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Originally Posted by TheUrbanFarmer
What preventative measures do you put in place to prevent unwanted fungal/biological pathogens, harmful nematodes, soil pests, weed seeds, etc from carrying over from season to season?
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Fungal and biological I dont have much to worry about , harmful nematodes I dont have any, soil pest are the the slugs and snails and maybe I see two or three wireworms and the grub worms I bait the snails and slugs and dont worry about the rest.
My biggest weed seed is the elm tree seeds that dump everywhere in the late winter.
They come up by the millions.
When they do I scrape them off the top with a hoe or pile leaves and let them sprout and die in the leaves.
Wild carrot I let sprout and cut back with a hoe.
Sticky weed I rake up and compost.
Crab grass I hoe up.
The rest is of no concern it is stuff like horesherb that is a ground cover that is of no harm to the garden and is what I have instead of grass.
Small winter grasses that go away in the spring.
I also have sorrel that I wont let go to seed and keep chopping on it it is just about gone.
Worth