HA! Thanks.

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@@ShawnaCoronadowow Thankyou, I recently inherited a farm and wanted to know Very good information 👍🏽

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I will have to give this method a go

While ajuga is definitely an aggressive species, I often had problems with grass growing up and through it. I would have to "weed" the ajuga, which took a lot more time than just mowing a lawn. I would consider ajuga a LOT of maintenance in the conditions you are describing. So first I would caution you that the groundcover can work to keep grass down, BUT it will not entirely smother grass. I would solarize your lawn in order to kill the grass entirely first or have the grass dug out completely first before trying to lay down ajuga seed. When winter happens, your grass has not died, it has just gone dormant -- it will be back in full force in the spring. Throwing a few seeds on top of that will probably just result in a mixed lawn of part ajuga and part grass. Groundcover needs open soil to spread effectively. My best advice is to reach out to a horticulturist at a local university extension office to discuss this enormous changeover with 2 acres of lawn. Weeding 2 acres of ajuga is going to be a huge chore.

Yeah for real just watch the video about how heavy they are. just fascinates me. I had no idea that they were that heavy

Yes this is my house / saguaro. It’s fine with me.

No. This is in the front garden of a friends home.

The compost and pumice mix would be fine. No need to add perlite.

It needs to have leaves attached, but yes!

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I absolutely do not have the ingredient measurements from this original post. However, you can search a recipe online and find very similar. My apologies for the inconvenience.

I just cut the flowers at the base with snippers, but you could also use a weed wacker, being careful to cut above the leaf line. If you don't deadhead the flowers, they just dry up and look like sticks. Eventually they blend in with the rest of the plant.

Oh man.. That's a lot of work to deadhead all those flower. But it sure looks beautiful.

Yes, but it has to grow roots first, so place your trims in a glass of water or deep them in rooting hormone and place in seed starting soil to get the roots going.