A friendly reminder for weed control:

[Villages PL]

There's a product called "Preen" that comes in a bright yellow container. It doesn't kill existing weeds but keeps weeds from sprouting. So you should pull all your weeds now, from flower and shrub beds, and then sprinkle on the Preen. It will keep you weed free all summer (about 4 months).

[zcaveman]

Who around here sells Preen and how much does it cost?

Z

[janmcn]

Who around here sells Preen and how much does it cost?

Z

Lowes, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart sell it. I don't know the exact price, but it is a little pricey. The downside is you must remove all the weeds by their roots in order for it to work. Once you do that, it will keep weeds from coming back for up to four months. It is not a weed killer, but a weed preventer, and well worth the money. Some of the varieties of Preen are also fertilizers.

[tommy steam]

Who around here sells Preen and how much does it cost?

Z

Sams club.

[asianthree]

$34 a bucket

[jimbo2012]

recommended by the Plant clinic

[graciegirl]

I agree and as Jan says...if the little seeds have sprouted, they will come up and will need to be pulled. It only keeps seeds from sprouting and the malicious, nasty, creeping fingers of the zoysia and St. Augustine grass is immune to it too, because those nasty plants invade your beds with long creeping sprouts underground.

But it does work and we have used it for years. I think the larger quantities of Preen are cheaper at Samsclub.

[gomoho]

Can someone confirm it works if you simply sprinkle on the rocks of your landscape. I have had great success with Preen, but have only used it on mulch.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Can someone confirm it works if you simply sprinkle on the rocks of your landscape. I have had great success with Preen, but have only used it on mulch.

Once the Preen gets down to the soil (either by falling between the rocks or by getting rinsed down there by the rain), it'll work fine.

Bill :)

[gomoho]

Once the Preen gets down to the soil (either by falling between the rocks or by getting rinsed down there by the rain), it'll work fine.

Bill :)

Thanks:beer3:

[Villages PL]

As far as price, Walmart had the large size container of Preen for about $12.98 plus tax.
That was more than enough to do my patio-villa yard.

[teetimer]

I saw this post and thought it was interesting because we had KGL Landscaping install our landscaping. They were very knowledgeable and did a super job at listening to our needs. We had Stellar doing our maintenance but we had to keep calling and calling them to come back for so many things. KGL suggested Preen as a preventative for weed control that we could do ourselves on areas that we didn't have the weed matting down. Like mulched areas. They work very closely with the Sumter plant clinic and also recommended we take a visit to their classes just to more familiar with our plants in between the maintenance days.

[perrjojo]

There's a product called "Preen" that comes in a bright yellow container. It doesn't kill existing weeds but keeps weeds from sprouting. So you should pull all your weeds now, from flower and shrub beds, and then sprinkle on the Preen. It will keep you weed free all summer (about 4 months).

One of the few times I agree with you!:icon_wink: it is a great product. Oh, it does need to be applied about every 6 weeks.

[gomoho]

Just had beds (one of them pretty substantial) made behind my home. Had a disagreement with the landscaper about the weed barrier. He said he wouldn't do the job if I wouldn't put it down 'cause it would be a nightmare for me to keep on top of the weeds. Well I gave in and immediately realized what a mistake I had made. I have some slope behind the house and the first time I watered I realized the weed mat prevents water from penetrating the soil quickly and now I had a problem 'cause I am working with mulch, not rock beds. So had him come out and rip all the weed mat out and now I can water and the water soaks into the ground rather than run-off, but when
I am working in the beds planting I can actually feel a difference. An organic connection rather that a plastic barrier between me, my plants and the earth. Headed to Sams to buy Preen and will liberally sprinkle this product on the beds I am creating for my tropical garden.
If you are of the mind set to landscape for a particular look and never touch a thing again then the weed mat is probably going to work for you; however, if you are building a garden where you want to amend the soil over the years then you need to plant in garden soil, amend with black cow, and top with mulch. I LOVE the earth.

[eremite06]

I put Preen down the other day on my mulch. I'm hoping it does double duty preventing weeds as well as stopping my squirrels from digging up the mulch looking for food. They're making a mess of my sidewalk.

[Cobh521]

Walmart has preen on sale. I was there yesterday

[Cobh521]

Walmart has the large containers of preen on sale

[gomoho]

Walmart has the large containers of preen on sale

how much???

[Cobh521]

how much???

For $12.98. I paid double that at home depot

[Cedwards38]

I agree and as Jan says...if the little seeds have sprouted, they will come up and will need to be pulled. It only keeps seeds from sprouting and the malicious, nasty, creeping fingers of the zoysia and St. Augustine grass is immune to it too, because those nasty plants invade your beds with long creeping sprouts underground.

But it does work and we have used it for years. I think the larger quantities of Preen are cheaper at Samsclub.

How do those react to Roundup?

[KathieI]

Very timely thread for me. I have a huge weed problem, don't know if its worse than anyone else, but to me, its horrible. I'm tired of paying people to remove them and then a week later, they're back. So I did an experiment myself and I weeded my beds recently by moving the rock to one side, pulling all the existing weeds by the roots and then applying Preen around the plants and putting back the rock. It was a large job but I enjoyed being outside and working in the soil... lol. (this was pre-lovebugs).

Its been about a month and not one weed has come through the rock yet. Making me very happy that my work was not in vain. Preen may be expensive but not as expensive as paying weeding people every month.

Now I presume I just have to keep up with the maintenance.

[Shirleevee]

Very timely thread for me. I have a huge weed problem, don't know if its worse than anyone else, but to me, its horrible. I'm tired of paying people to remove them and then a week later, they're back. So I did an experiment myself and I weeded my beds recently by moving the rock to one side, pulling all the existing weeds by the roots and then applying Preen around the plants and putting back the rock. It was a large job but I enjoyed being outside and working in the soil... lol. (this was pre-lovebugs).

Its been about a month and not one weed has come through the rock yet. Making me very happy that my work was not in vain. Preen may be expensive but not as expensive as paying weeding people every month.

Now I presume I just have to keep up with the maintenance.


Kathie,

Even that got to be too much work for us. I now have a guy who comes and sprays the nasty weeds to death monthly. Haven't seen a weed since we got him......:clap2:

[KathieI]

Kathie,

Even that got to be too much work for us. I now have a guy who comes and sprays the nasty weeds to death monthly. Haven't seen a weed since we got him......:clap2:

Good to know and you have such a beautiful yard. Give me his number but I've used 3 or 4 different people and sometimes if they don't know what they're doing with the spray, they kill my beautiful flowers. I am using the spray also but only on areas not close to the flowers. I'll try him but I am having fun working in the soil,, guess I'm a gardener at heart. Just don't like the bugs, ugh!! and yesterday had a 4' snake in my lanai so now I'm scared to work in the yard.. double ugh!! ugh!!

[janmcn]

Preen now sells mulch which contains Preen for easier weed control.



Mulches with Weed Preventer | Preen.com (http://www.preen.com/products/flowers-trees-shrubs/mulches)

[gomoho]

How do those react to Roundup?

Roundup will wipe them out, and hopefully PREEN will keep new ones from sprouting.