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Aug 30, 2013 8:14 PM CST
Name: Cindi
Wichita, Kansas (Zone 7a)
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Hmmm...here's a different tactic that worked for me. I won't take credit for any great idea--it was a fluke of nature. We got 8" of rain in just a few days this August. In fact, I think we got something like 17" in 15 days. At first, the weeds grew like crazy! But so did the daylilies.....and then when it kept on raining, the weeds drowned! They were so easy to pull at this point, that I moved through some huge beds in record time.
If you can really really flood the flower bed--set up a dam around it--the daylilies won't mind a bit, but the weeds will be weakened enough that I think you can pull them and remove the complete root. I was pulling out some monster roots on mine, because they were used to dry soil and had gone deeeep. I even pulled out clumps of grass! Prairie grass!
The shuffle hoe works great on small weeds and dry soil, and Preen is good once you've finished the weeding. Mulch is wonderful, but it's hard work, and we have to add it twice a year. I pull it away from the crown of the daylily in the spring and push it back in the fall.
I like what others suggested about tackling a small area each day. It might be easier to let a hose run on a small area as you work, too.

Now, if I could just find an easy and permanent solution to all the elm seedlings that invade my iris beds! Tordon hasn't worked! Crying
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