On 04/07/2012 12:49, Baz wrote:
"Alan Holmes" wrote in
:


We are inundated with a mess whose common name is 'mind your own
business' and I want to find a weedkiller which will kill the damned
stuff, I have tried several already but it still comes back with a
vengeance!

So, what do I have to do to get ride of the damned things?

They seem to just be growing at the front and side of the house out of
the sun.

Alan





I would squash them with your boot and then treat them with glyphosate.

That is reckoned to be the right way. Assuming that his
"mind-your-own-business" is the same thing as for example:

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to...iness/475.html

I hate "common names" they vary too much and are very ambiguous.

Wait 2 or 3 weeks and cover them with carpet. Wait a month or so and repeat
if any are still showing. Examine the area well, because this little sod is
hard to see when it is starting up. A tiny green spot needs the treatment
described above. Look behind any features, such as downpipes, waterbutts or
anything else it can hide behind.
It seems like we spend more time getting rid of weeds than actually growing
our preferred garden items, but a lot of the time an hours hoeing is not
enough, is it.

Main problem this year is the garden too wet to stand on!
(and often too cold and windy as well)

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Regards,
Martin Brown