Beginner Gardening: HELP....Weeding on a LARGE scale with a SMALL scale budget !, 0 by SILLYLILY

SILLYLILY wrote:
We grow daylilies for resale in our field in raised beds and the weeds are driving us nuts. We sprayed Ornamec for the grass type weeds (one of the few herbicides that will not kill the daylilies) but only had moderate success. We mulched heavily with straw for weed control, but we managed to sprout not only more weeds but also oats...NO GOOD !! Last summer, we hand weeded relentlessly until we finally lost heart and then there was suddenly more weeds than daylilies !!
Please, please, please!! Any help is greatly appreciated.
We do not have a usable tractor to use for cultivating, but we do have a Troy Bilt and a small Mantis tiller (we love it by the way). We can till between the rows for weed control, but tilling close to the plants will injure the roots or even rip out the plants. We are at a loss. We can not physically spend our entire summer hand weeding or pay someone to do it. It would make the whole operation unprofitable. Are there any commercial flower growers out there who have conquered this horrible problem in an economical way? Would ground fabric be a viable solution?
We are posting this in a couple of forums for the greatest chance of "picking" your collective wonderful brains !
The photo below is before the weeds took over.
Thanks again,
Ron and Gloria