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kell765

Weeds weeds weeds ... and garden stones smell moldy

K S
4 years ago

Ok. So awhile ago I put some black weavy landscape material in the garden bed, and put black plastic bags down when that ran out. Covered it all in garden stones along with one line of walkway stones.


It's been a few years but I have two problems:

1) Noticed today they smell strongly like mold (I live in central Florida which can be rainy)

2) Weeds. Everywhere. Coming up between the rocks. They come back so fast I can barely get them.

- I don't want to use any awful chemicals. Vinegar will change the PH of the soil and hurt my other plants. Are there any natural alternatives that won't hurt lizards, frogs, bees or birds? Or my other plants? NO Roundup.

As for the mold, I'm guessing it might be time to pull that fabric up. Only problem is it 1) keeps the stones from washing away in the dirt, and 2) I'm afraid mulch will attract spiders (and I'd rather not spend the money right now as it's a large area).


So...

,What's the best way to approach this? Thank you

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