How do I get rid of creeping charlie naturally in my lawn?

Most natural ways will be just as detrimental to your lawn as the creeping charlie. The easiest way is to use a weed and feed in the spring that includes creeping charlie. Since it spreads by roots, it is hard to control it unless all the weeds are killed. The only other way is to use a hand weeder and remove it yourself by hand.

Only natural way is pulling the vines but it will be futile. Charlie vines from the mother plant and roots itself.

I also suffered with Creeping Charlie! At one point, two thirds of my lawn was taken over. I tried everything under the sun. I finally tried Spectracide Weed and Feed. I mixed a much stronger solution than the instructions said. Used a handheld sprayer and really wet the "lawn" down with no rain scheduled for the next few days. Killed the Charlie and he lawn came back stronger than ever. I still get some Charlie coming back every so often, so I pull out what I can and spot spray it along with other weeds as general maintenance.

We have tried for years to eradicate it fully. Our best result has been pulling and raking until it's gone. We have used the weed killer, but as soon as you stop, it comes right back, so we stopped using it.

Rake and pull plus a specific weed killer. You also have to have cooperative neighbors. Since all my creeping Charlie came from their lawn, unless they treat theirs too, it is an ongoing battle.

Hi Sandra, broadleaf weed killer, and pull the vines as you see them, toss in garbage or burn, they will take root again if you drop them on the lawn and spread.

Triclopyr is found in Ortho Weed-B-Gon Chickweed, Clover and Oxalis Killer for Lawns or Weed-B-Gon Max, along with a few other products. Dicamba is found in Trimec and Three Way Lawn Weed Killer and others. If one of these chemicals doesn’t do the job on the creeping Charlie in your lawn, try the other.

Research has shown that a creeping Charlie population in one area may be more susceptible to a particular herbicide than it is in another area.

Proper timing is the key if you want to kill creeping Charlie with herbicides. Creeping Charlie is most susceptible to herbicides when it is flowering and when it is preparing to go dormant in the fall. Make an attack on your creeping Charlie in the fall, right around the time the first frost is expected, or right after the first frost.

If treated at this time, the plant will store the herbicide, making it even more effective. Then in the spring while the creeping Charlie is flowering, hit it again with herbicide. Once the plants are dead, you can rake the dead plants from the area, discard them carefully, and reseed.