Weed free mulch beds without landscaping fabric.

Here's a quick video on how I prepared my new mulch bed without the use of landscaping fabric. You can find the Preen weed preventer below. This video is not sponsored.
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[@EddaElid]

The one thing I learned from this video is how to lay out mulch on a flower bed. Normally I pour the bag onto the flower bed. Takes forever not to mention the constant lifting. Now I know to lay the 20 bags of mulch on the flower bed and cut out the plastic and “presto” the mulch is instantly where I need it to be. Just minor leveling and I’m done. Thank you for the great idea.

[@Tinyteacher1111]

To avoid mold in your mulch (which I am highly sensitive to), only apply 2” of mulch. That’s what’s recommended by professionals. When I moved into my current house, the previous owner had layered about 5” of mulch on top of another layer of about 5”. It was full of mold including shotgun mold and dog slime mold. I was getting sick, so I asked the local nursery if there was anyone who removed mulch. He asked me if I was getting sick, and I said yes. He said he heard that all the time! No one wanted to remove mulch anymore, so I hired few guys who were scouring the neighborhood from another state doing tree pruning and they took it out. What a mess!

[@robinjohansen9699]

Roundup does nothing on bare ground. It needs to be absorbed by the plant. Preen should be applied on top of the mulch according the label.

[@1flying]

Don't need to use chemicals. Don't even have to remove weeds and grass. Just lay sheets of corrugate cardboard on the ground over grass and weeds in the shape you want... Soak the corrugate with water... Put your mulch on top of soaked corrugate. The soaked corrugate kills all the weeds and grass under it and is a barrier between the ground and your mulch. The corrugate slowly decomposes beneath the mulch. Every year just add another layer of mulch. Any weeds or grass that seeds itself into your mulch beds are easy to pull out because they have seeded in loose mulch not hard ground.

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hi how are you doing?

[@jonathanhakun5867]

I can’t see this making a very clearly defined perimeter at all.

[@robertvaughanll1886]

How is putting corrugated down and different than spraying chemicals???? Corrugated is treated with chemicals and printed with ink on it.

[@robertm5969]

​@@robertvaughanll1886corrugated is mostly just fine particles of plant cellulose that have been dried and pressed. It is compostable. It's unbleached paper essentially. The mechanism of action for killing weeds is to prevent access to sunlight or pushing through to sun. Much different than glyphosate, a carcinogen which kills plants by disrupting the shikamate pathway.

[@tylerk.7947]

I like how you used the stick edger to cut sod before digging. That saves a good bit of effort, I will use that trick next time. If this was me, I would use some cardboard or rosin paper underneath the mulch to forgo preen or roundup. Unless it’s a heavily weedy area, that seems a tad overkill.

[@stevebabiak6997]

I spread the Preen first before spraying the Roundup - that way I can avoid stepping in / on wet Roundup and the unwanted tracking of the Roundup onto grass from the soles of my shoes. Also, Preen relies on liquid to better activate its ingredients - hitting it with the Roundup does some of that activation.

[@MrRaptorman1975]

I use the plastic landscape sheeting. The problem most have is the maintenance. Mulch eventually breaks down into dirt no matter what is under it. It needs to be removed and replaced every 5 or so years.

[@stuartkorte1642]

I like the idea of putting down the weed preventer. Laying the bags out is also an interesting idea because I usually skimp on mulch only for it not to work well.

[@StewartHaasNewman]

I used preen AND landscape fabric in my front yard around 2 pine trees this year. Hardly anything has grown in that bed. Been so nice

[@naturehacker1095]

I use contractor paper and it works well. Re-apply every year or so and mulch over it. I was interested to see the solution here but then realized the solution was pouring 2,4 D on the lawn, an ingredient that was used in Agent Orange which caused a lot of birth defects and other horrific things. No thank you! It's not too long from now that sh$%t will hit the fan and you will need to replace that landscaping with fruit trees and vegetables and you will have wished you didn't pour poison on the only land you have. If the product wipes out vegetation and no life wants to grow there, there is a reason. It's toxic! 2,4 D in Preen doesn't stay on the property. It washes off the lawn into waterways where it is slightly toxic to aquatic life, like the fish you will need to eat- you guessed it- when the sh$%t hits in the fan in the near future.

[@girardeauxelgordo4370]

To Too much mulch (4 inches is way too much) is not good for trees, especially around trunk and flares. Talk to an arborist. Too much mulch is a common problem.

[@webeducation]

As a side note to those who plan on spraying roundup. Please wear your P.P.E.. Long sleeves, gloves, pants, protective eyewear, and mask. Regarding some of the comments: Depending on the version of roundup, will depend on how long it stays active in the soil. The "regular" version stays active 3-5 days. Preen is a preemergent, which I believe is isoxaben, which is technically "Gallery", which is best used for broadleaf weeds and not necessarily grassy ones.

