Creeping Charlie

[mkadl]

I was just at Theisen's in CR and they have Trimec. In case you have one nearby.

Spectracide. It is cheap at Mennards. Whenever you have the time, spray. Work on one small area at a time/year. I believe mulching mowers spread this stuff if conditions are right. The vinelike tentacles it sends out get chopped up and stuck under the deck. Mow high. It will take over in thin stressed out unkept lawns. My biggest problem areas are in my best soil. It seems to want partial shade. My sunniest and shadiest areas don't ever seem to have a problem.
My experience comes from my back yard, it adjoins a well manicured but CC infested 60 acre public park/disc golf course. I have lived here for over 20 years, control is my only choice. Permanent Elimination is not an option. I will say I have it but you have to look hard for it. Best chances of seeing it is around the middle of August. I used to call it creeping Jenny, but we have new neighbors, her name is Jenny.

 

[iowa_wildcat]

The folks at the National Guard Armory tell me Agent Orange very well.

 

[Wesley]

Set fire to it. it has a sweet smell.

 

[mkadl]

Set fire to it. it has a sweet smell.

Actually I like the smell of napalm in the morning. This is me in my backyard the first year in our home, I hired some neighbor kids to help me, we were determined to exterminate it. . I spent lots of money in different ways trying to get rid of creeping Charlie. I finally decided to coexist.

[video=youtube;bPXVGQnJm0w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w[/video]

 

[walt]

What's worked for me in the past is to spray it heavy with thick Trimec (double what it says on the bottle), wait a week, mow it off to the ground, and spray it with Trimec again.

 

[Bobber]

Spray twice in the fall. Once before the first killing freeze and again 1 to 2 weeks later.

 

[brycy]

I have always used Amine 2 4 D. Get it at Tractor Supply or a place like that. I think it is actually for pastures. It is cheap. You spray it and after about 2 weeks you think you wasted your time and the next thing you know it is gone. Like others have said you have to do it about every year, due to neighbors not treating.