Are there any chemical methods for getting rid of weeds in organic growing?
There are no approved herbicides in organic growing. There are materials that are approved, but methods must also be approved as well. I will give you an example. It is possible to spray horticultural oil with sulfur (and add some soap to really make sure) and “fry” some weeds and everything else. All these items are approved in organic growing, but this use is not. The only methods that are approved are mechanical: Pulling or cultivation by hand or with the use of implements or smothering them with mulch. There are some folksy formulas out there that they say will work. They don’t. Weeds recover much more quickly than what you want to grow. That is their nature. What works best is a hoe and some judiciously applied mulch.
