How do you get lawn grass out of garden plants?
November 18th, 2008
czyd1amond asked:
Lawn grass has migrated into garden with small, crowded stems. How can I get the grass out without hurting the other plants?
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Lawn grass has migrated into garden with small, crowded stems. How can I get the grass out without hurting the other plants?
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4 Comments at "How do you get lawn grass out of garden plants?"
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We had this problem in out carnations this spring. We had to take the time to pick out the grass (sometimes blade by blade) Then my wife came up with a great idea. She dug up the plant and serparated it a bit, picked out the grass and “transplanted” it into the same hole it came from. After a couple weeks, put down some preen in your flower beds to keep the grass from coming back.
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A good method is to mulch your garden area with at least 2-3 inches of mulch (being careful to not put the full amount around your plants all at one time, you need to add a little at a time immediately next to the plants to let them get used to the new depth of material). The grass will find it difficult to grow because of no contact with the soil. Some grass might still come through, but it will be light and can easily be pulled or trimmed.
I like to use a mulch made from melaluca. It is an imported problem plant that is depleating the Florida Everglades. By using it, it promotes the destruction of this invasive species and slows the harvesting of cypress.
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If I knew the answer to this one I’d be the happiest person around.
When this happens to us, we do this - get down on hands and knees and pull each blade of grass out manually. Do not attempt to poison the grass. The herbicide gets into the earth and everything else dies too.
If you have youngish shrubs pull them right out, separate them from the grass and put them aside.
To stop it happening again (for about two years, then it starts once more!) you must buy metres and metres of weed mat (it’s woven black plastic) and lay it all around your garden beds, right up to the stalks and trunks of your existing trees and shrubs. It’s okay to go over some of the pesky grass - it’ll die down there in the dark… you hope.
Now, cut star holes in the weed mat and re-plant your young shrubs. Take the weed mat right up to their stalks.
On top of the weed mat, you must lay mulch or wood chips to about four fingers’ depth, again, right up to the existing shubs. After that, water it all down well. When you see the first tiny blade of grass show its head again, jump on it.
It’s impossible to get rid of lawn grass - it is bred to be the most resilient of organisms known to man. It doesn’t understand it’s okay to grow in one place and not the other. It grows very successfully EVERYWHERE.
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The most effective method that has been used for centuries and costs nothing—-get down on your knees and pull it out by the roots. It’s called work, a form of exercise and good for the mind, body and soul.