Rossdale Farm – One of the best parts of no till gardening is weeding!! In my 26,000 sq ft garden, I spend roughly 1 hour every two weeks weeding! Contrast that weeding all day, everyday all summer before I switched to no till gardening! Before I finished the whole garden, the weeds were already back again!
In no till, the mulch suppresses the growth of annual weed seeds. These reproduce by seeds and the mulch block the seeds from germinating so the only time you will get annual weed seed growth is if your mulch is too thin.
Perennial weed seeds are a bit more of a challenge as these grow by vegetative growth. This means they reproduce by rhizomes which can grow up through the mulch. The only way to prevent this is to put a very heavy, 12″ layer, of mulch down. It can be harder to work with such a thick lawyer of mulch in your garden but if you have quack grass or thistles in your garden, this will help to combat these types of weeds!
