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Pam Moore writes:
| Has anyone any experience of dealing with mare's tail?
| Friends have moved into a house with the garden over-run with the
| stuff. They are keeping it at bay in the lawn by regular mowing, but
| it is coming up through the decking (which was already installed), and
| is thick in a small area whee they hoped to grow a few veg, and under
| 2 apple trees. They are not keen gardeners, and not in the best of
| health.
| Is there any way of dealing with it?
| I can remember the question being asked on GQT once and the answer was
| "Move house". That is out of the question. Is there any other way?

Nuclear weaponry.

Some people have had success with a great deal of persistence and
considerable effort, by bruising the stems and using glyphosate.
Repeatedly.

It won't harm the apple trees and is merely a nuisance under the
decking.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.