How can I eradicate creeping charlie from my front lawn?

Carol
by Carol

Creeping Charlie weed is overtaking my whole front lawn...What can I use to get rid of it? What is the best product? Thanks!

  2 answers
  • Em Em on Jun 15, 2019


    How To Get Rid Of

    Creeping Charlie,

    Ground Ivy In Lawn

    Part 1

    The Lawn Care Nut

    YouTube

    • Carol Carol on Jun 16, 2019

      Thanks for your help...the video was very informative...

  • Lynn Sorrell Lynn Sorrell on Jun 15, 2019

    Creeping Charlie is an extremely aggressive perennial weed. It grows low to the ground in a vining habit, killing everything else around it. It thrives in moist and shady areas, where grass and other plants don’t grow well. If you see it, act fast, or you will have a hard battle later. One of these three tried-and-true methods for how to get rid of Creeping Charlie should solve your landscaping trouble:

    Pull out Creeping Charlie by hand if you only see a plant or two here or there.Manual removal is not recommended for large infestations of Creeping Charlie. It will take too long, and success will be minimal. But if you see a plant or two here or there, you can get rid of it with your own two hands quite effectively. gardening gloves, as Creeping Charlie can cause skin irritation and itching; some people are even allergic to it. Then, prune the weed by cutting off any loose vines not rooted to the ground in order to help expose the areas where you need to pull and dig out the weeds.If the ground is hard and dry, watering the area first to soften it will make for easier yanking. If the roots are particularly deep, loosen the soil around them with a rooting tool or cultivator. As you pull, put plants immediately in a disposal bag; do not leave them lying around. dig through the soil with your hands or a cultivator to ensure you’ve gotten any root pieces that have broken off, as they will regenerate, and you’ll be right back where you started. Any little bits left behind, or that go wayward, are bound to reseed themselves.

    #2 Smother a larger Creeping Charlie infestation by blocking all sunlight with a barrier of newspaper, tarp, or cardboard for at least a week.Cover the Creeping Charlie with a barrier of newspaper, tarp, or cardboard to completely block sunlight. Extend the coverage six to 12 inches beyond the vines and leaves, as the roots underneath the ground can reach further out from what’s on top of the soil. Weight the cover down with rocks or bricks to keep it from blowing or shifting back, allowing light to reach the plants.It may take a week—or longer, depending on your soil conditions—for your Creeping Charlie to be smothered. Take a peek at the week mark; if there’s any green left, replace the cover for another several days. When Creeping Charlie is shriveled and brown, it’s good and dead!Pull the Creeping Charlie out of the ground and dispose of it as you would in the hand pulling method, or it could come back from the nodes and roots. It ought to come out much more easily once dead.

    Use a special broadleaf herbicide containing either tricolpyr or dicamba on Creeping Charlie that has taken over your lawn—these chemicals will kill Creeping Charlie without harming your grass.This situation may best be battled herbicide, but heed this warning: Many of these plant poisons are not selective. They kill whatever they touch, not just weeds, so read product labels carefully and choose a broadleaf herbicide containing tricolpyr or dicamba—two chemicals will kill Creeping Charlie, but not harm your turf grass.spray Creeping Charlie with herbicide anytime during the growing season, but it will be most effective if you treat it in the fall, when it’s preparing for winter dormancy. Spray right before or right after the first frost, and it will store the herbicide along with its winter nutrients


    • Carol Carol on Jun 16, 2019

      Thank you so much Lynn...sounds like a nightmare...I will check out my local gardener's supply to find the product you mentioned..Much appreciated..