How can I create a flower bed that will not require constant pulling of weed? I have put down weed block and rock but the weeds grow...
I have put down weed block and rock but the weeds grow hurriedly and if I don't constantly pull them they take over.
Lay down about 6 layer of newspaper then the soil on top. Or weekly,black plastic and then soil. Mulch after plants are planted. Weeding is endless! i try to weed once a week and on days that I a moment ago go out and look at my gardens I pull anything growing to be precise a weed. It is easier to weed after a good rain storm also. They come right out roots and adjectives. Plant lots of ground cover,it usually strangles the weeds.
the most effective way to carry rid of weeds is to cut everything down first, unfortunately. next cover the bed with heavy duty black plastic sheeting - nil grows where there is no sunlight!
give up the bed alone for a good couple of weeks. the heat and moisture retained below the plastic will cause the plants & weeds that you have cut down to turn into a nutritious mulch.
when you are ready to start planting again, cover the sheeting with yap, apricot pip halves or gravel to hide it. bark looks pretty nice, but it depends on what you'd like to plant.
cut a hole in the sheeting basically big enough for whatever it is you are planting. verbs a hole and plant your plant or sow your seed.
water it and effort as you normally would. don't remove the sheeting.
Answers: First, when I spawn the beds, I dig out adjectives the grass & weeds I can. I use a double layer of weed block and rocks within mine. Once you have the plastic down, don't walk on it, especially after the rocks are surrounded by. That makes little holes in it & any source of street lamp & those weeds find it. When they do crop up, I use a spray weed killer i.e. safe for landscape plants.
Lots of nation use mulch, I don't cause it floats away and it can draw termites depending on what kind it is.
Ground covers do relieve. They will choke out a lot of the weeds, but not adjectives. They can also choke out some of your flowers, depending on what you have planted.
None of these are weed free or work free, unfortunately, but hope it help some.
You will never get a weed free garden. Landscape textile is junk. The weeds will freshly grow in the top layer of mulch.