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Dave writes:
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| I have found that if the soil is dry and crumbly, if you are patient and
| if there are not too many plants (yes, I know, a lot of ifs) then it is
| possible to gently explore where the damn stuff comes from. But be
| warned, the roots are extremely fragile and snap at the slightest
| opportunity. The only saving grace is it is distinctive, waxy white and
| curling, with purple tips as it breaks through the ground. If I pick any
| with newly broken ends, then I keep digging until I find the other end.
| In early march I followed one set down under the plum tree until I had
| made a rabbit burrow an arms length deep - but I think I got it all out.
| I let them dry out and then burn them.
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| Its hopeless doing this if the soil is wet or damp, you just don't see
| the roots.
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| Ground elder unfortunately has tiny thin roots which go straight down
| metres. I don't know how I will tackle this, except by topping and maybe
| roundup.

Er, it's the other way round! Ground elder is very shallow rooted,
bindweed goes down metres.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.