Solarizing Garden Beds

Would solarizing garden beds help to get rid of chickweed?

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#1 Comment By AnnsGreeneHaus On 06/23/2013 @ 8:12 pm

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#2 Comment By Nikki On 06/24/2013 @ 7:28 am

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#3 Comment By baumac On 06/24/2013 @ 8:37 am

Thank you for the info. Tomato plants are “toast” because of viral fungus but the area where they were planted is overcome with chickweed – the perennial because of all the rain we’ve had. So I thought that “solarizing” the soil would “bake” the chickweed. What are your thoughts?

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