They can certainly get away from you, and that will happen whenever something comes up, I let my small patch get out of hand last year due to a medical problem that sidelined me at a critical time that allowed the pigweed to take over, ground dries, gets hard, becomes a mess, but I did get a little out of it though. Same with sweet corn when I first started planting it again. Funny how a person can plant quite a bit, then realize, if you don't control the weeds on all of it, it makes a ton of work if you let it go, plants suffer, so does the crops.
The only thing I can think of that is simple and works, is grass or hay grass mulch. I cut my lawn and the neighbors now, both of which do not receive any chemical spray or fertilizer. Well mine did, (fertilizer only) this year as I replanted it. I cut it and leave it in swaths, then collect it with a lawn sweeper after its dry, sometimes it will have a little moisture, its just easier to deal with dry. I cover the stack to keep it dry as I used it. Once my plants are in I apply a generous amount over the soil. There is a lot of nitrogen in that green hay like mulch that will leach out in a good rain, it keeps the ground moist a long time as I have some clay in it, its easy to put down and it literally stops 95% of the weeds if not all of them. I've used small squares of hay, chaff from clean up, or what I make which I like the best as it fertilizes the soil. Last year I did not get it down in time, disaster... once planted, just lay it in there, within a week, you'll have no weeds and I never get weeds from it as has been mentioned by others doing this or using horse manure compost. This years is doing better than ever and its crowded with plants.
This post was edited by Billy NY at 13:12:00 07/21/15.
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