Are you expecting to plant/grow anything in the bedding? A pre-emergent might be best.

 

Are you expecting to plant/grow anything in the bedding? A pre-emergent might be best.

Probably not. Just hit the mulch area like you would the grass? I'm using Prodiamine WDG, can I just spray into the mulch area when I'm doing the yard?

 

I sprinkle Preen granules out of the jug into my mulch beds a couple of times a year and it does a pretty good job suppressing the weeds. If you wait until end-of-season you might be able to pick it up for $5 a jug instead of the normal $13 at Wally World.

When I have a tank of Prodiamine mixed up, I also hit the beds with it.

You definitely want some sort of pre-M in the beds. If you only rely on glypho you'll be spraying the beds every couple of weeks as new weeds keep popping up.

Weed blocker fabric helps too but it will degrade with a few year's time and animals digging holes in it, etc.

Doing the above I still have to manually pull a few weeds every now and then, but nothing too annoying, and it gets me into the beds to inspect the shrubs & trees for diseases & pests.

 

Probably not. Just hit the mulch area like you would the grass? I'm using Prodiamine WDG, can I just spray into the mulch area when I'm doing the yard?

Yep, that may be the simplest solution for any annual weeds.

I haven't looked into long-term controls, but I remember there are products that you can put out that will remain effective for years if you're really looking to minimize your maintenance of the bedding. You should just be mindful of your planning horizon when selecting a product and application rate.

 

Look at preen extended control. The pro version of that is snapshot. (Slightly higher AI) Works pretty good with a good mulch layer. Domyown.com has a 10% off on pre-emergents so this might be a good time to get it in terms if price.