![]() If we smother them in the manor that I’ve describe here they don’t know how to react. If broken off they immediately go into repair mode and work vigorously to get new growth exposed to sunlight. If you pull the weeds and break them off at the ground before you start you are setting in motion a recovery mission on their side of this battlefield. The Death of these Undesirable Weeds has to Be Painful and Agonizing. If you leave weeds growing up against the stems of the plants, or don’t get the covering material or mulch up tight around the stems of the plants, the process will not be successful. Each step has to be done precisely and thoroughly. You Have to Take the Time to Get it Right! Continue this process until the entire bed is covered with a covering material and a thick layer of mulch. Make sure the covering material (cardboard or newspaper) overlaps by at least 3″ at each seam.Ĥ. The mulch will hold down the covering material, pressing it firmly against the weeds and the soil and at the same time it will also help to block any sunlight to the soil.ĭo one section, apply the mulch, then do another section. Apply mulch at least 2″ thick, 3″ is better. But do only one section at a time, maybe 24″ to 30″ wide, then apply a nice thick layer of mulch over the cardboard or newspaper. As you layout the cardboard or newspaper start at the back of the bed and work yourself out of the bed. We want to smother the living weeds and at the same time make certain that no sunlight reaches the soil where they are growing and where ungerminated seeds might be lying in wait.ģ. Keep in mind, our goal here has two purposes. ![]() In this situation cardboard is best, but if you don’t have it use newspaper at least 9 to 15 pages thick. The next step is to cover them with cardboard or a fairly thick layer of newspaper. Just untangle them and lay them out horizontally on the soil, roots still happily attached in the soil.Ģ. In this case we are really trying to untangle them from the desirable plants without harming them. Chances are you’ve already tried to uproot them with little long term success. Since these vines tend to climb into and all through the plants in our landscape we first need to pull them out of the shrubs but not necessarily break them off at the ground or attempt to pull up the roots. Our Mission is to Sunlight Starve Wild Morning Glory and other Undesirable Weeds and Vines in the Landscape.ġ.
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