Weeds in landscaping beds

[ccwmlw]

I have been asked to bid on my fisrt commerical job which entails weeding landscaping beds. Is there a product that will kill the weeds but not the other plants, or is the best way to pull the weeds?

[Seascape]

Bottom line ,,,NO. There are "grassy weed" herbicides that are safe to use over most ornamentals but i strongly suggest to read the insert label to assure you do not shoot a plant not covered. As far as other weeds.. "broad leaf" type weeds, Try to sell an app of round up before pulling. Spray all that you can w/out hitting any plant material and pull the rest. Explain to them that round up kills the weed where as pulling will typically just make 2 weeds come up. Charge them for the round up ,the labor to spray it ,and the labor to pull about 5 days later. Than next march sell rthem an app of pre m in those areas.
mike

[Phil Nilsson]

What we use to do for weeds on commercial sites ...

. First time visit to get under control - beds, curblines, pavement, fencelines etc.
. Every 3 weeks walk thru same areas to eliminate new (small) growth with Roundup before it got out of control.
. Granular preemergents in beds.


Phil

[ccwmlw]

Did you use Granular preemergents to get beds under control?
I have never used this stuff.