Is it organic material, like peat moss, or tree bark ? If so, yes you can it will decompose and make nice humus into the soil. An excellent condiment for the soil
Is it okay to incorporate the old mulch that is in my flower beds into the soil?
Yes,it will break down over time making new soil and fertilizer.
Reply:Of course. Mulch actually helps to feed plants as it breaks down.
Reply:sure, since is not full of trash or quimicals!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Need a product to put on flower beds that will kill bindweed but not the flowers.?
Saw something on TV guaranteed to work but didn't get name.
Need a product to put on flower beds that will kill bindweed but not the flowers.?
A Yahoo search for "bindweed eradication" (include the quotation marks in the search box) yields 27 results. If you do the same search, and are willing to spend a little time exploring, I'm sure that you will quickly find the information you seek.
Good luck with your search.
Reply:Geez, anybody can do a search on google.. you should have done that in the first place if you didn't want to choose a better answer Report It
Reply:You have a problem. Any chemical that will kill the bindweed will also kill the flowers if it gets on them unless someone has invented a magic weed killer I haven't heard of. Also they are perennials so if you don't kill them this year they'll be back next year. They spread by roots and seeds. There really isn't an easy answer to your problem. Basically you have to weed them by hand and when you do loosen the soil with a hand trowel so you can get all the roots--if you leave any behind they can come up next year from what was left behind.
Next year, as soon as you see them start digging them out. Don't let them get established. It's a lot of work but your alternative is a chemical spray that will kill your flowers too.
Reply:Preen will not kill your flowers and is advertised on TV. Preen and green will also fertilize.
Reply:If there was a product out there that just killed the plants you didn't want, whoever invented it would be a gazillionaire!!!
There are no herbicides that will selectively remove weeds out of flower beds without hurting your good plants. A suggestion that I have is to get a bottle of RoundUp... pull the roots of the bindweed and place it in the bottle. The plant will take up the RoundUp and circulate it through its system and eventually kill the plant. You can put more than one root in at a time. It won't hurt your other plants (make sure the bottle doesn't tip over) becasue RoundUp is what we call a systemic herbicide.
If you can, hand weeding is probably your best bet. It gives you 100% weed control! Bindweed is a real pain. I have puilled a lot of it in my day! You've got to get every little piece or it will just root back into the ground. This is why you shoud try the RoundUp idea!
Reply:just Glyphosate (round up) but paint iy directly on the plant so u don't get over spray try on a sunny day in the morning to give it time to do its thang!
Reply:cover open soil with garden mulch when the weed starts to show through pull out in time it will work once vine weed gets set in you have problems if garden is established
Reply:Peed I think is the name.
Reply:I hate to inform you, but what you're looking for does not exist at this point in time. The botanists that work for the chemical companies have not been able to create chemicals that differentiate between broadleaf plants. Being as bindweed and (most) flowers are broadleaf plants...what kills one, kills both. This means you're going to have to hand-pull the bindweed. You might be able to rid yourself of this noxious weed with a pre-emergent. This will take more than a few weeks to work and you won't be able to grow plants from seed in this bed for a few weeks afterward. Ask your local nursery about corn gluten meal and when to apply. This will stop most of the seeds from germinating. It may take 2-3 annual applications to exterminate the bindweed. You can probably find a chemical pre-emergent as well.
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Need a product to put on flower beds that will kill bindweed but not the flowers.?
A Yahoo search for "bindweed eradication" (include the quotation marks in the search box) yields 27 results. If you do the same search, and are willing to spend a little time exploring, I'm sure that you will quickly find the information you seek.
Good luck with your search.
Reply:Geez, anybody can do a search on google.. you should have done that in the first place if you didn't want to choose a better answer Report It
Reply:You have a problem. Any chemical that will kill the bindweed will also kill the flowers if it gets on them unless someone has invented a magic weed killer I haven't heard of. Also they are perennials so if you don't kill them this year they'll be back next year. They spread by roots and seeds. There really isn't an easy answer to your problem. Basically you have to weed them by hand and when you do loosen the soil with a hand trowel so you can get all the roots--if you leave any behind they can come up next year from what was left behind.
Next year, as soon as you see them start digging them out. Don't let them get established. It's a lot of work but your alternative is a chemical spray that will kill your flowers too.
Reply:Preen will not kill your flowers and is advertised on TV. Preen and green will also fertilize.
