# Weeding question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeding-question/448061>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 4, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeding-question/448061 "2008-05-04T23:46:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeding-question/448061/1 "2008-05-04T23:46:15Z")

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What’s the best way to rid a planter of weeds when the bed is a layer of decorative rock? Not wise to use a weedwacker on, kneeling and pulling wears the knees out quick.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeding-question/448061/2 "2008-05-05T03:00:32Z")

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[Weed be Gone?](http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/productCategorySubSelf.jsp?navAction=jump&itemId=cat50064&id=cat50008)

I guess it depends on what’s in the planter.

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeding-question/448061/3 "2008-05-05T04:57:52Z")

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[QUOTE=GaryM]  
[Weed be Gone?](http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/productCategorySubSelf.jsp?navAction=jump&itemId=cat50064&id=cat50008)

I guess it depends on what’s in the planter.  
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Roses, grass, philodendron, and just about everything in between. With roses, of course, the thorns complicate things.

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**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeding-question/448061/4 "2008-05-05T13:26:29Z")

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Remove the rocks, put down a layer of landscape fabric, replace rocks.