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Questions tagged [weeds]
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Can I lay geotextile sheeting beneath new grass?
We have an area of ground that was a thick mix of overgrown weeds and plants. We would like to turf this area. We have turned over the soil and taken out some of the roots but there are still a lot of weed roots in the area.
Can we put down a layer…
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How do I kill this weeds. Is is the end of October -can I apply anything to prevent weeds next year?
I am trying to prevent these weeds from taking over again next year.
Is there anything I should do or apply now (end of October) in order to kill these or stop them from coming back next year ?
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For all the answers below: I am not sure if…
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Should I clear rapacious vines from my garden?
My back yard is edged on three sides with something that was probably intended as a garden, but is now just an overgrown mess, with, e.g., lots of vines ensnarling everything. In the photo below you can see some of what I'm talking about (the…
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Is this "ground cover", from a lawn in New York, Medic or Hop Trefoil?
This grows almost ubiquitously in un-managed grass areas. I'd love to know what it is.
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What is this feathery reddish/white "weed" that has popped up in a meadow area?
This is another one I've never seen. A meadow mix was seeded in 2 years ago, so it might even be something desirable rather than a weed.
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Re-evaluating my relationship with Gorse
I live in north Auckland, and bit off a lot more then I can chew in terms of a rural block. Because of its prickliness, density and label as a weed, I formed a negative opinion of Gorse - which grows on the back of my lifestyle block (lifestyle…
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Identifying and removing this weed / clovers from my lawn / groundcover
There is one side of my yard that has this particular weed along with clovers.
It was on the lawn last year, but this year it's gotten worse and is spreading into my groundcover bed. I'm going to finish adding rocks around the bed to keep it from…
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What plant or weed is this?
Its about 6 ft tall, not sure what it is, want to tear it out.
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What are the spikey patches of grass on my lawn?
I have moved into a new build house and the lawn already has "spikey grass" parts consistently over the lawn. Around 60 patches in an area of 50 sq metres.
In places, around 1 inch taller than the rest of the grass. These show up as light Green…
Darren
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