Reply:If there was a product out there that just killed the plants you didn't want, whoever invented it would be a gazillionaire!!!
There are no herbicides that will selectively remove weeds out of flower beds without hurting your good plants. A suggestion that I have is to get a bottle of RoundUp... pull the roots of the bindweed and place it in the bottle. The plant will take up the RoundUp and circulate it through its system and eventually kill the plant. You can put more than one root in at a time. It won't hurt your other plants (make sure the bottle doesn't tip over) becasue RoundUp is what we call a systemic herbicide.
If you can, hand weeding is probably your best bet. It gives you 100% weed control! Bindweed is a real pain. I have puilled a lot of it in my day! You've got to get every little piece or it will just root back into the ground. This is why you shoud try the RoundUp idea!
Reply:just Glyphosate (round up) but paint iy directly on the plant so u don't get over spray try on a sunny day in the morning to give it time to do its thang!
Reply:cover open soil with garden mulch when the weed starts to show through pull out in time it will work once vine weed gets set in you have problems if garden is established
Reply:Peed I think is the name.
Reply:I hate to inform you, but what you're looking for does not exist at this point in time. The botanists that work for the chemical companies have not been able to create chemicals that differentiate between broadleaf plants. Being as bindweed and (most) flowers are broadleaf plants...what kills one, kills both. This means you're going to have to hand-pull the bindweed. You might be able to rid yourself of this noxious weed with a pre-emergent. This will take more than a few weeks to work and you won't be able to grow plants from seed in this bed for a few weeks afterward. Ask your local nursery about corn gluten meal and when to apply. This will stop most of the seeds from germinating. It may take 2-3 annual applications to exterminate the bindweed. You can probably find a chemical pre-emergent as well.
Would you use recycled waste water to water your lawn flower beds and gardens if...?
...your state or country's health agency and water resource agency were to certify the water safe and if there was no odor to the water?
Most people in the United states don't realize just how little "new water" is actually available. Also they do not realize the cost of the water. If we had to pay what the water really cost to produce many people would not be able to afford it.
Would you use recycled waste water to water your lawn flower beds and gardens if...?
YES absolutely!
We had non-potable water on our farm and it was great to know we weren't wasting the well water.
;o)
Reply:i live in the UK, and i would do it
Reply:I have been to country's that recycle waste water for watering. I would not od it myself. I live in an area where water is rationed every summer. I am used to letting my grass turn brown in the summer, less lawnmower time.
Reply:I would...but only for watering flowers and grass, and stuff like that. I wouldnt drink it.
Reply:Any body that lives in a city and has city water uses recycled water that is why they have waste/water treatment plants for and why we have sewers that go to these plantscause they take out the waste and put the water back into use by either putting it back in the ground for there wells to take it or by putting it back into the pipe lines like very large cities have to do.
Reply:Maybe so, maybe not it depends. Would you?
Reply:Absolutely!
Reply:they already use this water to water some crops so always remember to thoroughly wash ur vegetables.
Reply:Yep...sure would. I use gray water all the time. My plants love it!
Reply:Yes. I would.
Reply:i already do...gray water is great.
Reply:use of gray water in arid ares has done wonders for landscaping. it's also smart to reuse what you can with any of our resources.
Reply:yES THIS IS DONE IN ARIZONA ALL THE TIME.THEY GET LITTLE RAIN
Reply:yes, and it is being practiced worldwide. you need to have a water treatment equipment to do it.
Reply:we are already using it. we have been for yesrd
Reply:I've used non-potable water or"Grey" water for years for lawn, garden and other non consumable uses. It's perfectly safe as long as it has been properly treated.
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Most people in the United states don't realize just how little "new water" is actually available. Also they do not realize the cost of the water. If we had to pay what the water really cost to produce many people would not be able to afford it.
Would you use recycled waste water to water your lawn flower beds and gardens if...?
YES absolutely!
We had non-potable water on our farm and it was great to know we weren't wasting the well water.
;o)
Reply:i live in the UK, and i would do it
Reply:I have been to country's that recycle waste water for watering. I would not od it myself. I live in an area where water is rationed every summer. I am used to letting my grass turn brown in the summer, less lawnmower time.
Reply:I would...but only for watering flowers and grass, and stuff like that. I wouldnt drink it.
