Creeping Charlie

[PRFISHER]

I need something that will kill creeping charlie..

[Powerstroke]

Roundup is first and foremost. It will kill anything.

Since I assume you're looking to eliminate it from your yard then I say you're in for a tough fight. Products like Trimec work ok. The best product I've used is called Millenium by Lesco. Its very expensive.

If you have more Creeping Charlie than grass....then you should start over. You'll never eliminate it if its that extablished.

[LwnmwnMan2]

Put up with it for the summer now. This fall, either hire a service, or get a good commercial grade broadleaf herbicide if you want to do it yourself.

Spray the highest rate the label allows right after a hard freeze.

This will get you about 80-90% kill. Then next spring, attack it again, and then again in the following fall.

When you DO kill off some of it though, make sure you get some fresh dirt (about 1" or so) some starter fertilizer and grass seed and start overseeding the areas, or else the bare ground will just be susceptible to having the weed invade again.

[eurolarva]

With Franks closed and most of the places like Lyndale farm and gardens closed it is harder to get advise and the correct chemicals. I bought some stuff at Robbinsdale Farm and garden 2 years ago that worked and did not kill the grass around it. I had to mix it with a hose end sprayer and it mixed something like 2 tablespoons per gallon. Home depot has a 2 gallon sprayer that you mix water and chemicals then pressurize the tank and spray with the wand that comes with it for around 10 bucks. The stuff I used on the creeping charlie had to be used twice in a two week period to kill it all.

[JIGGIN]

What I have used with wonderful results is 20 Mule Team Borax. Mix 1/2 cup Borax per one gallon of water. I then sprayed this on the area with either a watering can or a hand sprayer. This will bleach the grass, but it will not kill the grass. Wait until the grass gets its color back (after a couple mowings) and if there is any that survived do it again. You can do this any time of the season. When I bought my current property there was an area equally as big as the house with this problem and all I could find for advise was to either remove and replace the top soil or use a chemical to kill the whole area. I then was talking to the next door neighbor that gave me this solution and like I said it works without killing the grass. All of the other ways suggestions will work as well. Good luck!

[fishinphilth]

Boinde Weed Beater Ultra Lawn has worked real well for me for creeping charlie and all broad leafs too. Cheaper too, around $30 for a gallon of concentrate.

[Wayne Sieber]

Guys - Where did you purchase these chemical solutions to eliminate this weed? Specialty stores or ?? Thanks!

[MLaker2]

I trust Trimec. Any good yard retailer, should have it or a generic similiar. There also is a Trimec Plus that has activity on small sized crab grass if you spray it a couple times. Do a google.

[DRH1175]

Weed Free zone from fertilome is the best stuff I have ever used kills everything in one application except the grass. Otherwise something with Trimec works. Creeping charlie is one of the hardest yard weeds to kill and many times takes 2 applications to really get it.