Thick layer of pine straw mulch and hand pulling.

Very rarely do I have to resort to chemical control. If I do it’ll be with sethoxydim for invading grass, or very carefully administered glyphosate for everything else.

Stay away from potentially volatile broadleaf herbicides like dicamba and 2,4-D around the garden. Even on your surrounding lawn. Even if you don’t accidentally spray it on your desired plants, they can vaporize and still kill sensitive plants like tomatoes. It’s called volatilization. I learned the hard way one day years ago. I sprayed my yard with the winter weed cocktail one early spring morning. A little later I moved my seedlings outside a couple hours after I had sprayed. It warmed up nicely and I can remember getting a faint whiff of the Weed-Free-Zone smell in the air. Ended up losing all of my seedlings.

For my lawn I’ll spot spray my front lawn with Celsius. But I don’t spray anything in my backyard while the garden is growing.

ETA: The vinegar spray will work well to burn down some weeds. But perennials could potentially keep coming back. But it is a fairly safe option.

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Posted by iwyLSUiwy

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Posted on 5/14/24 at 3:33 pm to PillageUrVillage

First post in this thread this year.

First year of gardening was a disaster. This year has started out slightly better, I have two jalapeno plants already producing more than I got all of last year. The jalapenos are about half the size of the entire plant

My potted "backup" tomatoes and cherry tomatoes are actually doing better than my raised bed tomatoes so that's a little frustrating.

My banana pepper have barely grown an inch, which is disappointing given the rain here in N LA.

Squirrels have gotten after my cucumbers

Going to buy an airsoft gun to try and get rid of them.

Too early to tell this year but this year , although better than last, is not off to a great start.

Though my flowerbed look amazing. Just not my garden.

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Posted by LSU fan 246

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Posted on 5/14/24 at 9:56 pm to PillageUrVillage

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Thick layer of pine straw mulch and hand pulling.

I do a lot of hand pulling. Wont be able to use pine straw because I am already using a different kind of mulch.

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Stay away from potentially volatile broadleaf herbicides like dicamba and 2,4-D around the garden

Yea Ive noticed the sprayer will hurt my mondo grass(or whatever its called).

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For my lawn I’ll spot spray my front lawn with Celsius. But I don’t spray anything in my backyard while the garden is growing.

For big areas of grass, is the sprayer I use still not a good option?

I dont grow any food in my gardens anymore if that means anything going forward.

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