Agree. Sometimes you have to go beyond what the organic approaches can do for you.

I will take this forum over all the YouTube lawn care folks. This forum is well over 20 years old with people like me and a few others with long memories of what has worked and not. The YouTube guys seem to be doing their own thing completely without guidance or critique. Basically they're doing what their pappy taught them and calling it the Truth.

Speaking of memory, there was a guy here a long time ago who did eradicate creeping Charlie by digging it out. He started in one corner and went as far as he could go. The next week he started IN THE SAME CORNER to get the stuff that had already regrown. He got a lot farther the second time. The third week he started IN THE SAME CORNER as before. It is that type of patience and persistence that it takes to eradicate the weed. Spraying it out may take similar persistence, but wait 3 weeks between applications to see the results. If the spray does not kill the seeds (most sprays don't), then prepare to repeat the spray either later in the season or next season.

Thanks for sharing- I like that approach.

I figure one thorough spray and whatever persists may be managed by hand-pulling. We are pulling and raking where it's mostly solid creeping charlie too. That should help. I also found one spray that only had dicamba and no 2,4-D or other nasties in it. Fingers crossed.

I wish I'd gotten to the chemical decision a few years ago- it would have been less chemical use! Oh well.

If it's any consolation, one blanket spray of anything isn't all that bad, even if you have to spot-spray afterward to keep it under control. It's the people who mindlessly apply Weed 'N' Feed all the time who should drive us nuts (and do). They're tossing herbicides around that simply aren't needed.

Judicious use, as required, and only on what's required, isn't awful. I've been using the same 1 gallon sprayer of Tenacity for the last 2 years.

I agree! Thanks for the (what feels like) encouragement. I decided to wait until fall for the dicamba since that seems to be suggested for greatest efficacy.

You certainly can, although with creeping Charlie, knocking it out early is also not a bad idea. That stuff is pernicious and letting its hold get even deeper than it already is might be a bad idea.

Seriously, have you seen "Day of the Triffids..."? :-)

Uh, no? Should I look into it?

Treating any time seems right in m mind... maybe I'll do it during a hot and dry spell in July.

It's the one about invading plants from outer space. I think they meant creeping Charlie, personally... :-)