plants become established
(about transplanting size)—whichever comes 9rst.
Weeding before this time is likely to disturb the
germinating cultured plant seeds or disturb the
developing new root systems, causing interrupted plant
growth and weakened plants. However, be sure to
remove any grass plants that develop in the beds after
the 9rst weeding. These plants put out incredibly large
root systems that interfere with other plants in the
competition for nutrients and water.

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