What would you do if your garden was full of weeds?

Question

My garden is a total jungle with all sorts of weeds and i was wondering if they would die out by themselves. The only thing thats good about is it has a rose bush.

Answer 1

take them out
weeds r bad. they destroy the beauty of your garden. and it will take a long time if u want them to die themselves. and they will seed so if they die next year, there will be more weeds. so you better kill them before its tooooo late

Answer 2

I am a professional landscaper from PlushGreen. The method we have found most successful is the following:

Mulch Beds-
1) Using either a trimmer (weed wacker) or your hands, cut the weeds so they are approximately 1" or less above the surface.
2) Spray all portions (the cut portion and the remaining portion) with Round-Up.
3) Wait 30 minutes and spray items again
4) Wait 30 minutes and then cover with your choice of mulch

Notes: We use Extended Control Round-up. A concentrated bottle retails for $30-$40 at your local hardware store. It will make approximately 5-6 gallons at 6oz. per gallon. Also, you may leave the cut portion in the bed and mulch over it. This method should kill at least 90% of the vegetation. It may be necessary to spot treat throughout the season.

Gardens-
Gardens are a little more tricky, mainly because you are dealing with edible items. You must be VERY selective when choosing your products. While we don't treat gardens professionally, my personal information may be helpful for you.

1) When selecting an herbicide, be VERY careful to read the lable on spraying on fruits/vegetables. Most every product will give you information on this from the label on the back of the bottle.

2) Round-Up would NOT be a good selection for your garden, as it will kill ALL vegetation (Especially the extended control).

3) I would suggest a selective herbicide. This items usually kill weeds, but not items such as grasses. I am reasonably certain that it will not harm the vegetation.

Notes: We use a selective herbicide called MOMENTUM by Lesco. While it is possible for anyone to obtain this product, the $170 price tag for a 2.5 gallon bottle isn't usually worth it for the typical homeowner. This is the same stuff that companies like TruGreen use to kill your dandelions in the yard.

General Notes: You can purchase a 'weed grabber' from Lowes. This item has three prongs on the bottom, and a foot actuated lever you press on to push the grabber into the ground. You then tilt the lever and the grabber pulls out a cone shapped dirt/root ball. This is sometimes effective, but you do not always get the root. We used these items for one season and went back to the Round-Up process mentioned above.

Hope this helps!!

Answer 3

i adore my flower beds and spend many hours a week in them but the ever growing weeds are a big problem, believe it or not i have found one product that helps destroy the weeds, a spray bottle in the blue label of round up actually did what it promised in 6 hours at that! spray directly on the weed and presto, in a few hours the entire thing turns brown and wilts and dies, another effective way to rid your beds of weeds is to dig up the top layer of soil, about an inch, then use plastic, they sell it at do it yourself stores like home depot, lay the sheets of plastic down and then you can either put fresh soil on the plastic or make a rock garden and put rocks on the plastic, either way the plastic prevents the weeds from having air, light and water that they need to grow and you will have a gorgeous flower bed in no time, yes it takes a little work but it sure beats picking all those weeds by hand.

Answer 4

I do some weeding at friends house.
She got a lot of plants....
Roses, azalea, poppys. rhodies. rhubarb etc etc...
and raspberry....
I have to do a couple days there this weekend cause weeds got out of control the past couple of weeks as it was kinda wet for a while.
I just try to stay on top of the weeds.

Its not even summer yet.
If you leave those weeds they are just gonna get bigger and bigger.
Just clear around the rose bush and just yank out the most egregious weeds by hand.
Don't even need to use any tools.
Weeding doesn't bother me but some people HATE to weed.

The weeding never ends.

or ...
every neighborhood needs a house that looks like it out of B horror movie.
might as well be yours:)

I am in Seattle.

Answer 5

They might die out or appear to die out in winter, but they will be back next year.

there are a number of weed killing products you can get at the hardware store. My personal favorite is round up. Just don't get it on anything you don't want to kill (grass, flowers, etc). It takes a while for the stuff to work, but it kills completely if you are patient. After a couple of weeks, you can dig out the dead and drying "plant carcass".

If you are concerned about using poison (e.g., in your veggie garden), you will have to cut them down by hand and then pull/dig them out.

Of course, seeds and such may be left behind that can come back next year; after you have cleaned it all out, you should consider putting weed paper down and then cover with some sort of mulch in the areas you don't want things to grow. weed paper is a little expensive. My uncle uses old newspaper around his vegetables and then puts mulch on top. The paper eventually breaks down. Of course, you don't have to put anythign underneath - a good thick layer of muclch certainly does wonders. By covereing with a thick layer of mulch, you take away the light the weeds need to grow.

Answer 6

The problem with weeds is that they keep coming back if left to reseed. They should be pulled up before they go to seed. I don't know how long it will take you since you didn't say how big your garden is, so good luck and drink plenty of liquids if you're out in the heat of the day. I hope this helps.

Answer 7

You certainly don't sound like the typical gardener!! If you don't want to keep the weeds pulled out you won't have much of a
garden. Weeds grow three times as fast as flowers & veggies.
It is a job to control them, but it is worth it to have a beautiful
showplace or just for your own enjoyment.

Answer 8

Pull the weeds, till up the soil a bit, put down garden plastic, cover with mulch. Add plants by moving the mulch and cutting an X in the plastic, putting plant in soil, tamp down, pull plastic and mulch back toward base of plant. Cheap, easy and it looks good. Weeds keep making weed seeds and more weeds.

Answer 9

depends on how many weeds...
keep in mind that though it might not be asthetically pleasing, some weeds are good in the garden. it provides a haven for benificial insects. Lady bugs for example will eat aphids and require some protection from the heat of the day....

Answer 10

If you don't get rid of them, they will go to seed and then you have a new crop to deal with.

My wife says you deal with weeds like you are eating a elephant, one bite at a time. That is to say, you pull them out one at a time and don't try to get them all out at once. Pull a bunch each day for a week and pretty soon you have them taken care of.

Next year put out some pre-emergence herbicide and there will be fewer to pull.