Hi all,
My wife and I have been battling this yard for a while now but still trying to figure out how to kill these large weeds without having to dig them up. We only have 2 yard bins currently and each one of these large weeds are like 40-60 pounds and take up an entire bin. Is there anything that would work to kill off mostly everything or should we just keep trying to uproot 1-2 of these per week? We live in Florida
by CTrident4
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There are herbicides that would kill them but you’d still have to remove the dead plant.
My yard waste bin is 96 gallons or .47 cubic yards. Last month I removed an 8×6′ bird of paradise and it took 2.4 bins to get it out of the the yard. I cut leaves and stems into 1′ lengths and used a shovel to compact it. The bins could barely be moved to the curb but so far I haven’t reached the 336 pound weight limit. The truck has taken it and been able to shake out the compacted contents. Are you cutting up and compacting the plants?
Have you IDed them? There are many huge ornamental grasses folks plant on purpose. Since they are lined up against the fence this is a possibility. If so then leave grasses that are growing in clumps rather than running and weed whack the ‘lawn’ to tidy it up. When you know what will replace the grasses dig them out one at a time and plant the replacement.
There is no way to kill hem with out digging them up.