On 13/04/2012 11:28, rockitdog wrote:
i've had the dubious pleasure of renting a property that has a severe
ground elder problem (approx 4/5 of the garden completely covered) but i
suffer from 2 frozen shoulders, so digging is not recomended. i've also
got neighbours that are trying to sell their property so i don't want to
cover the garden with carpet as it's going to look really pikey and not
please my neighbours.

can i kill this horrible stuff with weedkiller alone? so far i've tried
SBK stump and root killer which seems to knock it back a little but
nowhere near enough, glycophosphates don't even touch it.

Yes. They do but to be effective you have to slightly *over* dilute and
wait longer for it to translocate into the roots and then repeat ad
naseam. You can hit ground elder whenever you have any weedkiller going
at all. I use broadleaf lawn weedkiller on mine about half the time.

If you want it dead you have to keep at it. Never let it have a green
leaf in the sunshine that hasn't been sprayed for more than a week.

if it was my own place, i'd spend the cash on removing the whole garden
and starting afresh.

i know the best thing to do is move, but trying to find a rental
property that accepts pet dogs is like looking for rocking horse dung...
anyone got any helpfull advice?

Hit it with glyphosate about now and wait three-four weeks then repeat.
Maybe alternate with Verdone or something similar. Hit new shoots in the
interim as they come up with a smaller spot weed sprayer.

It is faster if you combine chemical means with physical removal of the
roots. After a couple of glyphosate hits the root fragments seldom grow
back again if you miss a small piece.

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Regards,
Martin Brown