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Old 10-05-2007, 10:20 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Dave Liquorice Dave Liquorice is offline
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Default Electric Strimmers.

On Thu, 10 May 2007 19:56:08 GMT, Simon Harding wrote:

A good line with decimate nettles and thistles ...


Most people want to eradicate nettles rather than just take out 1 in 10.
B-) Yeah OK the usage has changed...

... but they are perennial so will regrow anyway.


Nettles don't come back the next year anything like the previous one. Hack
'em, back again and they'll give up. Thistles, I loosen and pull,
hopefully getting most of the tap root or they'll be back.

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