Comments on: Grass it taking over my flower bed, what can I do to get rid of it? http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/ Sun, 13 May 2012 13:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kristen R http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1729 Kristen R Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:06:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1729 dig a trench arround your flower garden, this stops the grass from coming in, it worked with ours. please try it! ;)<br><b>References : </b><br> dig a trench arround your flower garden, this stops the grass from coming in, it worked with ours. please try it! ;)
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]]> By: the guru http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1728 the guru Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:22:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1728 Yes. Cut the bottom from a gallon or a half-gallon plastic milk container and remove the lid. Put the container down over what you want dead and spray round-up in the container through the top opening. This kills the grass/weeds without killing what you wish to keep. Just wet the foliage, but don't "drown" it. Do not water for 24 hours.<br><b>References : </b><br>I do this myself. Yes. Cut the bottom from a gallon or a half-gallon plastic milk container and remove the lid. Put the container down over what you want dead and spray round-up in the container through the top opening. This kills the grass/weeds without killing what you wish to keep. Just wet the foliage, but don’t "drown" it. Do not water for 24 hours.
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I do this myself.

]]> By: Black Aliss http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1727 Black Aliss Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:34:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1727 You can try trimming the hedges underneath so you can see where the hedges start to come out of the ground. Then you can lay down several sheets of old newspaper around your hedges & flowers, place a 1-2 inch layer of mulch over the newspaper. The grass & weeds will die under the news paper.<br><b>References : </b><br> You can try trimming the hedges underneath so you can see where the hedges start to come out of the ground. Then you can lay down several sheets of old newspaper around your hedges & flowers, place a 1-2 inch layer of mulch over the newspaper. The grass & weeds will die under the news paper.
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]]> By: Jupiter & The Full Buck Moon http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1726 Jupiter & The Full Buck Moon Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:45:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1726 Get yourself a scuffle hoe and clear the grass away where you don't want it. It looks like a metal stirrup on the end of a broomstick. You can buy it at any hardware store for about $15. The stirrup part is a blade. You just scuffle it across the ground and it clears whatever is in its path. So be careful around the plants you do want. Once you've got the grass cleared out, lay down landscape fabric ( weed block ) and cover it with mulch. Problem solved :) No more grass coming up in your flowerbeds.<br><b>References : </b><br> Get yourself a scuffle hoe and clear the grass away where you don’t want it. It looks like a metal stirrup on the end of a broomstick. You can buy it at any hardware store for about $15. The stirrup part is a blade. You just scuffle it across the ground and it clears whatever is in its path. So be careful around the plants you do want.

Once you’ve got the grass cleared out, lay down landscape fabric ( weed block ) and cover it with mulch. Problem solved :) No more grass coming up in your flowerbeds.
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]]> By: Emily E http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1725 Emily E Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:24:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1725 Mine did that in 1 bed. I took the time to put in an edging around the bed. I did just a black thin edging, but you could do brick or stone or what ever matches your home, and then I cut and pulled all of the grass out and put in some new dirt and put mulch down. It cuts out on the weeds and looks very nice. No landscaping is ever maintenance free!!<br><b>References : </b><br> Mine did that in 1 bed. I took the time to put in an edging around the bed. I did just a black thin edging, but you could do brick or stone or what ever matches your home, and then I cut and pulled all of the grass out and put in some new dirt and put mulch down. It cuts out on the weeds and looks very nice. No landscaping is ever maintenance free!!
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]]> By: michelob86 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1724 michelob86 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:52:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1724 Two things you can do. 1) There are grass herbicides that target grasses only. 2) Start from scratch. Take out the flowers. Lay down a weed barrier. Then, plant new flowers. You can lay the barrier around the shrubs, up to the stem.<br><b>References : </b><br> Two things you can do.

1) There are grass herbicides that target grasses only.

2) Start from scratch. Take out the flowers. Lay down a weed barrier. Then, plant new flowers. You can lay the barrier around the shrubs, up to the stem.
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]]> By: makiepo101lol http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1723 makiepo101lol Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:23:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1723 I say if any plant killers and weed killers don't work do it the old fashoind way. Get a shovel dig and pull out the grass if that does not help build a bridge and get over it.<br><b>References : </b><br> I say if any plant killers and weed killers don’t work do it the old fashoind way. Get a shovel dig and pull out the grass if that does not help build a bridge and get over it.
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]]> By: Patrick S http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1722 Patrick S Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:14:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1722 Get a herbiced that is shrub, tree, flower friendly. Spray it on the grass and wait a few days. use a hoe to chop up the grass or pull the dead grass out by hand. Just make sure to remove the roots thats the most important. Then add a new layer of mulch to the bed any just hoe or rack the bed often. Buy some Roundup but make sure it is selective to grass not non selective.<br><b>References : </b><br> Get a herbiced that is shrub, tree, flower friendly. Spray it on the grass and wait a few days. use a hoe to chop up the grass or pull the dead grass out by hand. Just make sure to remove the roots thats the most important. Then add a new layer of mulch to the bed any just hoe or rack the bed often. Buy some Roundup but make sure it is selective to grass not non selective.
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]]> By: theextrodinaryordinaryman http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1721 theextrodinaryordinaryman Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:28:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1721 Be careful with any weed killers that you might spray like roundup. Do it on a windless day. I just turn over the soil once a week and I keep problems like that in check.<br><b>References : </b><br> Be careful with any weed killers that you might spray like roundup. Do it on a windless day. I just turn over the soil once a week and I keep problems like that in check.
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]]> By: Harry Potter Fanatic! http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it/#comment-1720 Harry Potter Fanatic! Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:12:59 +0000 http://www.dsguk.com/flower/grass-it-taking-over-my-flower-bed-what-can-i-do-to-get-rid-of-it#comment-1720 They make specially designed grass killer that won't hurt your shrubs, hedges and flowers. Just look on the bottle and it should say if it is safe to use around other plants without killing them. They have them pretty much anywhere.<br><b>References : </b><br> They make specially designed grass killer that won’t hurt your shrubs, hedges and flowers. Just look on the bottle and it should say if it is safe to use around other plants without killing them. They have them pretty much anywhere.
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