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#687705 - 10/09/11 05:14 AM Re: Cannot get rid of this weedy stuff [Re: CabinConnection]
notnew2diy Offline
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Registered: 08/18/06
Posts: 1236
Loc: harvard, il.
Originally Posted By: CabinConnection
Originally Posted By: morrisdancer

Oh yeah, there are some who say... ...Weed Be Gone Max works on Creeping Charlie, but I had no luck with it.


I'm one. Worked for me 100% of the time,


+1

In my case, I do not buy the pre mixed bottles. Get the concentrate.
Purple cap concen. take less to use, takes longer to kill (5-10 days).
Red cap concen. takes more to use, kills in 24(+/-) hours.
What ever you buy, use 1.5 times the amount per gallon of h2o in a
garden sprayer. It kills most everything it touches.
FWIW...red cap stuff may be better. If it aint dead in 2 days, hit it again.

I've had so-so luck with weed-b-gone, double strength, in the back yard.

Only other way is to dig it all up, roots and anything apartof.
Burn em, in a bbq grill if ya gotta. Toss ashes in garbage.

HTH..good luck...notnew....

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#687707 - 10/09/11 05:27 AM Re: Cannot get rid of this weedy stuff [Re: rfm3]
mommapup. Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/19/07
Posts: 14756
Loc: SW Michigan
You might also try a "brush" killer, rather than a "weed" killer. Different stuff, much stronger. It's the only thing that put down our poison ivy infestation.
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#687711 - 10/09/11 06:11 AM Re: Cannot get rid of this weedy stuff [Re: rfm3]
rfm3 Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 05/30/04
Posts: 25510
Loc: Guarding the West NY Border
I have repeatedly dug it up, by hand and of course tossed in trash..well actually the bin of other yard debris. But ti still seems to come back, hence my wanting to try something else. As for CC's question, I think someone said to use Round-Up...but I will try the other suggestions. This season everything plantwise has been crazy with the way the weather has been. Even the vole action has been nuts and I must have some elderly hard of hearing types who do not hear the sonic pulses in my in ground repellers.
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