On 14/5/08 18:45, in article
, "Des
Higgins" wrote:

On May 14, 6:24*pm, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 14 May 2008 18:08:34 +0100, Graham Burley

wrote:
Anyone know what this is?

http://www.encompasserve.org/~burley/dsc00091.jpg

It's rampant. I thought I'd dug it out the year before last, but
a single plant appeared last year, this year it's covered a plot
of about 8 x 4 ft.

How to get rid of
ithttp://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problem-solving/ground-elder/
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That is a good consise sensible link. Those two methods do work but
you have to be patient and persistent. If you go organic, you have to
be willing to keep digging it out for years. You will get it but it
will take time. Glyphosphate/roundup does work but here you have to
persist. Do it 2 or 3 times at 2 or 3 week intervals. Then you just
need to get the stragglers next year and the year after.

Why, oh why don't slugs like ground elder?!

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South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'