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Questions tagged [weeds]

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For questions about plants growing where they aren't wanted.

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What do I do once my weeds turn brown?

I put down some spray Ortho concentrate weed killer almost 2 weeks ago. Now many of my weedy areas are turning brown and look like they are drying up (grass still looks ok). What do I do now? Will the weeds simply disappear? Should I rake them out…
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How to use the nutrients in convolvulus sepium without further spreading the infestation?

My back yard, about 1/8 acre or 500 m2, is covered in convolvulus (and wandering willy). It's even coming up in the middle of my raised beds that I protected with cardboard ( should have used weed mat ). Normally they tell you to dispose of it…
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How can I prevent nettles creeping through my fence?

My neighbor has a garden with plenty of nettles, and they're growing through my fence right where the kids' sandbox is. It must sadly be noted that the neighbor is only renting the place and doesn't give a damn, she won't lift a finger in the garden…
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How do I stop my neighbor's invasive weed (now a very large tree) from continuously invading my property?

A few years a go, my neighbor had a large weed that was growing next to their house. By the next year, it was as tall as their house. Now several years later, it is no longer a hollow plant; instead it has some type of bark and is very sturdy. Since…
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How do I get rid of this weed that is outgrowing my hen and chicken

I tried to remove it manually but it keeps growing back blue arrow -weed to get rid of red arrows -hen and chicks+their flowers(dying flowers) green arrow -some ground cover that should not be there edits must be least 6 characters
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How do I get rid of nettles in an organic way?

I have bunches of nettles in my yard. I would like to get rid of them without without regrowth. Any suggestions which do no require chemicals or tilling the soil ?
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Can I kill brambles directly by injection?

Our lovely Hedge is laced with brambles. I cannot access their roots. What is the ideal tool / product to perhaps inject.
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Is this a weed or an ornamental plant?

We think it showed up one year later than it was supposed to My wife planted some bulbs and not all of them turned into a plant the year before. We do not know if it is a weed or one of her bulbs
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What is this weed and should I get rid of it?

I just planted a set of very low water use grasses in my high desert zone 7B New Mexico yard. Some little spouts came up that I at first thought were one of the grasses, but it turns out they're weeds. Now I see that they're growing all over the…
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How to get rid of bluebells without digging, glyphosate, or covering them with plastic bags

I have an infestation of bluebells, (or at least, some type of weed that produces pretty blue flowers that grow from bulbs), in my lawn. Last year I dug a whole bunch of them out, but they've returned with a vengeance this spring. I don't want to…
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What is this succulent/weed growing on my lawn?

We've had it growing in our backyard lawn for a while and the patch gets bigger every year. Its definitely in the succulent family but I can't find any other information on it. We live in West Michigan if it helps. Its very strange- Help internet!
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Vegetable Garden Spring Weed Control Strategies

I love my vegetable garden, but every spring it looks like the Amazon, and the task of clearing the overgrown weeds is not enjoyable. One fall, I took cardboard and laid it down over my beds and covered it with straw. The following spring, I lifted…
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What is this weed and which herbicide will kill it?

My lawn has been taken over by this viney weed. Does anyone have any advice as to a weed and feed that will work to kill it?
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What plant is this with pinnate leaves and a single tiny white flower?

We live in central Alabama and have a plant taking over a mostly-empty mulched bed. I would like to remove it, and it would help to know what it is and any advice on removal. It appears to prefer sunlight, and hardly grows in parts of the bed that…
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Rock salt to kill weeds

I wanted to sprinkle rock salt around pool to kill weeds. Then put decorative stone on top. Will the rock salt affect my pool liner. I don't want to have the rock salt kill the weeds and destroy my pool liner at the same time.
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