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internaughtfull wrote:

Hi, I have a hillside full of little juniper pacificas, which were
planted with one of those antiweed tarps, and then mulched.
We had a big hailstorm and the tarp got several minor knicks
in it somehow, even covered by the mulch, and
other stuff is popping up. I've weeded but it is getting out of hand
timewise, and I was wondering what I could spray that would
not kill the junipers. Oh and anyone that says 'just get out there
and pull them up' probably does not work 60hrs a week.

thx,

itchy.

With your busy schedule you want something more low maintenance. You
might consider moving into an urban apartment, or condominium.

On the other hand, the junipers are perennials, and the weeds are
annuals. As the junipers grow, they will crowd out the annuals. It may
look a bit trashy at first, but the junipers will fill in where the soil
gets light.

Tarp with nicks, or not, the wind, birds, and animals will deposit seeds
which will sprout on your best laid plans. If you don't want to pull
weeds, lay newspaper over them, and then spread mulch over the
newspaper. You will need to do this until the junipers are large enough
to shade out the weeds, but even so, there will still be the occasional
weed that will need to be pulled or covered.

You might be happier just paving over your hillside, and painting it
green, but the results will end up being the same as above.

Consider this your tuition in landscaping.

If you are contemplating using "Round-Up", you may want to look at the
following sites first:

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/664

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DMPGR.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_(herbicide)
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