creeping charlie chump
yardmartyr
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Is this creeping Charlie?
Comments (5)Compare to Cymbalaria muralis. https://www.google.com/search?q=cymbalaria+muralis&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia9OCrhInVAhWFQSYKHYySAMgQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=940#tbm=isch&q=cymbalaria+muralis+leaves...See MoreCreeping Charlie Invasion!
Comments (4)Sorry for the delay, I was somewhere between "busy" and "completely hammered." You can blanket spray in a backpack or 1 gallon sprayer, no problem! Then, when smaller patches re-sprout from the seeds, use the tiny sprayer. In the future, they sell concentrates for hose-end application or dilution in your 1-gallon sprayer--and they tend to be a lot cheaper. A pre-emergent next April or May will serve you well here, too. It'll stop the seeds from sprouting....See MoreCreeping charlie nightmare
Comments (2)I would install some kind of edging; metal, brick, wood, . . . there are many materials and techniques you could choose from, see https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=edging&FORM=HDRSC2 Adding another aggressively spreading plant could only make the situation worse....See Moredealing with creeping charlie
Comments (4)For a lawn with Creeping Charlie, you want to use this: https://www.domyown.com/hiyield-triclopyr-ester-p-4543.html It takes a few applications, but my lawn went from like 35% Creeping Charlie\Wild Violet to virtually nothing. Yes, it's a herbicide, but Creeping Charlie is pretty much impossible to control organically. I have never sprayed this on my garden bed though, so I don't know if it would damage garden plants or not (I probably wouldn't try it unless you can spray with pinpoint accuracy), but it works wonders for a lawn!...See MoreKimmsr
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