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Sun, May 22, 11 at 17:39
| We moved into a new apartment last year. I was in the middle of studying for the bar exam and my roomie doesn't do gardening, so we pretty much just left the garden the way it was (overgrown and weedy). This year I went in and pulled pretty much everything out, but I noticed we've got some creeping charlie in there. There are already vegetables and plants in the garden that I'd prefer not to have to dig out. Is there anything I can do other than constantly pulling up the weeds to get rid of them? Will newspaper or mulch stop it from growing? |
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- Posted by girlgarden 3 (My Page) on Sun, May 22, 11 at 17:56
| Looking at websites about weeds, I guess this isn't actually creeping charlie, but some sort of grass weed. It's got a huge undersoil network of roots, though, so I'm assuming that dealing with it will be similar. |
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| If what you have is a grassy weed with an extensive root system it is most likely Quack Grass, "Agropyron repens". The most effective method of control is to dig out the rhizomes, carefully. Many people have tried different substances to control this plant with little real success. |
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