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How To Get Rid Of Weeds Naturally- Easy Tips For All Gardeners

Weeds are uninvited guests in our garden that we all want to get rid of. No matter how careful you take care of your garden, annoying weeds pop up and can become invasive very quickly. While some gardeners choose to reach out for chemical weed killers to get them out of their gardens right away, you can select more environmental-friendly methods. Read on for some of our easy tips below!

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1. Hand weeding

Grab a pair of gardening gloves and a tool with a forked end that let you dig deep into the soil to remove the roots of weeds. If you struggle to find the lists of top product reviews for tools with a sharp end to kill weeds, get onto Amazon and search for dandelion weeder.

While this is probably the most natural way to kill weeds, it’s the most time-consuming method. If roots remain in the soil, they’re bound to regrow quickly. For weeds with shallow roots, your task is quite simple.

All you need to do is hold the plants and pull gently. For those with deeper roots (like Japanese knotweed, horsetail, or dandelion), we would suggest you loosen the soil by digging a small hole in the soil around the stem; then grasp the stem firmly and pull strongly.



2. Use vinegar

Vinegar contains acetic acid, which is the active ingredient that helps to kill weeds. The ideal recipe that has proved to work effectively is one gallon of vinegar mixed with one tablespoon of dish soap and one cup of salt.

While top reviewed books for gardeners do not recommend using salt in killing weed, we insist on using it in this recipe as salt is useful when used cautiously and sparingly. Too much soil and vinegar can change the soil pH. Also, it’s worth noting that salt works best for small-scale gardening.

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3. Use natural weed preventers

Why wait until the weeds invade your garden and figure out how to kill them naturally? Why not prevent weeds from coming? Natural weed preventers are made from corn gluten meal that can efficiently prevent the growth of annual weeds like chickweed, purslane, or crabgrass. Therefore, gardeners need a proper plan to apply them at the right time of the year.

Amazon products that have proved their effects in preventing weeds are Preen Vegetable Garden Weed Preventer that inhibits the growth of weed seeds with corn protein. Alternatively, you can choose Espoma Organic Weed Preventer, which is also made from corn gluten meal to prevent weeds by inhibiting root development in seedlings.



4. Use newspapers

Newspapers are probably the most inexpensive method to kill weeds. You do not have to spend your valuable time going through the long lists of best product reviews to find the most suitable natural weed killers or preventers. All you need to do is lay down about eight to ten layers of newspapers on the soil, spray them with water to keep it in place, and then cover with mulch. Newspapers block sunlight; thus, prevent oxygen from reaching the soil, and kill growing weeds.

The bottom line

Gardeners do not need to find the best products on Thekinglive.com to kill weeds, as there are some natural methods to get rid of weeds without harming your soil and your environment. Using vinegar, natural weed preventers, or merely covering the soil with newspaper can help you kill weeds effectively. Click “share” if you like this post, and feel free to leave us comments below.

Re: Cannot unzip files

Reply #1
Remember what archive manager you used to create that archive and use the same program. I suggest you to use archive manager or engrampa

 

Re: Cannot unzip files

Reply #2
Maybe a plugin for your file manager is missing. A good idea would be to check the Optional Dependencies section of the package using pacman -Si program. For instance, pacman -Si xarchiver:

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Repository      : galaxy
Name            : xarchiver
[...]
Depends On      : gtk3
Optional Deps   : arj: ARJ support
                  binutils: deb support
                  bzip2: bzip2 support
                  cpio: RPM support
                  gzip: gzip support
                  lha: LHA support
                  lrzip: lrzip support
                  lz4: LZ4 support
                  lzip: lzip support
                  lzop: LZOP support
                  p7zip: 7z support
                  tar: tar support
                  unarj: ARJ support
                  unrar: RAR support
                  unzip: ZIP support
                  xdg-utils: recognize more file types to open
                  xz: xz support
                  zip: ZIP support
                  zstd: zstd support
[...]

Therefore, if I want ZIP support with xarchiver, I'd want to install unzip and zip.


Re: Cannot unzip files

Reply #4
Xarchiver it's not that good as archive manager (package called file-roller). So i would install file-roller that will do the job

Re: Cannot unzip files

Reply #5
Hi Jason!

Thank you for reaching out in the forums.
I would advise switching to a terminal unzip method, either using tar or unzip
(see linked man pages, or view them in the terminal with 'man <command>')

It can be good practice to be able to drop to a terminal and get work done--you may find you prefer it to working with a graphical  file manager.  You never know when you might need to upgrade, unzip, or modprobe a Nvidia driver from a terminal-only interface.

Cheers!

Re: Cannot unzip files

Reply #6
An archive manager doesnt get installed by default in the xfce install.  File roller works well with xfce thunar.

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pacman -Su file-roller