Wikky wrote:

Hi everyone, I've only just recently moved to a property with a garden
and, as such, I'm a complete beginner at everything! My main problem is
that there seem to be weeds coming up in the flower bed which climb up
round the plants. I've tried pulling them out but they just break off
and leave the roots in the soil. Is there a weedkiller that I can use
which won't harm the flowers. I've heard of a substance that you paint
on the leaves of the weeds. Are these any good. Your help much
appreciated.

yes, you can do that, but if it
runs or drips off the leaves of the
weed onto the flowers the flowers
might die back too.

if you keep removing the new
growth from the weeds eventually
they will give up as the roots
run out of energy. it may take
several seasons, but it can be
done.

to speed things up if you can
follow the weed from the stalk
down to the roots then you can
remove as much of the root system
that you can find. even if it is
only a part of it that is something
the weed will have much less to
come back from and also it has to
recover from the destruction.

be persistent and patient, if
there is one thing a gardener must
be it is both of those.


songbird