yes good idea I would always take more

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"Therefore" wrote in message
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: Any spare Grape Hyacinths you may have; please let me have them, are you
: close to Truro per chance. if so I could come and collect Leslie
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: "Roberto" wrote in message
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: Thank you!
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: Robert from the English Riviera
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: Essjay001 wrote:
: : Roberto, this is a helpful post take note
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: : Hussein M. scribbled:
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: :: On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 20:34:07 +0100, "Michael" wrote:
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: ::: Help! I am being overrun by hundreds of grape hyacinths. I cannot
: ::: get rid of them by seperating them from the soil as it is lumpy
: ::: clay. Systemic weedkiller didn't do much to them. They are speading
: ::: and growing lots of new bulbs. Can anyone please tell me how I can
: ::: destroy them.
: ::
: :: I've never known such a hoopla caused by a such small plant!
: ::
: :: Anyway, for what it's worth I reckon that the greatest friend to
: :: grape hyacinths in their imperative to survive is the garden fork.
: ::
: :: I keep a large fork only to move large perennials and shrubs.
: :: However, if I had a vegetable area, my practice may well turn out to
: :: be different there.
: ::
: :: If you would like a patch (or sward) of grape hyacinths and also
: :: keep them under control, simply don't dig around the edges of their
: :: patch and if you move any other plants from their patch, check to
: :: make sure you're not to taking a load of little bulblets with them.
: :: They are really easy to "head" before their seed ripens and they can
: :: propagate that way. It's quite a pleasant task really . Bye bye, bye
: :: bye.
: ::
: :: Having said that I do realise that, if they have become more out of
: :: control than is desired in a large garden with heavy clayey soil, it
: :: is a little harder to dislodge them from any areas you don't want
: :: them. In light soils, gently loosening the soil with a hand fork and
: :: a giving them a tug removes the plant with ease - the foliage and
: :: bulb don't part company as I expect they might in a heavy soil.
: ::
: :: However if you want to rid an area of them, now is the time to do
: :: it
: :: - whatever type of soil they are growing in.
: ::
: :: Hussein
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: :: May you live an interesting life.
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