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Old 22-06-2013, 03:34 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David Hill David Hill is offline
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Default Ground Elder removing!

On 22/06/2013 14:30, wrote:
RustyHinge wrote:
I have a problem with ground elder (and creeping buttercup) because the
young leaves of both look similar to strawberry leaves. :-(

Really?


*shrug* Enough to make weeding it out require a second glance, at which
point I'm normally glancing at it in my hand going "oh b*****, I just
pulled out another strawberry", yeah.

Just keep doing that then plant the strawberries in a new bed and you
can hit the buttercups with no problem