How to remove grass in garden beds?

ewenmc

Howdy!

Having a lot of trouble with grass in the garden beds. As you can see I've neglected it quite a bit...

The ribbon grass I like, but there's some oxalis and whatever else which just goes crazy. Should I pull up the ribbon grass, out down some weed mats then replant? I ideally want the ribbon grass to spread so not sure how I allow that but prevent the other nonsense.

Any advice would be great!

Jason

Hi @ewenmc,

I would be following the advice of one of our resident Bunnings D.I.Y. experts @JacobZ in the discussion How to get rid of grass in my flower bed?

The best option is manual removal as it introduces no additional chemicals to the garden, but this can be time-consuming and taxing on the body. Using longer tools such as a long-handle weeder can make the job easier and might help enough that you are happy to keep up with the manual removal.

Alternatively, you can spot-spray the grass with Roundup, being careful to avoid overspray as it will affect the other plants in the garden.

After removing the grass, you should consider applying a layer of mulch between 50-100mm thick to help suppress unwanted grass and weeds.

J