How to Use chickweed in a Sentence

chickweed

noun
  • Sift through the soil to get rid of weeds such as chickweed that spread wherever their roots touch the soil.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • While ushering the good stuff in, chickweed flushes the bad stuff out.
    — Christine Buckley, Bon Appetit, 19 July 2017
  • Broadleaf weeds, such as henbit and chickweed, have wide leaves and netted veining.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the spring, look for dandelion, plantain, chickweed and sochan.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Keeping your lawn healthy and dense is the best natural defense against chickweed.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025
  • Tip In the spring, look for dandelion, plantain, chickweed and sochan.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Henbit and chickweed filled in the open ground in cut flower and perennial gardens.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Winter annual weeds like henbit and chickweed begin growth in the fall, which is the best time to manage them.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • While fall growth is limited, the plant grows with gusto in spring when chickweed produces its tiny, white daisy-like flowers.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Pernicious annual weeds like chickweed and henbit are often the first plants to sprout.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Dimension and Amaze are designed for weedy grasses but do a good job on such broadleaf weeds as henbit and chickweed.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Fortunately, chickweed and other weed seedlings are easy to remove.
    — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • One sip of the Meet Cute—gin, orange wine, chickweed, lemon, and honey—took me straight to the height of summer.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
  • There is always a need this time of year to pull enough of the chickweed so that your vegetables and shorter flowers are not overrun by the stuff.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
  • The presence of chickweed might indicate a need to improve soil conditions.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Fortunately, chickweed can be used as a cover crop up until flowers start to appear.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • Oddly enough, once your plants get large enough to beat the chickweed, the stuff actually acts as a pretty decent cover crop.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2021
  • If some early-sprouting weeds like henbit or chickweed have made their presence known, grab a hoe and remove them before addubg more mulch.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Next, my advice to reuse soil resulted in chickweeds growing in some containers.
    — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In the fall, apply pre-emergent to control winter weeds like chickweed, annual bluegrass, and henbit.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The result is that broadleaf weeds such as henbit, chickweed, thistle, bedstraw and dandelions are prospering.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 20 Feb. 2020
  • This is much better than putting down nitrogen fertilizer which encourages chickweed to thrive.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
  • Scarlet pimpernel has a prostrate and spreading habit and without blooms is often mistaken for chickweed.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Common chickweed can transmit viral diseases that damage beets, cucumbers, peas, tomatoes and turnips.
    — Margaret Roach, New York Times, 8 May 2020
  • Weeds like burweed, annual bluegrass, and chickweed thrive when these grasses are either dormant or growing slowly.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Careful inspection for chickweed and early removal is important as plants produce hundreds of seeds.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Careful inspection for chickweed and early removal is important as plants produce hundreds of seeds.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Grasses and leaves of golden rod, chickweed, smartweed, leaves and shoots from woody plants like blackberry, raspberry, and multiflora rose.
    — Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Literally just a nanosecond of light is enough to trigger chickweed into germination.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
  • Eradicate chickweed in your lawn naturally with these 5 simple strategies.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025

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