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"K" wrote in message news "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes "Paddy" wrote in message ... Got a patch of land to clear on clifftop prior to sowing with wildflowers. At the moment it has some dockens and lots of hogweed. We have stuff for the dockens but not sure of the hogweed. We have roundup but would like to keep the grasses growing to hold the soil surface together. Past years we have just cut the hogweed down with a strimmer but been burnt that many times I would like to clear them for good. swap male for mail Treatment with Glyphosate is the recommended way to clear Hogweed. The problem is that the plants will have produced thousands of seeds which will germinate for several seasons. If you can slice through the root structure underground then you will dampen the plants ardour but they will resprout with fresh young growth fairly quickly. If you hit this young growth with Glyphosate the plant will eventually die. Don't be too impatient because it may take several weeks before you notice any effect. A more labour intensive but perhaps quicker solution is to pump weedkiller directly into the stem at various heights by use of a syringe. ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) Whixh one do you grow, Rupert? Presumably giant hogweed? The OP didn't say he had giant hogweed, merely hogweed (which itself is quite large, about 4ft), and doesn't have the skin burning properties of the giant hogweed. It's a very frequent weed, and people who have merely seen the giant hogweed scare stories in the newspapers can get needlessly alarmed by it. -- Kay I am not really sure which type of hogweed it is. Looked it up on various websites and only got confused. Yes this only grows to about 4 ft or so but it definitley burns, I get covered with burns on any unprotected areas and they last for weeks. It's height might be stunted with it being on the clifftop where the soil will be rather shallow. Paddy |
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