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I Need To Destroy Some Weeds

QuidQuid Definitely not a bananaRegistered User regular
edited April 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
My latest project is starting work on our patio in the back. Part of it is a small, roughly 3x4 patch of dirt that since we've moved here and have left to neglect. It's now almost completely consumed by a massive number of weeds. I need to know the best way to obliterate them. Worth noting is I don't want anything growing there period so I'm willing to take almost any means necessary that's still pet friendly.

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  • travathiantravathian Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    HD/Lowes will both carry various chemical sprays designed to kill everything. Chop the weeds down to the base, spray the yard, don't let the pet into that area til the next day. Most everything should be dead within a week.

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  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Three feet by four feet? I'd just get in there with a shovel and dig up the whole thing. Then put gravel on top. Maybe one of the weed barrier cloth deals underneath.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Alright, I ran down to the home and garden shop nearby and bought some weed killer to spray on what's left. Pulling them up turned out easier than expected since there was nothing prickly. I also ran a fork looking tool through it to help get everything exposed and pulled up.

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    There you go. Removing the root is the only way to truly kill a weed.

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  • MetroidZoidMetroidZoid Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Remember that nature hates empty voids, and will quickly try to fill in any vacant area with an abundance of baby weeds. Spread down something like Preen (which may also be a fertilizer ... useless unless you've got landscaping around), or any kind of non-commercial pre-emergent. Ask for a pre-emergent at Lowes / lawn garden store, see what they got, read the label first, then buy according to what works for you. Given that it's just gravel and shit, a layer of weed fabric / barrier (NOT black plastic ... that stuff makes the soil shit, then frays into tiny pieces), gravel, and a pre-emergent on top, applied semi-regularly according to the label, will do wonders.

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  • rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Just roundup the whole yard, wait a day or two and dig it out.

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    rfalias wrote: »
    Just roundup the whole yard, wait a day or two and dig it out.
    Why not just dig it out and save a step?

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  • SkyCaptainSkyCaptain IndianaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Makershot wrote: »
    rfalias wrote: »
    Just roundup the whole yard, wait a day or two and dig it out.
    Why not just dig it out and save a step?

    Because many weeds can come back from the smallest piece of root.

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    If you want to obliterate the space and render it unfit for plant growth, make a big bunch of saltwater and dump it on the spot. Note that future owners of the space will curse you if they plan on using it for anything other than dirt.

    Alternatively, pave it.

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  • radroadkillradroadkill MDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I think the digging and weed killer did it. We don't want to make it void of any life since the next people here might want to plant things. We just let it get super bad but now wanted it cleared out so the dog has a place to go potty late at night and it's the only non-cement part of our fenced patio and it's nice to not have to wlak him around the front yard on his leash at 12 am.

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