Chickweed ( Stellaria culture medium ) is an exceedingly dauntless green goddess . There are many unlike variety of clammy chickweed , with the most vulgar being befittingly named " Common Chickweed " . All chickweed are known to carry flora computer virus and house louse pets , and some varieties of this annual flora can exist the winter . In addition , mouse-ear chickweed seed can develop in almost any mood and in any type of soil . Most gardener expend a combination of three different types of toxic herbicide to kill this stubborn weed , but you could also kill chickweed without any chemicals or by using an constitutional herbicide .
Step 1
Work on a ironic , cool mean solar day before the chickweed has flowered . check that the dirt is dry , because wet soil will make any miss seeds or shank nodes to germinate .
Step 2
Pull it up by hand . If you only have a diminished amount of clammy chickweed , the good way to organically kill it is to withdraw it by hired man . Slip on some horticulture gloves and carefully place all bits of the plant in a moldable traveling bag , as chickweed stem node can actually re - root .
Step 3
Lay two inches of organic mulch down in the surface area where you removed the chickweed by hand . The organic mulch will limit sunlight that may progress to missed seeds , and also " weigh down " any seedling trying to sprout .
Step 4
Solarize large swaths of mouse-ear chickweed during the blistering summertime calendar month . traverse the chickweed with plastic mulch ( sheet of paper mulch is most good ) . Leave the mulch in place until cooler weather condition settles in . The extreme heat engender under the plastic will kill the chickweed and the seeds as well .
Step 5
Target chickweed within a lawn or near other plant with an constitutive herbicide . There are many on the market , but you could also get to into your larder and use ashen vinegar . The higher the acidic level in the vinegar , the more effective it will be in killing the plant . Place the acetum in a spray feeding bottle and spray it directly onto the mouse-ear chickweed . Repeat once per week until the flora dies .
Warning
Vinegar will kill most broad - leaf plant ( not lawn forage ) , so take care not to get acetum on nearby beneficial broad - thumb plant .