Reply:Any body that lives in a city and has city water uses recycled water that is why they have waste/water treatment plants for and why we have sewers that go to these plantscause they take out the waste and put the water back into use by either putting it back in the ground for there wells to take it or by putting it back into the pipe lines like very large cities have to do.
Reply:Maybe so, maybe not it depends. Would you?
Reply:Absolutely!
Reply:they already use this water to water some crops so always remember to thoroughly wash ur vegetables.
Reply:Yep...sure would. I use gray water all the time. My plants love it!
Reply:Yes. I would.
Reply:i already do...gray water is great.
Reply:use of gray water in arid ares has done wonders for landscaping. it's also smart to reuse what you can with any of our resources.
Reply:yES THIS IS DONE IN ARIZONA ALL THE TIME.THEY GET LITTLE RAIN
Reply:yes, and it is being practiced worldwide. you need to have a water treatment equipment to do it.
Reply:we are already using it. we have been for yesrd
Reply:I've used non-potable water or"Grey" water for years for lawn, garden and other non consumable uses. It's perfectly safe as long as it has been properly treated.
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How do i keep cats from using my flower beds as a litter box?
i already removed bushes from the front where several cats were seen to hang out. I heard moth balls work but to no avail for me
How do i keep cats from using my flower beds as a litter box?
Pepper...sprinkle pepper on the ground as cats sniff before they do their thing. It will make them sneeze but is not harmful to their health
Reply:Or you can purchase a roll of concrete reinforcing wire and lay it across the entry points to your planting area. Spray it with Re-pel, anise oil or Eucalyptus oil. Cats find stepping between the openings an annoyance and that coupled with the smell will drive them away. You can place pieces of cardboard with Tanglefoot applied. Cats step in it once and leave quickly! Get a scarecrow impact sprinkler that is motion controlled. It comes on loudly, runs for about 10 seconds in an arc and scares the cats away. These are the best suggestions I have.
You might try planting a cat litter box of catnip (a member of the mint family) to attract him to a particular spot. In the beds you don't want him in, plant herbs such as lavender, rue, geranium, absinthe or lemon thyme. A German gardener has come up with a plant, coleus canin, which he has found keeps cats at bay. It can be ordered from various garden catalog services in Germany or perhaps your local garden center can obtain it for you. He has also come up with a mixture that is easily made and will keep away just about anything on four paws. It��s two parts cayenne pepper, three parts dry mustard and five parts flour. Mix together and sprinkle on areas where you don��t want cats. Cats don��t care much for tea leaves, so save the tea bags and sprinkle the leaves over the beds you want to keep him out of. You can try laying large, flat river stones around the digging areas of your bed. Cats love freshly prepared soil (and fresh laundry too!), so putting the stones around would keep kitty from doing as much digging.
Finally, you may want to consider installing a sprinkler system that is activated by movement. One or two douses will cure the cat quickly and will also deter prowlers! I know it works because as a little kid I remember we had a cat that liked to use the bathtub. My Mother would dutifully clean up the mess each time and say nothing. Dad found out so the next time the cat was in the tub, the shower kicked on for a few seconds. The cat never used the tub again! Give these ideas a try and let me know which one works or if they all do. Good luck.
Reply:Try placing moth balls in your flower beds. That has worked for me.
How do i keep cats from using my flower beds as a litter box?
Pepper...sprinkle pepper on the ground as cats sniff before they do their thing. It will make them sneeze but is not harmful to their health
Reply:Or you can purchase a roll of concrete reinforcing wire and lay it across the entry points to your planting area. Spray it with Re-pel, anise oil or Eucalyptus oil. Cats find stepping between the openings an annoyance and that coupled with the smell will drive them away. You can place pieces of cardboard with Tanglefoot applied. Cats step in it once and leave quickly! Get a scarecrow impact sprinkler that is motion controlled. It comes on loudly, runs for about 10 seconds in an arc and scares the cats away. These are the best suggestions I have.
You might try planting a cat litter box of catnip (a member of the mint family) to attract him to a particular spot. In the beds you don't want him in, plant herbs such as lavender, rue, geranium, absinthe or lemon thyme. A German gardener has come up with a plant, coleus canin, which he has found keeps cats at bay. It can be ordered from various garden catalog services in Germany or perhaps your local garden center can obtain it for you. He has also come up with a mixture that is easily made and will keep away just about anything on four paws. It��s two parts cayenne pepper, three parts dry mustard and five parts flour. Mix together and sprinkle on areas where you don��t want cats. Cats don��t care much for tea leaves, so save the tea bags and sprinkle the leaves over the beds you want to keep him out of. You can try laying large, flat river stones around the digging areas of your bed. Cats love freshly prepared soil (and fresh laundry too!), so putting the stones around would keep kitty from doing as much digging.
