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How do you get rid of ground elder's network of tough roots to be
able
to plant spring flowering bulbs in a bed?

You're too late for weedkiller, but those roots really aren't tough;
just fork them out. Pick out any loose ends while they are fresh and
pale and easy to spot.
Don't compost them :-(

In my experience, that is useless. Every minuscule rootlet left below
ground level regrows with a vengeance.
Only glyphosate has really eradicated them in my previous garden.

My advice was in response to the OP's first question, the one which
you failed to address in your four posts to the thread. Glyphosate is
not an option to remove the roots *now*, since he has already removed
the GE leaves; digging and careful removal of root scraps is the only
other option available.

I thought that it went without saying that he is simply *not* going to
successfully remove the roots *now*. I thought I pointed out that his best
hope of eradicating the ground elder would be to wait until it is growing
well, and then kill it stone dead with glyphosate.

Franz