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No one likes to talk about weeds, but some plants compete with your garden for nutrients, water, and light, as well as harbor diseases and pests. There are different types of weeds.

Many weeds stabilize the soil and add organic matter. Some are edible to humans and provide habitat and food for wildlife, too.

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The best control strategy for weeds is always prevention. Before resorting to herbicides, look first to nonchemical weed control methods. Herbicides may be a quick fix this year but will not keep your weed problem from recurring year after year. This is the 1 rule with weeds.

13 Common Lawn and Garden Weeds

Some varieties produce tens of thousands of seeds from a single plant, multiplying your weed control problems for years to come. Pay special attention to perennial weeds.

Perennial weeds versus annuals are more difficult to control. You need dig up any roots, underground tubers and rhizomes without leaving fragments behind. Below are the top-ranked lawn and garden weeds.

It spreads from an extensive rootstock and from seed.

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And its roots are found to depths of 14 feet! Lateral roots becoming a secondary vertical root. Image: Bindweed seedling. Fragments of vertical roots and rhizomes as short as 2 inches can form new plants! Seedlings of field bindweed must be removed before they become perennial plants.]