I'm a newbie. Two questions:
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> 1) Are there any NATURAL ways to rid my lawn of Ground Ivy and other
> broadleaf weeds? We have babies and we don't want to use chemicals. >
Start pulling..hug a tree every now and then too. ;)
> 2) Are there any good web sites to obtain info about natural lawn care? > > Thanks!!
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> Dave
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I seen an ad for the weed popper once, it might of been by ronco.
Ground ivy isn't hard to kill with any 3-way herbicide. The problem is killing the s*it in beds or neighbors's yards. It will vine back.
We hit them every 6 to 8 weeks as needed.
2-4D, dicamba, and mcpp for the most part, we only treat as needed.
The only prevention is the pre-e crabgrass control, and the fertilizer helps turf density..less room for weeds.
They make a decent product, liquid weed control works a lot better than the dry. If you continue to have vining weed problems such as ground ivy, try some liquid weed b gone from Ortho. It sticks to the weeds -much- better.
Some of those 'hard to kills' have a wax cuticle, so the weed and feed powder falls off.
first of all here's a link for you..
Dave K wrote:
Since you're concerned about chemicals, I would not use the Scotts fertilizer/weed killer which goes over the entire lawn. For a reasonable size lawn, you can use a 2 gal tank sprayer with a weed killer like Weed B Gone and just spot treat the weeds. Once you have a good lawn, it's hard for weeds to get established and occasional spot treatment is all you need. That will minimize the amount of herbicide.
Thanks, folks, for your insightful advice!
I think I'll try Weed B Gone on a dense patch of Ground Ivy and keep the baby away from that area. Then I'll see how effective it is and proceed from there...
Thanks again!
Dave :)
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