07/10/2026
You see it everywhere and the bees and hoverflies are loving it - BUT! - Capew**d is telling you something about your land
Capew**d arrives when your soil is compacted and hard (tapering w**ds break up soil) it’s also an indicator of low calcium levels, high magnesium, or imbalances in phosphorus and nitrogen. Frequently the soil is very acidic. There are millions of w**d seeds in every patch of earth- the ones that germinate and become predominant do so for a reason and it’s generally to fix or correct an issue so figuring out why a w**d is germinating and correcting that will go a long way to permanently g solving the problem - a spray just kills everything or select things above ground and then the issue is the same and it grows back or something else that needs to fix it more.
Look at plantings too - use a similar desirable plant to the prolific w**d - this can often give a good result and you a bonus the a benefit - grasses growing - plant corn or wheat, thistle - artichoke, looks at the w**ds cousins and oversow those