Finally, you may want to consider installing a sprinkler system that is activated by movement. One or two douses will cure the cat quickly and will also deter prowlers! I know it works because as a little kid I remember we had a cat that liked to use the bathtub. My Mother would dutifully clean up the mess each time and say nothing. Dad found out so the next time the cat was in the tub, the shower kicked on for a few seconds. The cat never used the tub again! Give these ideas a try and let me know which one works or if they all do. Good luck.
Reply:Try placing moth balls in your flower beds. That has worked for me.
I have some very fine roots in my flower beds, any idea of how to get rid of them without riuning my soils??
Those are probably tree roots using the improved soils you have created for your plants. As long as the beds to not cover large areas under the drip-line of the tree (the outer reaches of it's branches overhead, you can go around the perimeter of the bed and edge it with a long sharp spade - cutting into the edge or the turf and cutting a line around the bed to stop the roots from using your planting beds - also cut out a small section of the edge to create a little mote around the bed - called an "air-gap edging" this reduced turf and root infiltration into the bed. With that done, the roots in the bed should break down over time. You can leave them in as compost, though, and keep your soil structure in the bed intact which makes the soil healthier and more weed-free.
I have some very fine roots in my flower beds, any idea of how to get rid of them without riuning my soils??
You can pull them out or use something such as RoundUp. RoundUp goes through the leaves, down the stems, and into the roots to get rid of the whole plant. RoundUp dissipates when it touches soil.
RoundUp will kill any plant it touches. If you have flowers, "paint" RoundUp on the weeds you wish to get rid of.
I have some very fine roots in my flower beds, any idea of how to get rid of them without riuning my soils??
You can pull them out or use something such as RoundUp. RoundUp goes through the leaves, down the stems, and into the roots to get rid of the whole plant. RoundUp dissipates when it touches soil.
RoundUp will kill any plant it touches. If you have flowers, "paint" RoundUp on the weeds you wish to get rid of.
How do you keep stray cats from coming in our yard and using my flower beds as a litter box.?
try moth balls that's what my mom used and it seems to be working
How do you keep stray cats from coming in our yard and using my flower beds as a litter box.?
DON'T PUT ANTIFREEZE HOTDOGS IN YOUR GARDEN! THE CATS WILL EAT IT AND DIE!!! so don't do it cause if you do then your an evil monster.
Reply:spray the hell out of them with water when they are in the flower bed. sooner than later they will learn.
Reply:you can get a can of boundry ..you simply spray It around your plants and or things you dont want the cats to be near..the smells drives them away..it wont hurt your flowers/plants
Reply:I use moth balls.It works well.
Reply:Simple: adopt them. Then they aren't "stray" any more.
Or, you could get a dog, but dog poo is worse than cat, IMHO, and dogs don't bury their scat.
On the other hand, you could try worrying about things that actually matter.
Reply:i put pepper dust on my flower beds, also everytime you get orange peel throw it on your garden, they'll stop coming...
Reply:hot dogs soaked in antifreeze it will keep them away for sure. I don't know what it is about it but they leave and never come back around.
Reply:Peel some oranges and just scatter the peels in your flower bed, makes the bed smell nice and cats hate the smell of citrus. Yes it works.. and its good mulch too.
Reply:Look in pet stores, there's a variety of different sprays to keep cats away. There should be some that are for furniture as well as plants - completely organic, so it won't hurt your flowers.
Reply:dogs, big one i happen to be selling 2 bull mastiff puppies
Reply:believe it or not moth balls work alright, but there are some replants that either a pet store will carry or a home and garden center will have... and when all else fails a garden hose with a high pressure nozzle is the best, and funniest =P
How do you keep stray cats from coming in our yard and using my flower beds as a litter box.?
DON'T PUT ANTIFREEZE HOTDOGS IN YOUR GARDEN! THE CATS WILL EAT IT AND DIE!!! so don't do it cause if you do then your an evil monster.
