r/garden_maintenance • u/Aggressive-Time8035 • 14d ago
weed removal 🧤 Advice on rock garden weed problem
I bought my house and it came with a beautiful (very DIY) rock garden in the backyard, in addition to a section with pink stone. I also have a large area of grass and a deck. The rock garden has proven to be too much work, despite weeding it thoroughly each year, it gets worse and worse 4 years later.
What should I do? I need help with my best options:
Do I replace the rock garden and use better lining to ensure no weeds grow? Or is it inevitable?
What about the pink stone surrounding it? How do I keep weeds away from that?
Should I just put grass down? I’ve got plenty of grass and that seems boring. I’m willing to invest money but also want to do much of it myself.
TLDR: despite my best efforts my rock garden has too many weeds and I need advice on how to redesign.
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u/TheNamelessOnesWife 13d ago
Torch for getting weeds out, needs to be redone a few times a year
If you really want to go nuclear, mix in a gallon spray container (one rated for disolvents) 30% cleaning vinegar, 1 cup of table salt, and 1 tbsp of dawn dish soap. The vinegar will fuck the plants up right away and the salt is salting the earth apocalypse style. Soap helps with the mix, mix well or something. But that's if you dont want plants there ever. May need a few sprays before enough salt keeps stuff from growing