Monday, May 11, 2009

How do I get rid of weeds in my flower beds without killing my flowers, trees and Shrubs?

I have tulips and other flowering plants and trees in my yard, but these darn weeds are coming through my mulch. Is there a chemical or household recipe that can help me get rid of these weeds without hurting my plants? Oh, NONE OF THESE PLANTS WILL BE EATEN. Thanks.

How do I get rid of weeds in my flower beds without killing my flowers, trees and Shrubs?
Use a long-handled tool known as a hula hoe. All you have to do is disturb the top inch of the soil to kill most emerging weeds. This tool makes short work of this and is easy to get under and around all your desireous plants. I can work a 1/4 acre of beds in an hour a week-with little effort and no blisters. Just scrape and move on.
Reply:If you want to do it the proper way you need to remove the mulch, pull all the weeds, by hand to make sure you got the root, spread Preen or any weed inhibitor and reapply the mulch.





If you use the inhibitor you will still get a few from the wind, but the will just lift out of the mulch. Inhibitors shoud be applied 2X a year.
Reply:Use a hoe ( not a slutty girl but a gardening tool) and digg them out then spray some anti-weed (that is not what it's really called but if you go to any flower nursery they will tell you what to buy) it wont hurt the flowers. Happy Gardening!
Reply:Use your hand spade to loosen soil and pull the weed. Try to make sure you get as much of the root as possible.





That is the only way. If you persist doing this throughout the season you will notice each year that fewer and fewer weeds growing.
Reply:Your best bet is to pull them out by hand. It's work, but part of the fun of having a flower garden
Reply:Pull them out by hand. No other safe alternative.


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