Weeds Taller Than Your Crops
If you look out and see grasses or broadleaf weeds towering over your lettuces or young beans, it’s a clear SOS. Taller weeds shade out your slower-growing crops, reducing photosynthesis and stunting development.
I remember my first season mowing down a 3-foot-stalk of pigweed that had overtaken my baby tomatoes—it was such a relief to give my plants back their sunlight! Cutting weeds back to ground level restores light penetration immediately.