[@flariat2003]

30 years of lawn work I've NEVER seen anything that will keep Bermuda grass out of beds...itll find it's way in there no matter what you lay down. Sprinkle some Preen In your flower beds...that will not hurt flowers or vegetables plants! Do it 3 times a year or spray plain, white Vinegar....works great!

[@solarroofing8072]

I agree! There are chemicals that kill Bermuda grass only. After 20 years of trying to avoid chemicals I’m going to nuke that crap this year

[@SciaticaDrums]

Just get it delivered by the yard! OMFG! And sorry, no Round Up on my property unless it's killing Japanese Knotweed.

[@jakehester9979]

I work in a bark yard way cheaper to have a yard delivered

[@ilblues]

Nice work! That makes it so much easier to mow and trim around.

[@sphinxceo]

Great work! I have Creeping Charlie in my yard that grows on top of mulch so I can't win. 😸 Also established pokeweed that have roots that need to be dug out.

[@younney1533]

I mean if you put a 4 inch thickness then you will have to buy a lot of mulch which is more money. Vs if you just buy the landscaping fabric, you get a nice big roll and you can only use 1-2 inches of mulch.

[@66Cardiff]

Once you have your sod sliced and diced, use a Pulaski. The sod peels like an orange with very little effort using the hoe side. Works great.

[@brockcarson]

It’s pointless to spray glysophate on dirt

[@Type5Reviews]

This is true….though I was spraying for the leftover small pieces of grass and weeds that I was unable to get by digging with the shallow roots of the trees.

[@ChumBasket]

u mentioned the hardest part was digging out the grass and theres gotta be a better way. thought of just laying carboard down and mulching ontop of that? itll kill everything under it and decompose

[@Type5Reviews]

Cardboard would work great. I just didn’t have that much cardboard.

[@paultasker9759]

Digging out is the best and only way.

[@danroot84]

Unfortunately glyphosate is a “broad leaf” herbicide. Which means it actually requires a leaf to work. Therefore spraying it on the dirt really does nothing. I did like how you cut the grass into smaller bits, but the fastest way to do this is to have someone pulling the grass up and using a trench shovel, cut away as they pull up. It would cut the time in half. Good job tho!

[@sureshots8155]

Round-up don’t remain active in the soil. It will kill existing roots from grass and weeds the preen will stop new weeds from germinating. He did a good job. I would have bought bulk mulch.

[@ebony2399]

I did cardboard, tarp on top of that, and fabric on top of that. If I end up with a weed everything is a scam 😂

[@garyjohnson8120]

What was wrong with the grass under the trees? It looked just fine.

[@maureengee364]

Won’t the round up kill the trees.🤔🤔🤔

[@matthewpicklesimer293]

It can

[@camaroboi13]

My man did all that work because the lawnmower didn’t fit between the trees anymore 😂 👍🏻

[@Type5Reviews]

Lol…You’re right. I was tired of getting hit by the branches driving through there with my zero turn. 😂

[@liocean9636]

Buy a push lawnmower. It's better than poisons.

[@bethmorano1452]

No one is worried about the chemicals?? If you use cardboard or newspaper, you will get the same results.

[@amberklein1560]

Round-up is toxic. Honestly, I'd rather use weed fabric instead of risking my health, or my family's health.

[@williamtrout4717]

no way 45 bags for that area....

[@mariafolch8067]

It would have been nice to see the area mulched.

[@alexiusskalin9239]

So, if you just had one tree root exposed when hitting it with roundup, that would be game over, right?

[@Type5Reviews]

That would most likely take a lot of roundup and spraying the whole tree as well. These were very well established trees with a majority of deep roots and are still doing great.

[@groundcontrol2795]

No. It will not affect the roots. However, the glyphosate does absolutely nothing on this case, as it does nothing to dirt. There is no use in applying it here.

[@bch5513]

Ah. Yeah. Not on southern creeping grass unfortunately. It sucks down here .

[@gustavolugo6219]

great video. short and to the point.

[@jeffmiller2434]

Humm, roundup. Kills people too !

[@Jimo225]

no it doesn't. it just gives peopel non hodgekins lymphoma. But you still live

[@mickeyhughes7244]

1st class..good prep and super neat..👍🏼🇬🇧

[@darylrussell7959]

Nice work! That looks beautiful! Landscaping fabric is a scam anyway.

[@BigGuyReviews]

Look at that soil. Not from the Carolinas I see. Lol. Preen also doesn’t stop weeds for 30 years like heavy landscape fabric does.

[@JoeandAngie]

We have red clay mud...as we call it colloquially

[@Bobbyrock13]

OK so you don’t spray round up underneath spruce trees people!! If you really want to keep your weeds out and mulch alone won’t do it the only part of this video he got right is not putting the cloth down three mil vapour barrier works the best

[@jake8283]

Round up is some scary stuff. No thanks

[@sandpine]

Not really

[@devinhampton8372]

nice. i wish i would have seen this video about 3 month ago. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@richhahn2443]

That gets you through 1 year. How about next year?

