O THAT'S IT! Thank you so much.

"Kathie" wrote in message
...
|
| Raleighgirl Wrote:
| I have a very troubling weed. It is flat to the ground with
| round leaves and grows on thread-like stems. It spreads like
| wild fire, even choking out (*&)*&() stilt grass! It seems
to
| eat weed and feed like fertilizer. HELP!
| Thanks,
| Raleighgirl
| I believe that what you are talking about is ground ivy.
Roundup is the
| only effective cure, but, of course, is a contact herbicide and
will
| kill anything it touches. The "advantage", if there is one, of
the way
| ground ivy grows is that weed killer applied to one end of a
long
| tendril will be taken into the root system of the whole plant!
|
|
| --
| Kathie