Posted by sue10137 on June 20, 2010, 12:40 pm
Hi
My garden is over run by this 6-8" high weed? Though I am not sure if it
is
technically a weed?
Please help me to identify it.
Kind regards
Sue
Also can I kill it?
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Posted by kay on June 20, 2010, 3:14 pm
sue10137;891649 Wrote:
> Hi
> My garden is over run by this 6-8" high weed? Though I am not sure if it
> is
technically a weed?
> Please help me to identify it.
> Kind regards
> Sue
> Also can I kill it?
Ground elder. Yes, you're allowed to kill it ;-)
You can either dig it out (though bits of root will re-shoot - it'll
take a
couple of years to be rid of it all, though I have done it that
way) or you can
use glyphosate
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Posted by sue10137 on June 20, 2010, 4:32 pm
kay;891650 Wrote:
> Ground elder. Yes, you're allowed to kill it ;-)
>
> You can either dig it out (though bits of root will re-shoot - it'll
> take a
couple of years to be rid of it all, though I have done it that
> way) or you
can use glyphosate
Yeah thanks so much for you help! I can now happily go pulling it all
out and
have a much nicer garden!
Kindest regards
Sue
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Posted by kay on June 20, 2010, 5:21 pm
sue10137;891675 Wrote:
> Yeah thanks so much for you help! I can now happily
go pulling it all
> out and have a much nicer garden!
> Kindest regards
> Sue
You can't just pull it, you'll need to loosen soil around the roots and
get all
the roots out. It spreads by creeping roots, which you'll find a
few inches down
(it doesn't go enormously deep). (They have a rather
nice smell).
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Posted by David in Normandy on June 21, 2010, 4:50 am
On 20/06/2010 23:21, kay wrote:
> sue10137;891675 Wrote:
>> Yeah thanks so much for you help! I can now happily go pulling it all
>> out and have a much nicer garden!
>> Kindest regards
>> Sue
> You can't just pull it, you'll need to loosen soil around the roots and
> get all the roots out. It spreads by creeping roots, which you'll find a
> few inches down (it doesn't go enormously deep). (They have a rather
> nice smell).
If there are no other nearby plants I'd be tempted to use glyphosate.
I've used it very successfully on ground elder. Much less hassle than
trying to dig out those deep roots.
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> My garden is over run by this 6-8" high weed? Though I am not sure if it
> is