Weed free lots????

[Beachboy]

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Hey there Beachboy,

I also think Roundup might be a good first step. But whatever you do, don't weed wack the mimosa! I learned the hard way that it comes back twice as strong with it's evil little thorns. Depending on what size area you have, another idea is to get some old carpet from the dump or wherever, and lay it down where you want to kill weeds. After about a month or so, the carpet will be kinda nasty but most things under there will be pau. Whether you use chemicals or carpet, you'll have a new crop of seeds sprouting up a little while after you kill the parent plants - so you'll have to look for those and zap them too. I think the main thing is, you have to be ready to cover the area with something else before weeds can reestablish. I don't really believe in weed barrier as a long term solution. It breaks down pretty fast here and looks like an ugly shredded mass of plastic that's hard to clean up. I say use a fast growing groundcover you like instead. Grass is easy - another good one is perennial peanut (arachis pintoi)- it also fixes nitrogen. It's worth it to spend some time and money preparing the planting area with cinder/soil and or compost, and then plant the groundcover thickly to give it the best possible advantage. At first you'll have to pull a few weeds, but when it grows in, the weeds will have a hard time recolonizing.
If you don't need to walk on the entire area, that opens up your plant choices a bunch too.

Happy weeding.

Aloha,
Mitzi

Uluhe Design
Native Landscape Design
uluhedesign@yahoo.com

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Mitzi, so you think I should start with "Roundup". Like weeds there are so many different types of 'Roundup"! Any particular "Roundup" I should use? They have a big variety?!

mahalo,

Roger aka Beachboy

Handle every situation like a dog,If you can't eat it or hump it,piss on it and walk away...


Edited by - beachboy on 11/19/2007 06:51:13