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Originally Posted by CFrance
I have seen Uptown Girl's all-rock landscaping, and it is stunning. She has a stream outside of her lanai, in a rock bed. No grass anywhere. It would be worth the maintenance, IMO. My question is, could you take care of the pesky grass and weed seed sprouting s by just spraying Roundup? That's how we keep our landscaping stones weed and grass-free.
You could get away with having someone come in once or twice a month, maybe.
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Thank You for the compliment CF, ... I will share it with Village Palms- they fine tuned our wish list and did an impeccable installation.
As to Roundup, I bought a big gallon sprayer, but don't use it much. It will kill the topside of the weed, but then you still have to yank the 'dead body' a few days later or it just lays there.
In my experience, Roundup does not efficiently kill zoysia grass roots, merely the surface blades.
I get better results hand pulling, root and all. My next door neighbors on both sides currently have zoysia in their yards and it will send runners to creep under the fence into my yard.
I have better luck pulling the rocks away a bit (with garden gloves on), sawing through the ground (with an old bread knife) at my side of the fence line, then can easily lift any runner roots that have crept under. It gives me a month or two before needing to do it again.
I usually get out there in the very early morning with a cup o' coffee in my travel mug and am done in short order.