When my grandma used to do gardening she used to put newspaper down and cover it with mulch then water it. She said it kept the weeds away because no sunlight could get to them to make them grow, and then when she planted something new she would just plant through the newspaper.
I imagine the same thing could be used to kill off weeds, just lay down newspaper around your existing plants and then cover with mulch and water water water. I think the mulch is used to keep the newspapers from blowing away if they dried out so you could use any kind of covering you wanted, dirt or compost even I'd imagine.
With the Ivy, cut the vines back to the base & paint the cut surfaces withglyphosate, with the other stuff you only spray hte glyph untill you see small beads starting to form. Do it on a nice day though & make sure the sprayed surfaces do not get wet for a minimun of 2 hours.
I know a number of members are green thumbs. I need to remove some weeds (dandelions, ivy vines, and other small things) from my landscape bed which contains some shrubs.I removed some of the larger ones manually. Does anyone have any advice on how to get rid of the other stuff? I also have some moss growing there. I thought about some of the available herbicides, but I'm not sure how they will affect the things I want to keep. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Mike
Mike
Moss is very difficult to remove with the herbicides that say they will do it. The conditions are perfect for it's growth where it is under cover. If it is not an eyesore to you, leave it alone. for the weeds you could try a weed only herbicide killer and spray carefully, or manually pull everything. After the bed is cleaned and the way you want it, buy a product called "Preen" and it also comes with a fertilizer built in and sprinkle it over the cleaned bed. It will keep the weeds down.
Peter
Some people can spend all day in their garden and not use chemicals. Those of us with real gardens oh say the length of a football field and about 60 feet wide don't have the time or the energy to be organic gardeners. Oh we also maintain about 2 acres of flowers and fruit trees. Oh and we both work too. Yes use the herbicide but be careful with it. You can get the little bottles and put it on stream it will kill them. News papers work great the main reason your Gram used mulch was for looks. You can put rocks on them anything to keep them from blowing away. We are going to use newspapers in our entire vegitable garden this year. We love the fresh veggies but we want more free time.
I know a number of members are green thumbs. I need to remove some weeds (dandelions, ivy vines, and other small things) from my landscape bed which contains some shrubs.I removed some of the larger ones manually. Does anyone have any advice on how to get rid of the other stuff? I also have some moss growing there. I thought about some of the available herbicides, but I'm not sure how they will affect the things I want to keep. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Mike
Good morning Mike:
Well, lots of different advice so far. Ivy is now considered a noxious weed in many provinces in Canada and many states in the U.S. English Ivy, that is.
The best method is to persistently pull it up and burn it. A neighbor here brought one little plant to the island here over 40 years ago. It now covers a couple of acres and plays havoc with anything in its' path. It will even kill a large (100' tall) Douglas fir tree once it gets going.
Dandelions I use a little digger made for them, as we prefer not to use any non organic chemicals on our garden. I have a pic of me using it on my profile. And as for moss, well, that grows almost anywhere there is moisture and shade. I have a small Japanese style garden, so I encourage moss growth. It is both appropriate and beautiful there. Lime will help get rid of it which is typically what you would add to your lawn.
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