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The fight against sorrel with chemical means

In the past, farmers often tended to use chemical means to destroy the sorrel, as the plant is not actually eaten by the cattle. If you want to destroy the sorrel yourself with the chemical club, you should only do so in compliance with all safety instructions of the respective agent. Chemical countermeasures against sorrel promise to make work easier, but they can but also have a toxic effect on vegetables from your own garden or when used in the respiratory tract reach.

Killing two birds with one stone in mechanical control

The mechanical cutting out of sorrel is relatively strenuous due to the relatively deep roots, but there are also special digging forks for this purpose in specialist shops to make work easier. The mechanical and thus also purely biological removal of the plants also makes every plant that is cut out usable in the kitchen. Remove the sorrel while using for the

consumption if possible in spring, because the fresh green leaves are easier to digest than the already red leaves in summer.

Curb the multiplication and work consistently

Should the sorrel be in your garden bed or in the race persistently claim, you should employ the following strategies for its destruction:

• do not let the flowers bear fruit
• Remove emerging plants for a few years
• Always dig up plants with the entire roots if possible

By removing the blossoms Before the seeds ripen, you can curb sorrel self-sowing. Emerging young plants must be removed consistently for a number of years, as sorrel is a true survivor. If possible, prick the roots out of the ground, as injured parts of the sorrel roots can sprout again.

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The growth of sorrel can also be regulated through the supply of nutrients. This means that this plant usually only thrives very sparsely on rather poor soils without the use of fertilizers.

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