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.

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.

Ahhhh dont destroy them you big bully, they are brilliant at this time
of year
kate

Why would you want to stop them, I think they are my favourite bulb, they
can spread as much as they like here

Robert from the English Riviera
http://www.nochex.com/payme.asap?ema...btinternet.com

Michael wrote:
: 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.

Michael wrote:

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 had that problem once. They make good compost: show them no mercy!

Yes, they're a gorgeous blue. But if they like your garden, what starts
as a scattering of gorgeous blue flowers in spring becomes a solid mat
of bulbs and juicy green leaves smothering everything else in the garden
later in the year. To add insult to injury, nothing eats them, not
slugs, not snails, not mice, *nothing*!

regards
sarah


--
"Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view,
is silence about truth." Aldous Huxley

swroot wrote in message
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Michael wrote:

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 had that problem once. They make good compost: show them no mercy!

Yes, they're a gorgeous blue. But if they like your garden, what starts
as a scattering of gorgeous blue flowers in spring becomes a solid mat
of bulbs and juicy green leaves smothering everything else in the
garden
later in the year. To add insult to injury, nothing eats them, not
slugs, not snails, not mice, *nothing*!

I dug up 3 buckets full on Monday, onto the compost heap they went. I
had had no flowers for two years, and they were crowding everything else
out.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk

"Michael" wrote in message
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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.

why? don't you like them?
Hayley

hayley scribbled:

"Michael" wrote in message
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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.

why? don't you like them?
Hayley

Thats not very helpful!

Kate Morgan scribbled:

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.

Ahhhh dont destroy them you big bully, they are brilliant at this time
of year
kate

He may or he may not but right now he has too many, do try to be helpful.

Roberto scribbled:

Why would you want to stop them, I think they are my favourite bulb,
they can spread as much as they like here.

They may be your favourite bulb but Micheal does not want them in such
profusion. Do try to be helpful.

Robert from the English Riviera
http://www.nochex.com/payme.asap?ema...btinternet.com

Michael wrote:
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.

They may be your favourite bulb but Micheal does not want them in such
profusion. Do try to be helpful.

O.K. if Michael does not like them, he should dig the beggers up, unles
of course you know something more helpful.
kate

Just wish I could get them to grow like that.
You will probably be able to "Wipe them out" with SBK brushwood killer, or
other systemic weed killer that will take out nettles and brambles.

--
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Michael Berridge wrote:

swroot wrote in message
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Michael wrote:

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 had that problem once. They make good compost: show them no mercy!

Yes, they're a gorgeous blue. But if they like your garden, what starts
as a scattering of gorgeous blue flowers in spring becomes a solid mat
of bulbs and juicy green leaves smothering everything else in the
garden
later in the year. To add insult to injury, nothing eats them, not
slugs, not snails, not mice, *nothing*!

I dug up 3 buckets full on Monday, onto the compost heap they went. I
had had no flowers for two years, and they were crowding everything else
out.

Well done, that man.

It seems we are regarded as fortunate in having gardens that grow grape
hyacinths; I'd rather have better luck with _Fritillaria persica_ :-/

regards
sarah

--
"Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view,
is silence about truth." Aldous Huxley

Kate Morgan scribbled:

They may be your favourite bulb but Micheal does not want them in
such profusion. Do try to be helpful.

O.K. if Michael does not like them, he should dig the beggers up,
unles of course you know something more helpful.
kate

Did you read his post?

swroot wrote:

Michael wrote:

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 had that problem once. They make good compost: show them no mercy!

Yes, they're a gorgeous blue. But if they like your garden, what starts
as a scattering of gorgeous blue flowers in spring becomes a solid mat
of bulbs and juicy green leaves smothering everything else in the garden
later in the year. To add insult to injury, nothing eats them, not
slugs, not snails, not mice, *nothing*!


Why not just cut the leaves off. Don't they die backlater in the year
anyway?
Anita

regards
sarah

--
"Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view,
is silence about truth." Aldous Huxley

--

"Essjay001" wrote in message
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hayley scribbled:

"Michael" wrote in message
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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.

why? don't you like them?
Hayley

Thats not very helpful!

Did anyone else notice when this ng was officially brought under the aegis
of the Helpfulness Police? I think I must have missed it. :-(

It happens that the natural habitat of grape hyacinths has been largely
destroyed and if gardeners don't look after them, we one day might not have
them. The point of view that they should not ever be destroyed by the
bucketload is perfectly tenable, and there is no reason for anyone to feel
shy of expressing it. There's if anything even less reason to worry about
questioning someone else's taste, imho.


Warwick Dumas