[ppivik]

Would like a referral to weed my beds once a month. Anyone know of a reliable person.
Pat

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by ppivik

Would like a referral to weed my beds once a month. Anyone know of a reliable person.
Pat

Be prepared to pay a lot if it is pulling weeds. That is back breaking work in the heat. There are many who will spray them for you for not so much money. Probably the person who cuts your grass now will do that.

[Villageswimmer]

You can also use Preen to keep weeds from germinating--not 100 percent but it helps a lot. We use it a few times/year but especially in Spring and Summer.

[Birdinparadise]

My Mom uses Choice Maintenance 352-502-2880 for her Courtyard Villa. She pays $25.00 per month and they pull the weeds at the roots then spray weed kill throughout the beds. They do a good job.

[lanabanana73]

Originally Posted by Birdinparadise

My Mom uses Choice Maintenance 352-502-2880 for her Courtyard Villa. She pays $25.00 per month and they pull the weeds at the roots then spray weed kill throughout the beds. They do a good job.

Another vote for Choice Maintenance. Very reliable. Very good!

[Fredman]

Another vote for choice maintenance

[autumnspring]

Originally Posted by ppivik

Would like a referral to weed my beds once a month. Anyone know of a reliable person.
Pat

We do it ourselves but based on my experience it needs to be done more often then once a month. A weed is just a plant in the wrong place. In a month, many of the plants you will want to remove will have already grown quite large and might have even gone to seed.

You will find endless debate about mulch vs stone vs??????
If, you put down stone you will usually use weed block cloth below it. Like everything else it works SOMEWHAT.
It will keep down SOME weeds but those that do get through will be a real problem to remove.

We have pine straw and one of those old long handled cultivator rakes works great. You want to either buy one with 3 prongs on it or if you get the far more common one with four prongs you want to cut off the two outside prongs making it two prong. The plant roots are shallow so you want to cut the prongs off at about two inches-they are normally about 6 inches long. It takes about half an hour to forty-five minutes to do the entire job.

Someone else mentioned PREEN and as they said it is partially effective. Actually, a lot of what we call weeds is your lawn trying to fill any bare spot-your plant beds.
Since, the weed in your bed is connected to your lawn anything that will kill it will also kill your lawn.

HAPPY WEEDING-and be thankful you are not doing it full time-with customers telling you you missed one weed last week. In one week there will be new ones