Or maybe a weed is a plant whose virtues are yet to be discovered. Whatever your definition, weed is a four letter word to gardeners. The battleground is usually bare soil. Dig a new garden bed and all those dormant weed seeds shoot up. By the time August rolls around, weeds may be waist high.
Weeds have a few things in common.
They grow rapidly, flower quickly and produce vast quantities of seeds. One good size lambsquarter can supposedly produce 70,000 seeds. Weeds compete with our garden plants for light, nutrients and water. Once you have decided a plant is a weed, here are some weed control options. First identify the weed.