Grass Growing Between Fence

MJR12284 · May 7, 2021

We have a board-on-board fence separating our property from our neighbors. The fence company (improperly) installed it flush against the ground so I'm not able to get my weed eater in between/underneath the boards to trim the grass that grows between them. Any ideas on how to prevent/fix this from happening? I suppose I could gly those spaces every now and then but I try to avoid gly as much as possible. Thanks!

Ben S · May 9, 2021

I wish I had an answer for you but I feel your pain. The lots in our neighborhood have the same fence and I hate it. I just sprayed the fence line yesterday with RM43(gly+imazapyr). Not sure there is really any other viable option.

mattw10517 · May 9, 2021

My fence is similar to that. I try to spray PGR to slow the growth, but there's not much you can do.

MJR12284 · May 10, 2021

Thanks @Ben S ans @mattw10517! Long term I may do some landscape edging along the fence with some plantings so I can fill in those gaps with mulch but short term I think gly is the way to go. 😕

SCGrassMan · May 11, 2021

Glyphosphate gets a bad rap. It is not water mobile, it breaks down relatively quickly in soil, and is safe and effective when applied according to the label.

You're probably eating a lot more of it in your food than you will come across landscaping.

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