Once the creeping Charlie is dead, remove the dead vines and foliage with a rake. If the creeping Charlie looks like it still has some life left to it, cover it again for another week. After at least one week, peek under the newspaper or cardboard.
If there is a patch of creeping Charlie that you would like to eliminate, cover the area with heavy cardboard or several layers of cardboard.Ī bit of soil, some stones or a few boards can be used as weights to keep the newspaper or cardboard tight to the ground so no sunlight can enter beneath it. But if the sunlight is blocked completely, even creeping Charlie will succumb.
It does prefer shady areas, but creeping Charlie is opportunistic and will grow in full sun if given a chance to establish itself. Plants need sunlight to survive and creeping Charlie is no exception. There are still options available that will kill creeping Charlie. In many cases, however, creeping Charlie is so widespread that hand pulling or hoeing is out of the question. Keep pulling out or hoeing Charlie as it reappears, and over time you can eliminate this pesky weed. Small, isolated patches of creeping Charlie can be hand pulled or removed with a hoe.
Get my FREE Ebook, "The Gardener's Secret Handbook", along with a bunch of other really cool stuff just for signing up for my Free Gardening Newsletter! Plus, I promise to send you gardening tips you won't find anywhere else! Also be careful to not mow over the creeping Charlie unless your mower has a bagging attachment that captures all of the clippings.Ī non-bagging mower will chop Charlie into tiny bits and throw them back out into your lawn where each tiny bit has a chance to set roots, grow and eventually overtake your lawn and gardens. If creeping Charlie is encroaching on your yard from a neighbor’s lawn and it isn’t yet widespread, you can control creeping Charlie just by consistently pulling up and discarding all parts of the plant.īe careful to not toss any stems or roots into your lawn. This weed is persistent, so your eradication efforts must also be persistent. With diligence you can rid your lawn of creeping Charlie. Its growing habits can also make it a daunting task to kill creeping Charlie, but don’t despair.
Wanted! People who would like to work at homeĬreeping Charlie is resistant to a number of chemical herbicides, making it difficult to control this annoying weed.
If any bits of the vine remain after attempting to kill the plant, the surviving bits will happily continue to grow and spread. Its ability to spread easily is a trait that makes it so difficult to kill creeping Charlie. Creeping Charlie will reproduce from its seeds, but it spreads most readily by setting down roots all along its long stems.