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Rampant weed?
Anyone know what this is?
http://www.encompasserve.org/~burley/dsc00091.jpg It's rampant. I thought I'd dug it out the year before last, but a single plant appeared last year, this year it's covered a plot of about 8 x 4 ft. |
Rampant weed?
"Graham Burley" wrote in message ... Anyone know what this is? http://www.encompasserve.org/~burley/dsc00091.jpg It's rampant. I thought I'd dug it out the year before last, but a single plant appeared last year, this year it's covered a plot of about 8 x 4 ft. No. I have several rampant weeds, I don't care what they're called, it doesn't make the getting rid any easier :-) Mary |
Rampant weed?
On May 14, 6:24*pm, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 14 May 2008 18:08:34 +0100, Graham Burley wrote: Anyone know what this is? http://www.encompasserve.org/~burley/dsc00091.jpg It's rampant. I thought I'd dug it out the year before last, but a single plant appeared last year, this year it's covered a plot of about 8 x 4 ft. How to get rid of ithttp://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problem-solving/ground-elder/ -- That is a good consise sensible link. Those two methods do work but you have to be patient and persistent. If you go organic, you have to be willing to keep digging it out for years. You will get it but it will take time. Glyphosphate/roundup does work but here you have to persist. Do it 2 or 3 times at 2 or 3 week intervals. Then you just need to get the stragglers next year and the year after. Martin |
Rampant weed?
"Des Higgins" wrote in message
... On May 14, 6:24 pm, Martin wrote: On Wed, 14 May 2008 18:08:34 +0100, Graham Burley wrote: Anyone know what this is? http://www.encompasserve.org/~burley/dsc00091.jpg It's rampant. I thought I'd dug it out the year before last, but a single plant appeared last year, this year it's covered a plot of about 8 x 4 ft. How to get rid of ithttp://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problem-solving/ground-elder/ -- That is a good consise sensible link. Those two methods do work but you have to be patient and persistent. If you go organic, you have to be willing to keep digging it out for years. You will get it but it will take time. Glyphosphate/roundup does work but here you have to persist. Do it 2 or 3 times at 2 or 3 week intervals. Then you just need to get the stragglers next year and the year after. Martin My patent technique is a variation on: Chemical Apply systemic weed killer to the foliage as soon as it appears in spring. Re-apply throughout the growing season at four- to six-week intervals, or as soon as any re-growth appears week 1 glyphosate week 2 weedol to burn off top growth week 3 glyphosate on new growth week 4 weedol continue till the bugger gives up! pk |
Rampant weed?
Des Higgins wrote:
On May 14, 6:24 pm, Martin wrote: On Wed, 14 May 2008 18:08:34 +0100, Graham Burley wrote: Anyone know what this is? http://www.encompasserve.org/~burley/dsc00091.jpg It's rampant. I thought I'd dug it out the year before last, but a single plant appeared last year, this year it's covered a plot of about 8 x 4 ft. It will regrow from pieces of root as small as 1cm in length. If you have trashed it with systemic chemical weapons like glyphosate first you decrease the chances of regrowth somewhat but it is a war of attrition. How to get rid of ithttp://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problem-solving/ground-elder/ That is a good consise sensible link. Those two methods do work but you have to be patient and persistent. If you go organic, you have to be willing to keep digging it out for years. You will get it but it will take time. Strimming it or close crop mowing every week for a year will work. Miss a week and you lose. But a combination of physical and chemical attack works faster. Glyphosphate/roundup does work but here you have to persist. Do it 2 or 3 times at 2 or 3 week intervals. Then you just need to get the stragglers next year and the year after. Unless you have an adjacent field full of the stuff. Hit it with something (preferably different) every couple of weeks for a year and it will mostly give up the ghost. Remember every leaf in sunshine is storing energy in the roots so you never want it to have decent leaves. If you try digging it out "organically" sieve the soil for every last trace of root. I would hit it with weedkiller as well. YMMV Some of mine was in the edges of lawn and broadleaf specific weedkillers work reasonably well on it too. Regards, Martin Brown ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
Rampant weed?
In article , "PK" writes: | | That is a good consise sensible link. Those two methods do work but | you have to be patient and persistent. If you go organic, you have to | be willing to keep digging it out for years. You will get it but it | will take time. Not in my experience. Provided that you can GET at the stuff, and dig 1' down for at least one spring to the next spring, it isn't a major problem - unlike lesser bindweed. I have never seen it regrow from a root more than 6" down, let alone 1', and the latter I have had regrow from 2' down and survive half a dozen goes of glyphosate :-( Yes, you have to dig as much out as you can, dig out the little bits as they show during the growing season, and repeat it all next spring. But that's more-or-less it. Where I can't get rid of it is where it is under other plants, so I can't do that. And it spreads laterally FAST and, as you say, from tiny fragments - whereas lesser bindweed does neither. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Rampant weed?
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , "PK" writes: | | That is a good consise sensible link. Those two methods do work but | you have to be patient and persistent. If you go organic, you have to | be willing to keep digging it out for years. You will get it but it | will take time. Not in my experience. Provided that you can GET at the stuff, and dig 1' down for at least one spring to the next spring, it isn't a major problem - unlike lesser bindweed. I have never seen it regrow from a root more than 6" down, let alone 1', and the latter I have had regrow from 2' down and survive half a dozen goes of glyphosate :-( It must be very dependent on the soil then. In my heavy clay soil I can afford to let the lesser field bindweed with pink flowers grow as an ornamental. It never causes trouble unlike its vigorous white climbinfg cousin. Yes, you have to dig as much out as you can, dig out the little bits as they show during the growing season, and repeat it all next spring. But that's more-or-less it. In clay soil groundelder is considerably more of a pest. Where I can't get rid of it is where it is under other plants, so I can't do that. And it spreads laterally FAST and, as you say, from tiny fragments - whereas lesser bindweed does neither. Spot weeding with glyphosate and/or strimming will get it. You cannot afford to let it have any leaves in sunshine or it will grow sideways *very* quickly. Zap each leaf as it appears. Regards, Martin Brown ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
Rampant weed?
In article , Martin Brown writes: | | It must be very dependent on the soil then. In my heavy clay soil I can | afford to let the lesser field bindweed with pink flowers grow as an | ornamental. It never causes trouble unlike its vigorous white climbinfg | cousin. That is almost certainly so. My soil doesn't waterlog, even 2' down. | Yes, you have to dig as much out as you can, dig out the little | bits as they show during the growing season, and repeat it all next | spring. But that's more-or-less it. | | In clay soil groundelder is considerably more of a pest. Because you can't get its roots out semi-intact when digging? That would make a lot of sense. I can't dig it out cleanly in wet soil. I should have specified my conditions :-( Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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