# Learn to read what the weeds are telling you about your soil **URL:** \ **Category:** Resource Hub\ **Created:** [July 22, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/learn-to-read-what-the-weeds-are-telling-you-about-your-soil/2741 "2024-07-22T00:44:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peterd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@peterd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/peterd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/learn-to-read-what-the-weeds-are-telling-you-about-your-soil/2741/1 "2024-07-22T00:44:25Z")
Anne of All Acres talks on reading weeds and what it means about your soil conditions even as they change from one meter to the next. [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/e/e9ddc477c7073e907aa76546165191a18fae691e.jpeg "Weeds Are the Answer to Your Garden Problems!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbvDEAomVlk) ---
**Author:** ![MaartenFoubert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MaartenFoubert](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MaartenFoubert)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/learn-to-read-what-the-weeds-are-telling-you-about-your-soil/2741/2 "2024-07-22T17:03:58Z")
There is a book called “When Weeds Talk” that is a reference book for a multitude of weeds and what the weed tells you about the soil. Still trying to identify my weeds, made complicated by weeds from the same genus sometimes having different soil indications (for instance common ragweed vs giant ragweed) > **[When Weeds Talk](https://bookstore.acresusa.com/products/when-weeds-talk)** > > This second edition of "Weeds and Why They Grow" has been retitled "When Weeds Talk." Written by Jay L. McCaman, this book includes new weeds and expanded chapters. Hundreds of weeds of commercial importance are detailed along with the chemical... Maarten