How to take action against the weeds

Identifying features

The annual, herbaceous chickweed is between five and forty centimeters high. The thin stem is covered with fine hair. The egg-shaped, about 5 millimeters large leaves are pointed at the end. Chickweed blooms almost all year round. The flowers are very small and pure white.

When the stem is torn off, a piece of the inside of the shoot often remains. This is popularly known as the chicken intestine and is a good distinguishing feature.

Fight chickweed

Miere thrives mainly in places where the plant can find loose, moist but rather nutrient-poor soils.

Since the chickweed does not have very deep roots, it can be relatively just mechanically weed. Make sure that you completely remove all roots so that they do not sprout from the remains of the roots.

Miere does not depend on pollination by insects, but is self-fertilizing. Therefore, if possible, you should pluck them out before flowering. Regular scarifying the lawn also ensures containment.

Plant gaps in the bed

Since the Miere, as a pointer plant, predominantly colonizes open areas, you should quickly close any gaps that have arisen. Re-sow lawns and provide for re-crops in the vegetable patch.

Targeted fertilization

The Miere prefers a nutrient-poor substrate. For this reason, experts recommend sufficient crops and ornamental plants fertilize. However, you should avoid over-fertilizing, as it does more harm than good. If you are unsure which nutrients the soil is missing, take care of it Soil analysis for clarity.

Protective mulch blankets

Mulching suppresses weeds like chickweed very successfully. The mulch layer hardly lets any light through, so that weed seeds cannot sprout in the first place.

Just eat Miere

There are actually gardeners who specifically cultivate chickweed for their health benefits. The plant contains, among other things, tannins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, iron and a lot of potassium. These ingredients can have a healing effect on flu-like infections and joint inflammation.

The taste of Miere is described as mild, slightly corn-like. The juicy rolling papers go well with salads, herb quark and herb butter. The wild cabbage tastes delicious when chopped and sprinkled on bread with salted butter.