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  • How to keep a tree weed free in a lawn

    As title really. I want to mow round an area which is weed free, round my fruit trees in the lawn.
    How do you do it?
    "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

    Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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    Mulch?

    I just let the grass grow up to the trunks. I use shears to chop the grass that grows within a couple of inches of the trunk. Don't use a strimmer round the trunk because it will strip off the tree bark and possibly kill the tree.
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    • #3
      just spray around the trunk with round up. As wide a weed free zone as you require.

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      • #4
        Cut out a circle in the grass around the trunk, then fill the circle with bark mulch.
        All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
        Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by FB. View Post
          Mulch?

          I just let the grass grow up to the trunks. I use shears to chop the grass that grows within a couple of inches of the trunk. Don't use a strimmer round the trunk because it will strip off the tree bark and possibly kill the tree.
          Right, this is the 3rd blinkin time I've written out a reply, this had better work......

          I have dwarfing trees, apple, pear and plum, I thought they needed to be kept grass free, at least for 3 years. Is this not so? I'll be happy to not have anything around them if it's not needed.


          Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
          Cut out a circle in the grass around the trunk, then fill the circle with bark mulch.
          That sounds good. So I could cut down with a spade, how far would I have to be away from the tree to not worry about damaging it's roots?
          Last edited by womble; 27-04-2011, 01:25 PM.
          "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

          Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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