Re: creeping charlie
- Subject: Re: creeping charlie
- From: D* T*
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:47:47 -0000
I might be late to the party on this one, but 5 Tbs Boric Acid in a gallon
of water will kill Creeping Charlie and not other plants. Charlie has a
particular intolerance to high levels of boric acid.
Note: haven't tried this yet, but confirmed it with my very-knowledgeable
local nursery owner.
Diann
>From: ECPep@aol.com
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: creeping charlie
>Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 12:08:29 EDT
>
>In a message dated 5/29/01 11:05:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>krisp65@hotmail.com writes:
>
><< I would like to know what kills creeping charlie in the yard. >>
>
>Dear Kris,
>
>Nothing kills creeping Charlie permanently. It is present on every
>continent. If you successfully rid yourself of it, it will return in the
>compost, in a gift, under the neighbor's fence, somehow. Console yourself
>knowing that it is easy to pull up and can be yanked out of the gardens
>while
>routinely weeding.
>
>The lawn situation is different. You would have to use (and use again and
>again) a broad leaf weed killer formulated for grass. We don't treat our
>grass for anything, don't fertilize it either. Living in the country with
>too much grass needing cutting, it is my viewpoint that it grows no matter
>what we do. A suburban or city lawn may require different thinking.
>Whatever you treat for you don't get permanent results unless all of your
>neighbors do the same thing.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>NYS z4
>
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