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Managing Chickweed in Flower Beds Without Harming Flowers

Chickweed took over flower beds. Wants household remedy to kill chickweed but spare flowers. The expert says chickweed is a winter annual; dies in summer. Hard to control broadleaf in flower beds. Use scuffle hoe to dislodge, dispose. Apply pre-emergent granular herbicide after. If replanting, apply pre-emergent per label. Must follow label; pre-emergents harm desirable plants' roots.

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