How to kill weeds in flowerbeds without killing plants
Standard weed killers cannot distinguish between weeds and desirable plants in a flowerbed, forcing people to find selective methods or targeted products. Without a safe option, gardeners risk ruining their flowerbeds or wasting time on treatments that fail to kill tough weeds.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Pulling weeds manually by hand
- 2Using a stirrup hoe
- 3Removing rocks from the flower bed
- 4Reading product labels to select broadleaf or grassy killers carefully
- 5Using various weed killers and herbicides
- 6Consulting beginner guides
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Would you have any recommendations I would like a kill all product that doesn’t affect the plant?”source ↗
“Not sure what this is... but I have hit it with a bunch of things, and it just doesn't seem to want to die.”source ↗
“Hello, I have a client request that I having weeds grow through there flowerbed and want them gone. However I do not want to kill the plants do you guys have any recommendations for a weed killer that will do the job?”source ↗
Where this came up
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