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California. ...gardener comes every Thursday, 52 weeks a year.
Jeff
For creeping charlie and dandelions get Trimec and spray it on in the fall after the first good frost. Wont harm the flowers unless you spray it on the flower bed. The weeds are taking nutrients down to the roots at that time of year. Residual will be there in the spring.Go to wal-mart and find anything with the chemical 2-4-D in it. Spray your yard with it. Staying away from your wife's flowers.
This will kill everything but the grass.
If you have creeping Charlie this may not be enough, dandelions will probably need spot sprayed with roundup in the fall or dug up by hand.
I use some stuff called Gunslinger on the creeping Charlie, it's a mixture if 2-4-D and Tordon.
I don't usually start mowing until the middle of April, but By then I could probably bale my lawn.
Go to a farm suppply store if you have one near and buy a gallon of 2-4-D and mix your own. MUCH cheaper, but don't get it near tomato plants. If they even smell this stuff they will be DOA by the next day.Go to wal-mart and find anything with the chemical 2-4-D in it. Spray your yard with it. Staying away from your wife's flowers.
This will kill everything but the grass.
Yeah, 2-4-D won't work on Creeping Charlie. He's as tough as the other "creeping Charlie". Gordon's "Trimec" will do it. I forget the magic ingredient it has that 2-4-D doesn't though. I think it is dicamba.If you have creeping Charlie this may not be enough, dandelions will probably need spot sprayed with roundup in the fall or dug up by hand.
I use some stuff called Gunslinger on the creeping Charlie, it's a mixture if 2-4-D and Tordon.
Dicaamba is even more volatile than 2-4-D. Extreme caution is needed. You could kill your garden as well as your neighbors.Go to a farm suppply store if you have one near and buy a gallon of 2-4-D and mix your own. MUCH cheaper, but don't get it near tomato plants. If they even smell this stuff they will be DOA by the next day.
Yeah, 2-4-D won't work on Creeping Charlie. He's as tough as the other "creeping Charlie". Gordon's "Trimec" will do it. I forget the magic ingredient it has that 2-4-D doesn't though. I think it is dicamba.
My first cut will probably be late April or early May, depending on the weather.
Now that's hard core. Maybe he's sleep mowing?
I would need a four wheel drive mower. I just took this pic...