AboutJonathan Radford Expertise Hi, I am an ecological landscape designer and I have lived in Italy for nearly 15 years. I am specialised in the design of ecological Italian gardens but also in the reduction of water, maintenance and damage to the environment. I can answer questions on almost all gardening queries.
Education/Credentials I have an N.C in Horticulture and garden design and a City and Guilds in Commercial horticulture, both gained in the U.K. I run my own business "ecologica gardens" in Italy and operate across the world performing ecological garden designs.
Past/Present Clients See my website www.ecologicagardens.com
Question My Monkey Grass Border has crabgrass(I think) in it. What can I use to get rid of the crabgrass, but not the Monkey Grass?
Answer Hi Rayma
Ok, this is gonna be a long but not particularly hard task to get rid of your crab grass.
These two grasses have very similar root systems and their roots tend to tangle up - making the crabgrass impossible to get rid of manually.
Therefore, you'll need to take some glyphosate based weedkiller ('Round up') and , with a paintbrush carefully paint the weedkiller solution on the blades of the crab grass. That's the only way, unfortunately.
Make the round up solution twice the strength they tell you to on the pack to kill the crab grass more effectively.
