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| Hello,
I moved into this house 4 months ago and am finding out that the previous owners (elderly) were unable to tend to their (now my) lawn. I live in Northern Illinois.
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| The only natural herbicide I know is vinegar. It's non selective (so it kills grass, too) and it only kills the leaves, so it can take repeated applications to truly kill the weeds. |
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| I moved into a house infested with creeping charlie too. In my research I learned that dethatching in the fall will break up the runners and pull them up where it can then be raked up. I didn't try this however because I spent 2-3 hours every day for probaby a month meticulously pulling up the runners all across my lawn. I am now creeping charlie free. Not everyone has a couple hours a day to spend so the dethatching trick might be worth a try. |
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| Thanks folks. So Sunnytop can expand a bit on how you do dethatching? It sounds like you're saying give it up for now and in the fall dethatch. This worked without poison? Sounds like we have/had the same scenario. Thanks again, |
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| I didn't actually do the dethatching because I ended up pulling it all out by hand an entire month of June working a couple hours every day. I won't guarantee it will completely irradicate it without poison or handpulling but my research indicated it was a method of getting rid of it. To dethatch, there are hand dethatching tools, but the easiest if your yard is of any size is to rent a dethatching machine that pushes over the lawn like a lawn mower. At this time you could try bpgreen's suggestion of vinegar. I tried that on a dandelion and it worked in less than 24 hours and did not touch the grass. If you have thick creeping charlie, it isn't going to matter if it kills out any existing grass there cuz I suspect there isn't much grass left after charlie has choked it out. |
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| My boyfriend told me that he loves creeping charlie as groundcover. When he mentioned that, I started to notice this groundcover, considered as invasive by many. It can really be a beautiful ground cover. They are so healthy on our yard - the leaves are bigger than normal, no insects seem to be attached to the leaves (compared to grass), they smell good, and have beautiful purple flowers in the Spring. Now I love them too! They do not strangle any of the plants; they are easy to remove - just follow the smaller leaves and you will find the end of the plant. Just pull it. But why? They are so beautiful as long as you know how to manage it. The leaves do not turn brown (not like "Snow on the Mountain". I also use the plant for vines for my flower pot. It is so free - don't have to buy - and looks so beautiful. Try it! |
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