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Getting rid of sedge
In my mother's new house there are a lot of coarse sedge / grass plants
that are taking over the garden. We have tried trimming them off at ground level and sprinkling with sodium chlorate, but they are growing again within days. Is there an easy way of getting rid of them without poisoning the soil around? They are difficult to dig out and leave a big hole. thanks dan |
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If it is giant sedge, then digging out is the best bet, even if it's difficult to do. If you then bruise any new growth and spray it with Roundup, it will slowly give up the ghost.
Janet C |
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Getting rid of sedge
In article , Dan Smithers writes: | In my mother's new house there are a lot of coarse sedge / grass plants | that are taking over the garden. We have tried trimming them off at | ground level and sprinkling with sodium chlorate, but they are growing | again within days. That's precisely wrong. Sodium chlorate will kill annual weeds in low doses, and kill everything for a fairly long period in high ones. It is definitely a 'soil poison'. | Is there an easy way of getting rid of them without poisoning the soil | around? You could try glyphosate (well diluted), but I don't know how sensitive they are - grass is very sensitive. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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