Help Needed with Creeping Charlie
monica33flowers
15 years ago
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Need advice re: creeping charlie ASAP!!
Comments (2)Triclopyr takes weeks and weeks of spraying to get it under control. In your case, glyphosate is the best choice. Buy the stuff from Tractor Supply under their brand Groundworks 41% glyphosate. Mix it per the instructions and add some plain old dish detergent to help it stick. It's much cheaper than the brand name Round Up and will kill CC. Spray it when you won't be getting any rain for at least a couple days. The hotter the temperature the better it works. All you need is a good mist on the leaves of the plant. From there the leaves take it into the root to kill it. Expect a week to 2 weeks to see results as it takes some time to get the herbicide from the leaves to the roots and with creeping charlie you have to kill the roots or the stuff comes right back.. For most herbicides including Glyphosate, they work best when the plant is healthy and actively growing. This way the plant takes in more of the herbicide straight to the roots. You really need the folliage to absorb the herbicide. Sounds to me like you need to seek out another master gardener....See MoreNeed Advice ASAP re: Creeping Charlie!!
Comments (4)If you have a solid area you want to clear, smothering would be the easiest, least toxic, and very effective against something as 'soft' as Glechoma. You can get large pieces of cardboard from furniture/appliance store, much easier to handle and stronger than newspaper. Mow everything as low as possible, then cover completely with cardboard, overlapping generously. Getting it wet, then walking all over it will help it conform to the ground. A cover of mulch or mulchy-looking leaves will keep it from blowing away, and give it enough weight to smash the weeds and prevent them from being able to keep growing. Also fixes the appearance instantly, looks like a yet-unplanted mulched bed, which it is. The cardboard will decompose and does not need to be removed. Wait at least a month before piercing to add any new plants....See MoreHelp! Creeping Charlie invading Strawberry Patch!
Comments (2)Pull it. Too much borax/boron or any other mineral will cause changes in your strawberries. Another thing with this mineral is that it is an insecticide not a herbicide. If you have any earthworms or any bugs pollenating your strawberries or any other plant in your garden they will be killed by touching and cleaning their bodies. Some can ingest through their skins so just a touch is deadly....See MoreCreepingCharlie? Weed ID Help
Comments (13)Oh and the organic solution for creeping Charlie is to dig it out by hand. Here's the process. Start at one corner and dig out the grass down 2 inches deep. Move through and throw away everything that looks like grass, creeping Charlie, or roots. You will not finish this very quickly. Wait a week for your back to heal. When you start again, start at the same corner because something will have grown back in. Likely it will be the creeping Charlie. The area you already dug up will go much faster this second time. The keep pressing on out into the grassy/weedy area. The next week when you start again, start at the same starting point again. This time it will go even faster because you'll be able to see fewer and fewer sprouts of anything. It is very tedious, but it's organic. Once you decide that being completely organic is a great idea in theory, you can spray the Weed-G-Gone CCO or Brush Killer. Remember you aren't saturating the soil with the herbicide. You're really only wetting the leaves of the weeds themselves. When you are satisfied the weeds are out and not coming back, then restart your organic fertilizer routine. Sometimes a chemical spray is needed for your sanity....See Moreaka_margo
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