[@mteske1]

Preen is good but Snapshot is amazing.

[@Type5Reviews]

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll have to look into Snapshot myself.

[@roberto.gallegos]

So none of that herbicide hurts the tree

[@rarrodrig4703]

Interesting 🤔.... Sorry Buddy but Roundup Chemicals - Really?

[@rosemaryhabib1031]

Beautiful

[@tompeace2621]

I like to better with grass and you can keep your chemicals

[@johnmerrick3607]

I would never use roundup

[@shineKNEE]

Looks good however, why not get the mulch by the yard? Definitely a cheaper alternative.

[@Type5Reviews]

For my whole yard I needed about 35 yards of mulch. After contacting my local landscaping companies they wanted $40 a yard and $70 a truck load for delivery. I would have needed 4 loads. It was actually cheaper for me to buy it at $2 a bag from Menards on sale and pay to have it delivered on pallets, and made it easier to distribute through my whole yard than shoveling it from a large pile.

[@groundcontrol2795]

It used to be that way... It no longer is. By the bag is pretty much cost equivalent.

[@erikhufnagel8263]

And he killed the trees with the glyphosate while he was at it

[@groundcontrol2795]

How so.

[@garywilliams4070]

So your answer to weed free beds is to use a lot of chemicals ???

[@staceyallard2692]

I don’t understand why anyone would ever use roundup- anywhere, ever. 👎🏼

[@jroark101]

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want to

[@joeyxjoe]

Will preen hurt other plants and flowers in beds?

[@Type5Reviews]

Preen is a pre-emergent, so it works by keeping new plants from growing. You would not want to use it before planting new plants or flowers, but it can be used in beds with existing plants and flowers that are already mature. Just don’t apply it when the other plants are wet as it could stick to the plants and potentially cause damage that way. Apply it around your plants and flowers on the soil and then lightly water it in to activate it.

[@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens]

45 bags?!? Or buy a truck bed full of mulch in bulk for $40 at garden/landscaping center

[@donnalee5830]

Excellent!

[@larrydonnelly979]

Preen does not last. I get about 6 months at best and have to re-apply.

[@lawrencewyvill8040]

Cleaning vinegar would have been better

[@imonittonite]

Glyphosate has no effect on bare soil. It is not a preemergent.

[@Type5Reviews]

True…I was spraying more to kill any leftover grass and weeds that I wasn’t able to dig out completely because of the shallow roots of the trees. It would have been better to kill off the area first before digging it up, but I was in a rush to finish it that weekend.

[@Jimo225]

your actually right. roundup becomes non effective as soon as it hits soil. looks like he wasted money and increased his risk of non hodgkens lymphoma

[@manscapedlawncare7759]

Great video, just one thing… it’s gly-PHO-sate, not gly-so-phate

[@manscapedlawncare7759]

*insert Hermoine Granger* - “iT’s LeViOsA, nOt LeViOsA”

[@tynaeadams3562]

No way that was 45 bags of mulch ➖ that was not even 25 bags ➖ 12 maybe and that would be a good thick layer

[@Mostviews111]

I will never use fabric again grass will literally grow on it smfh.

[@antoniobrown3219]

Nice!

[@alfredxavier5880]

It looks nice but you just created a extra job for yourself when all you had to do was cut the lawn. I thought it was a existing bed that was like that at first.

[@davidgonzales-ec8bo]

Liked and subbed

[@karenlojkutz9766]

YOUR CAMRA WORK MAKES ME DIZZY

[@JoseLopez-pk9co]

What I learned was: is cheaper to do the landscape fabric than to do 45 bags of mulch and easier on your back, so use the fabric thank you

[@mateglad3190]

How long will it last to be weed free? Thanks

[@Type5Reviews]

At least one season if not longer. Mulch will break down over time so once the mulch layer becomes thin enough weeds will break through. Landscape fabric will also break down after a while but not as quickly. But for larger areas I skip the fabric, use preen, and keep up with the mulch. Next year I may add more preen and a light layer of mulch depending on how much has broken down.

[@Y0UTUBEADMIN]

2 minutes and 18 seconds of your life you are never going to get back again

[@HLBNZ]

Really revolutionary.....So you just use chemical weed killers? 🤣

[@Zboarts1990]

Corrugate cardboard

[@christineribone9351]

$50-$100 for all that mulch.

[@baims8367]

2 hrs huh 🤔 🛑 your just out of shape bud 25 -30 mins tops to of open that up

[@chris_sirhc01]

Flat headed shovel is known as a spade.lmao

[@JoeandAngie]

Rassiss!

[@jjohnson5196]

A flat headed or square shovel is not a spade. LMFAO

[@Lvaladez114]

🤮 Don't use glyphosates round up.

[@redheadhunter4525]

Ha ha ha ha. Weeds grow in mulch with or without fabric. You’ll be back out spraying weeds in a month.

[@liocean9636]

Waste of time and money