roundup for the current weeds
pre-emergent for the seeds. and remember, every time you disturb the soil you are
stimulating seeds to germinate. so cut the weeds off with a hoe and DO NOT pull them
and turn over the soil exposing more weed seeds to germinate.
for mulching, use marsh hay where the seeds dont do well in dryer ground, so dont
have the weed problem but you will have excellent soil in a couple years.
Ingrid

catcher wrote:

Our flower beds and slate patio have tree-like weeds and are utterly
gross. We're looking for something that we can put down to kill the
weeds for longer than four weeks, and hopefully prevent them from
returning.

We've been using Roundup for years. It does kill the weeds, but they
come back quickly.

Please, someone suggest something better than Roundup.

We're in the Rochester, NY area in the US.



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