How to keep paths weed-free

[wyrdwitchMember]

My husband would agree with you about the hard graft, Pete. We make quite a good team usually in that he does all the hard graft, and I ‘potter’ around with the seed sowing and plant raising, harvesting and cooking. He’s not a fan of no-dig because digging is one of his favourite pastimes, so he digs his plot over every year, and when he’s run out of empty soil to turn, he comes over to my plot and clears the paths between the beds. We haven’t got down to the allotments as often as usual over the past year due to family commitments, and so he has been kept busy on his own plot – that’s why my paths have become overgrown, and that’s why I was trying to find an easy option …

[Pete BuddParticipant]

I would recommend less digging and more weeding. One result of digging is that weed seeds are brought to the surface to continue the cycle. Of course it is necessary to get air to the plant roots but “no dig” does this either by worm/micro bacterial action or by deep rooted “green manures” opening up the soil, (the one I really like for this is alfalfa).

Pete

[charlesModerator]

 Yes weeding involves graft, and if you can reduce that, so much the better.

I used cardboard last year at Homeacres to smother couch grass until its roots expired, adding more cardboard every two or three months, starting in February. I needed to use a trowel for removing invading couch shoots and roots from beds, which are now all clear of couch, as well as the paths.

So I would look to mulch for a year and be super diligent about removing every little blade and root you see poking out the sides, until the soil is clean. Mypex is possible but expensive and I would not leave it down long-term in paths, although some do, it’s up to you. Cardboard is free and rots in.

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