DON’T LET WEEDS GET AWAY It’s particularly important to keep up with weed control in a young orchard because the weeds compete with the trees for water, nutrients, and light. It doesn’t take long for a new planting to become dominated by weeds.Weeds are weeds for a reason—they’re very competitive with other plants, while tree roots are not, points out Tim Smith, Washington State University extension educator. “Weed roots are in a class all of their own.”Failing to control weeds can seriously affect young trees and cause them to runt out to the point where they might not recover. It […]