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Old 31-08-2004, 02:37 PM
Robert E A Harvey
 
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"Lu" wrote in message ...
What is the best way to get rid of these damned (and painful! ) weeds? We
keep finding new ones that are growing among well established and bushy
plants, so digging them up is impossible - and the roots on them stop us
pulling them out.........help please - before I get prickled to death!


Like other people have said, it's basic stuff: keep removing the tops
until the roots have exhausted thier food store, or use a
translocating contact weedkiller. Or both. Allow at least a
fortnight after treatment before cutting. But it is not simple.

I'd burn the trimmings: they will root from tiny parts, and although
they should compost well, if your heap does not get hot then you might
re-introduce them.

But they will have seeded the ground, or at least the birds will, so
you should keep hoeing or pulling up seedlings for the first N years,
where N may be around 7.