How to get rid of Creeping Charlie
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Speaking of invasive - anyone have luck removing Creeping Charlie
Comments (23)It's a little trickier than most broad leaved weeds but I still wouldn't rank it as the worst. Not at all. In a lawn: the best is something containing triclopyr: there are "homeowner" formulations out there, in the big box stores, that are a little weak and use the amine. I'm pretty sure the current version of "Weed B Gone" is tc amine. At the very least add a few drops of dishwashing detergent, because I think they skimp on the surfactant, and use the strongest dilution recommended. It is best to do it in the fall, but it might have seeded at that point, second best is spring, summer is the worst because I think it goes semi-dormant. I personally used a triclopyr ester in the fall and got complete kill of huge patches. A "3 way" formulation works too, albeit not quite as well as triclopyr so I wouldn't bother. Crossbow would work but again that's a "professional" product and I wouldn't recommend it unless you can handle using those. Just in a bed? Use a strong dilution of glyphosate, again, with enough surfactant to completely wet the leaves. Trust me, if applied correctly, it will die. Maybe not until 10 days later, though. When you're done with the glyphosate, please don't drink it or use it as a cocktail mixer. It might 'cause cancer': just as dairy (even organic), red meat, alcohol, or refined sugar might. I just spot treated some tiny areas of it with triclopyr ester, but this late in the season you have to be very careful about the vapors hitting nearby plants if you dealing with it near an ornamental bed. I once got into a bit a trouble with a huge area-wide application of tc ester to kill charlie and violets: we had an inversion that night, totally still air which is very unusual here, and fog formation. The vapor hung in the air and somewhat burnt the foliage of a Cedrus 'Shalimar' and a couple other ornamentals. They survived but it was a learning experience. Nothing would have happened if there had been some wind that night. I share the story to say: be careful with ester formulations. But, violets and charlie are completely gone from the main part of my lawn. (the spot treatment I mentioned was for a side area of grass, near ornamental beds, where I didn't want to use my ATV sprayer)...See MoreI want to buy glechoma hederacea plants (ground ivy, alehoof)
Comments (2)Skybird, thanks I guess! You were very gentle. I did read the thread you linked. I've read others too where folks didn't seem to be having quite so much trouble. We live in the Greenhorn Valley (south of Pueblo)on a windy ridge. Our yard is all rocked with perennials, shrubs, trees, grasses. I dislike the rock intensely-- it's so unwelcoming, hard to walk on or work in, etc. -- but no mulch will stay down in the wind. What I hope to do is replace all the rock except the winding path with a groundcover. Any groundcover which can be walked on occasionally, is drought-tolerant, and not a attractant for deer would work. We have anacyclus daisies, which we enjoy, but it doesn't spread quickly. My husband doesn't want more woolly thyme, which we have in the back. We want some kind of a quiet background for our other plants. The look we were trying to go for when we started was a "foresty" look, but foxes dug up our irrigation lines-- never could figure out why really, but it happened night after night -- and only the rock seemed to stop them. I think groundcover would deter them also. I've attached a photo of part of our front yard from two years ago. The front doesn't face the mountain and ridge, but it still gets tremendous wind. I've looked online at groundcovers but this will be a huge project in terms of time, labor, and money, so I thought something like G.h. which I know will grow here and I like the look of would be best. I hear what you're saying, though. If you or anyone else has any further thoughts I'd sure appreciate hearing them, and thanks for taking the time to do such a lengthy and informative post....See MoreCreeping Charlie
Comments (2)That information from the University of Wisconsin is good, even though they are strong advocates of spraying this stuff with unnecessary poisons. Correcting your soil conditions, as the article suggests toward the beginning, will go a long way to reduce the amount of this plant that is growing in your yard. Where it does grow in my yard I simply pull the young plants, even though I sometimes still have difficulty telling the difference between these and the mallows early on....See MoreHow to get RID of creeping charie
Comments (4)burn it. its really your only choice, if youre going to maintain your monoculture lawn. (I will leave what I think of monocultures out of it) lee valley.com sells two kinds of flame weeders. one looks like a cane, and runs on little propane tanks. they also sell one that hooks up to a big 'grill' type tank. it's pretty easy to learn to use, it's highly effective, and it's fairly low impact on the landscape. and nothing will get it 'all' the first time. plan on doing it every week for the rest of the season. then, treat that lawn of yours with corn gluten meal, which is a natural pre-emergent. a treatment in the fall will boost the turf grass's available nitrogen ta boot, and a spring treatment will give you good results ....See Morecodyman144_aol_com
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