Reply:spray the hell out of them with water when they are in the flower bed. sooner than later they will learn.
Reply:you can get a can of boundry ..you simply spray It around your plants and or things you dont want the cats to be near..the smells drives them away..it wont hurt your flowers/plants
Reply:I use moth balls.It works well.
Reply:Simple: adopt them. Then they aren't "stray" any more.
Or, you could get a dog, but dog poo is worse than cat, IMHO, and dogs don't bury their scat.
On the other hand, you could try worrying about things that actually matter.
Reply:i put pepper dust on my flower beds, also everytime you get orange peel throw it on your garden, they'll stop coming...
Reply:hot dogs soaked in antifreeze it will keep them away for sure. I don't know what it is about it but they leave and never come back around.
Reply:Peel some oranges and just scatter the peels in your flower bed, makes the bed smell nice and cats hate the smell of citrus. Yes it works.. and its good mulch too.
Reply:Look in pet stores, there's a variety of different sprays to keep cats away. There should be some that are for furniture as well as plants - completely organic, so it won't hurt your flowers.
Reply:dogs, big one i happen to be selling 2 bull mastiff puppies
Reply:believe it or not moth balls work alright, but there are some replants that either a pet store will carry or a home and garden center will have... and when all else fails a garden hose with a high pressure nozzle is the best, and funniest =P
I have hundreds of maple seedlings in my flower beds. How do i get rid of them?
pull them out
I have hundreds of maple seedlings in my flower beds. How do i get rid of them?
pull them out.
Reply:THE SAME way I did!
Sorry, but start pulling.....
Next year, after you have planted what you want, and the new seedling YOU want have fully emerged, then put down a PRE-EMERGENT WEED SEED KILLER, like PREEN.
The Preen type products do not harm mature plants.
It stops the seed from growing just as it germinates. ALL SEED good and bad so remember that before you apply!
But YUP, I will use a PRE EMERGENT next year, and save my back and knees!
Reply:you have to keep pulling them out by the seed or remove the tree.
Reply:Tie little pieces of colored thread on them while they have leaves on them. Then, this fall, put an ad on Craigslist. Free Maple Seedlings, you dig them out.
After they are all removed and any other maple seeds are raked up, I would consider landscaping with more woodmulch instead of stones to prevent things from coming up in undesired places.
Reply:One at a time, one at a time. Grab and pull. Or use a hoe or weeding knife.
Next year, rake the maple seeds out from between the plants before they germinate.
Reply:pull them out.I have the same problem with manitoba maple %26amp; chinese elm. total pain they are!!!!
Reply:i wish you got better answers here to your question. i am having the same problem in my garden. hundreds of 'helicopters' have landed in my newly mulched garden. you cant gather all of these babies up thats for sure. i wish i had a solution for this problem. all i know is next year i plan on waiting to throw on the mulch after the helicopters have all fallin off. live and learn i guess.
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I have hundreds of maple seedlings in my flower beds. How do i get rid of them?
pull them out.
Reply:THE SAME way I did!
Sorry, but start pulling.....
Next year, after you have planted what you want, and the new seedling YOU want have fully emerged, then put down a PRE-EMERGENT WEED SEED KILLER, like PREEN.
The Preen type products do not harm mature plants.
It stops the seed from growing just as it germinates. ALL SEED good and bad so remember that before you apply!
But YUP, I will use a PRE EMERGENT next year, and save my back and knees!
Reply:you have to keep pulling them out by the seed or remove the tree.
Reply:Tie little pieces of colored thread on them while they have leaves on them. Then, this fall, put an ad on Craigslist. Free Maple Seedlings, you dig them out.
After they are all removed and any other maple seeds are raked up, I would consider landscaping with more woodmulch instead of stones to prevent things from coming up in undesired places.
Reply:One at a time, one at a time. Grab and pull. Or use a hoe or weeding knife.
Next year, rake the maple seeds out from between the plants before they germinate.
Reply:pull them out.I have the same problem with manitoba maple %26amp; chinese elm. total pain they are!!!!
Reply:i wish you got better answers here to your question. i am having the same problem in my garden. hundreds of 'helicopters' have landed in my newly mulched garden. you cant gather all of these babies up thats for sure. i wish i had a solution for this problem. all i know is next year i plan on waiting to throw on the mulch after the helicopters have all fallin off. live and learn i guess.
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