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  1. I just learned this very recently, being a habitual puller. It was a real “facepalm moment.”🤦🏽‍♀️

  2. Yes i do that i cut it.esp sun flowers despite thick trunk but i cut it.thank u for your sharing.please read the Teaming with microbe

  3. At the end of every season i just push everything over and cover everything with hay and leaves. I get crazy amounts of volunteer plants every season. I systematically remove any troublesome or diseased plants and leaves and burn them so this is not a concern. Plus all the nutrients in your plants go back into the soil as they break down. During the season as I prune, I just throw it onto my garden paths as long as it's healthy so that it can just break down and feed the soil. I keep it out of the actual bed so that it doesn't rot there. It looks messy at times but usually decomposes so fast that I don't even notice it soon after.
    Most of my effort in the garden is focused on feeding and improving the soil, the rest follows. I throw all my organic kitchen waste, coffee/tea, etc all year long. My soil is full of worms and mushrooms. My plants are healthy and produce is robust, and i dont use any commercial fertilizer except organic fish emulsion. Healthy plants are more likely to resist pest and disease… Everything becomes so much easier if you just follow mother nature's lead.

  4. BUT…. some plants DO have big and dense root bulbs that can cause young new plants to have trouble to find room for their own roots

  5. With all plants? I wonder if I should do that with an invasive chicory that popped up all over my raised beds.. I've got a feeling it will come back for revenge lol

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