Apr 15 • Design and Soil Preparation
A Tip to Prevent Weeding - Video Filmed in February
The Fava Bean Trick !
Fava beans are great for smothering weeds, and they sprout easily with the first rains.
In this video, I show how I use them - and how much easier they make the work. No need to get on your knees pulling grasses in the first year.
You get 2 cuts with them, and each cut took me 20min/100m/1 person. It's really not that much work - about 2 and a half hours for these 3 rows of 240m each.
By the time they phase out, it’s already Summer here in the Mediterranean, so there’s basically no need to weed anymore. Then when the rains return, your rows should be established enough that weeding becomes a minimal task.
You might need a bit of weeding in year two if your trees haven’t grown enough - but in my experience, one more pass is usually enough - cutting them, not even uprooting them. After that, the trees outcompete the grasses and take over.
What other plants do you think could do a similar job?
I’m thinking artichokes or cardoons could work really well - but they’d need to be started as seedlings.
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A Tip to Prevent Weeding - Video Filmed in February
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