A lot of people pose a question of how to kill the actual weed itself, without killing their grass or other surrounding plants. What they haven’t been told about the pesky little plant is that its presence in your garden is allowing nitrogen back into the soil. Some people recommend just mowing your lawn and allowing the clover to help your soils nitrogen content. It is also one of those rare breed of weeds that will stay green even if you live in a place where temperatures and climates can fluctuate. It would be nice to have a green lawn in summer as opposed to your next door neighbors putrid yellow. So, some would argue that the safest weed killers are none at all.

There are some things you will not be able to get rid of when trying to fly around the “safety” route concerning weed killers. It is meant to kill the weed, not generally maim it. If you want to get a good mean weed killer it is going to contain at least three or four herbicides. The more milder ones will contain one or two. The main point to take into consideration about these clover weed killers is that they all have at least one active herbicide meant to destroy the weed or plant itself. There are four main herbicides including 2, 4-D, Mecoprop (MCPP) and Dicambu.

These are the main herbicides that are mixed and matched within products, all very effective in killing clovers and any other weeds that commonly grow in your front yard. Generally, with clovers. the two most effective killers of the four are the MCPP and the Dicambu. Dicambu, when used in high amounts will have a higher chance of ruining other plants in your garden if you are not careful. The chemicals in it stay in your soil, so if it does end up killing your plants, you may need to redistribute and start all over with new soil. It is best, when talking about killing clover weeds to use MCCP, or a killer that has MCCP as your main chemical herbicide.

Soil preparation is the most important factor when growing carrots. As deep-rooted vegetables they require soft loamy soil that does not have any rocks, lumps or foreign materials in as these may cause misshapen carrots or stunted growth.

Organically grown Carrots are beneficial to the soil as they can help to build a soil as they grow. Even with stunted growth the soil is being broken up as the roots of the carrot grow.

A rotary hoe is an ideal tool for preparing the soil for planting carrots. It will help break up the soil creating a quality medium suitable for the growth of carrots. If you do not have a rotary hoe you can still use traditional digging methods but dig in ample amounts of quality organic compost and manures.

After preparing the soil it should be raked over level and small rows scribed in the soil about 2cm (about an inch) deep. Each row should be at least 20cm apart – 30cm would be better to allow for weeding and harvesting. Sticks should be placed at each end of the rows to mark where each row is. Otherwise you will not know where the seeds are until they begin to shoot.