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    Home » DIY & Hints » DIY

    Preventing weeds under trees - the easy way!

    Published: Oct 26, 2014 · Modified: Jul 29, 2015 by momcrieff · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

    photo-7I have some beautiful trees in my back yard. I love the look and the privacy they offer. But, the weeds!! I think I've finally come up with a good way of preventing weeks under trees.

    The trees are huge! You can imagine how hard it is to reach in and pull the weeds/grasses out. I usually do it a couple of times in the summer and I either roast wearing my jean jacket or totally scratch up my arms. I just hate seeing the grasses/weeds under the trees.
    preventing weeds under trees

    I've been using cardboard for years in one of my flower gardens to prevent weeds. This weekend I figured out that I should just use the cardboard around the tree base to prevent the weeds from growing under the trees.

    I took a cardboard box and split it in half and then cut out sections for the trunk.

    preventing weeds under trees

    Then I pushed the cardboard under the tree branches.
    preventing weeds under trees
    See the pine needles on the cardboard. Well they got everywhere. In my hair, clothes, everywhere! Ummm, everywhere! But, I'm preventing weeds under trees so it's a really worthwhile project!!

    Just an fyi, I needed to use three cardboard sections to fully surround the tree base. Two just wasn't enough and I wanted to be sure I was totally covering the area where the grass/weeds were growing.

    In the spring I'll put a layer of mulch over the cardboard. But, for now, you really can't see the cardboard unless you are looking right under the tree. I am so looking forward to weedless tree beds next year! We are experiencing some warm bonus days here in Wisconsin. I am fully taking advastage of them to make my next year's gardening easier!

    If you have any awesome weed prevention tips, please let me know!

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    1. Jim Senka

      February 03, 2022 at 3:32 pm

      Putting cardboard around the base of your trees has a downside - prevents the exchange of gases (O2 and CO2) in the root system and reduces the amount of rainfall getting to the roots. This will do more harm than good. I suggest using string mulch to curb the weeds.

    2. Donna Reich

      September 13, 2018 at 12:18 pm

      I am having a very big problem with that long grass that just starts up anywhere and just keeps going. Any helpful hints will be wonderful

    3. Bethany Birchridge

      June 26, 2018 at 9:52 am

      I loved how you used cardboard to help keep the weeds from growing up around the tree. My yard has a lot of problems with weed growth, so I've been wondering how I get rid of them. Do you have any other weed prevention tips.

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