How to get rid of Creeping Charlie
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Comments (12)I don't have a creeping charlie problem (thank goodness) but I wonder if vinegar would work? I'm currently trying it on poison ivy. My neighbor had really good luck with it on his poison ivy (it hasn't returned in 4 years and counting). There may be an actual recipe or solution, but I just use a quart spray bottle, fill it about a third with vinegar (I figure the more vinegar the better, no?), throw in about a teaspoon of salt, a squirt of dish liquid, and fill up with water. I had used a pump sprayer last year but the darn things keep clogging/breaking on me, so I resorted to the bottle sprayer. It's slow going, and it may take me all summer (and then the battle may continue next year) but I won't use Round-up so I deal with this method. I've sprayed about three times so far since May and I can see the PI slowly dying back. Maybe if you try this solution with a brush, or a carefully aimed squeeze of the bottle trigger, you might have some luck. (I have pretty good luck spraying this on "stream" mode into the PI in the garden beds. I also figure (or maybe the word is "hope") that since it's not killing the PI straight out on the first try, if I happen to get some on the garden plants it won't kill them straight out either!) Best of luck to you! Dee...See MoreSoil Solorization for Creeping Charlie
Comments (6)Thanks for the information on where to get my soil tested! The price is very good and I like that I may be able to get an organic recommendation. Soil solarization apparently worked so well for cc because of charlie's shallow roots. Even though I did not wet the surface and did not have it totally secured (buried) at the edges, it still killed it all except for the very edges. I also noticed that in some areas, it did not completely kill the grass and it's growing back with no cc. It's been an interesting adventure. I wonder why this method is not recommended for getting rid of this pesty weed (organically) more often. I've got a bolt of plastic and will be doing a larger area over the next couple of weekends. By the time I get the cc killed I should have my soil sample results and can plan my lawn's nutrition. It will be so awesome to have a lawn I'm proud of, without chemicals. There is not a single lawn company in this area that performs organic lawn care so I'm having to do all of this myself (and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed) but finally seeing some rays of hope helps....See MoreI want to buy glechoma hederacea plants (ground ivy, alehoof)
Comments (2)Skybird, thanks I guess! You were very gentle. I did read the thread you linked. I've read others too where folks didn't seem to be having quite so much trouble. We live in the Greenhorn Valley (south of Pueblo)on a windy ridge. Our yard is all rocked with perennials, shrubs, trees, grasses. I dislike the rock intensely-- it's so unwelcoming, hard to walk on or work in, etc. -- but no mulch will stay down in the wind. What I hope to do is replace all the rock except the winding path with a groundcover. Any groundcover which can be walked on occasionally, is drought-tolerant, and not a attractant for deer would work. We have anacyclus daisies, which we enjoy, but it doesn't spread quickly. My husband doesn't want more woolly thyme, which we have in the back. We want some kind of a quiet background for our other plants. The look we were trying to go for when we started was a "foresty" look, but foxes dug up our irrigation lines-- never could figure out why really, but it happened night after night -- and only the rock seemed to stop them. I think groundcover would deter them also. I've attached a photo of part of our front yard from two years ago. The front doesn't face the mountain and ridge, but it still gets tremendous wind. I've looked online at groundcovers but this will be a huge project in terms of time, labor, and money, so I thought something like G.h. which I know will grow here and I like the look of would be best. I hear what you're saying, though. If you or anyone else has any further thoughts I'd sure appreciate hearing them, and thanks for taking the time to do such a lengthy and informative post....See Morecreeping charlie
Comments (2)I don't know how much organic matter is in the soil but I can tell you that it's a garden that's about only 4 years old. I bought good top soil and compost and the perennials took beautifully. I leave the dead plant materials there to decompose and I rarely fertilize. I inherited the creeping charlie from my Grandmother- I took a Hosta from her garden and I didn't realize the creeping charlie was there. It looks great as ground cover but I am afraid it will choke off the perennials. Can they all live together and the perennials still thrive? It tangles all around my hydrangea that I also took from my grandmother a few years ago....See Morecodyman144_aol_com
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