Flaming Weeds

How to flame garden weeds after your crop germinates. This is the way we eliminate most of the weeds in our raised beds of beets and carrots. We wait until the crop germinates to eliminate more weeds.
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[@dstsai]

Nice. Why didn't you place the plastic cover over the bed? Wouldn't that prevent the weeds from growing in the first place?

[@FrontPorchFarm]

It doesn't hurt any organisms under the soil. If there are any bugs--good or bad--on top of the soil, this will kill them.

[@coyotedick]

Fantastic idea, thank you!

[@cherylkelley1970]

If you have worms in the ground, does this kill them?

[@timm7352]

What is that thing you are using to block the flame from the plants?

[@FrontPorchFarm]

It's a Fresno for finishing concrete.

[@FrontPorchFarm]

We cannot direct seed the beets and carrots in plastic mulch, so we have to grow these two crops without it.

[@lukejones1244]

Why can't you direct sow seeds in holes in the plastic? And what about transplanting beet plugs into the plastic mulch?

[@jahpowerz]

why didn't you just spray the beds with a pre-emergent herbicide before planting

[@croc106]

Because smart people don't need more anymore cancer causing chemicals in their bodies then they already have.

[@jeanskilling708]

A pre-emegence would have stoped the veggie seeds from coming up.