Gardening and keeping weeds at bay

@maximax8 (31046)
United Kingdom
September 25, 2019 3:19pm CST
One side of my back garden has lovely hardy tropical looking plants. On the other side of my back garden there are brambles and a tree has grown very high. It is going over my garage roof. I will clear all these brambles and cut down the plant growth that is over my garage roof. I need to find a way no other weeds grow. How can I do this on a low budget?
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
25 Sep 19
Weedx are so frustrating to deal with. A mixture of vinegar and table salt kills weeds.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 19
I will try a mixture of vinegar and table salt. Thanks for telling me because I like to use natural products.
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
27 Sep 19
@maximax8 No problem. I know it worked for me and I prefer natural too
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
29 Sep 19
I am not a knowledgeable weed killer..usually I just get and tear them to shreds lol Good luck with it Maxi
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 19
Horse tail weeds are challenging to pull up as their routes go far down in the earth.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 19
@TiarasOceanView In 2012 I got a whole row of hardy tropical looking plants in 2012. Then horse tail weeds went all around these plants Oshy.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
29 Sep 19
@maximax8 Oh I bet they do..thats no good then trying to pull them.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72131)
• United States
26 Sep 19
Wow that sounds like so much work to take care of all that. I have lots of indoor plants but they aren't doing very well.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 19
Thanks for saying take care. I wish you lots of luck with your indoor plants. I have now got three plants in my bungalow.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 19
@shaggin Maybe have a look at realistic fake plants. Then they won't die.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72131)
• United States
26 Sep 19
@maximax8 I am just giving up on one and throwing it out it's just doing so bad.
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amirev777
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
27 Sep 19
You can also try putting boiling water mixed with rock salt on the weeds. You can also cover low-growing weeds like clover and crabgrass with newspaper and eventually the lack of sunlight will exterminate them.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
28 Sep 19
Boiling water and rock salt is an excellent idea. Thank you. If that doesn't work I will cover these weeds with newspaper. It won't work if it rains though.
LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51957)
• Philippines
4 Oct 19
I don't know, we got weeds on the plants but i don't do something about it.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 19
LK2018 Some weeds look like flowers. Most of the horse tail weed has gone and tiny bits are left.
CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Sep 19
As Laurel said, vinegar and salt kills the weeds. Good luck.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 19
I will try the salt and vinegar. Thanks.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Sep 19
@maximax8 Good luck!
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Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
25 Sep 19
I do the gardening at home but sometimes the work is overloaded especially during the rainy season.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
27 Sep 19
A rainy season must be challenging for your garden. A rainy day happened to us when we visited Bohol Island.
DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
28 Sep 19
One cup of table salt added to a large container of vinegar kills weeds. Just be careful of other plants.
BirDan
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
26 Sep 19
Gardening is keeps you busy in work as you have many space in backyard or frontyard. Here we not get much space around home. Here we just put acid on plant if we not want to grow big it.
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 19
Yes, gardening keeps me busy. I love tropical looking plants and only the hardy ones can I grow in my garden. I have horse tail weeds that are challenging to get rid of.
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