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Killing Acanthus
I have two large (becoming very large!) clumps of Acanthus mollis and
would like to return to one, I tried Round up this spring as the new growth reappered after winter but it had no effect, so then I thought I would squirt "Round up" down the stems like is done for Japanese knotweed but this bloody stuff does not have hollow stems (sneaky). So has anyone every managed to get red of a clump? -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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Killing Acanthus
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message T... I have two large (becoming very large!) clumps of Acanthus mollis and would like to return to one, I tried Round up this spring as the new growth reappered after winter but it had no effect, so then I thought I would squirt "Round up" down the stems like is done for Japanese knotweed but this bloody stuff does not have hollow stems (sneaky). So has anyone every managed to get red of a clump? -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea It's a menace isn't it!? I've still got some Acanthus spinosus to shift, but we did manage to clear one clump about 4 years ago. I believe the Husband Thingy used neat glyphosate every hour on the hour for a day or so. It's an expensive business, this weed-killing process. We're thinking of getting a mortgage to cover the cost of zapping the remaining clump :~). I do hope you manage to get rid of it. The great pity is it's such a handsome plant; part of me still wants to keep some. The garden designers still wax lyrical about it; they know not what they say. Spider |
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Killing Acanthus
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:49:18 +0100, Charlie Pridham
wrote: I have two large (becoming very large!) clumps of Acanthus mollis and would like to return to one, I tried Round up this spring as the new growth reappered after winter but it had no effect, so then I thought I would squirt "Round up" down the stems like is done for Japanese knotweed but this bloody stuff does not have hollow stems (sneaky). So has anyone every managed to get red of a clump? Eat me out whilst I sit on your face and I'll tell you. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.cum Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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Killing Acanthus
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Jennifer Sparkes wrote: The message from Charlie Pridham contains these words: I have two large (becoming very large!) clumps of Acanthus mollis and would like to return to one, I tried Round up this spring as the new growth reappered after winter but it had no effect, so then I thought I would squirt "Round up" down the stems like is done for Japanese knotweed but this bloody stuff does not have hollow stems (sneaky). So has anyone every managed to get red of a clump? No but please post if you fine the answer! Yes. I had some, and it got bored with clumping and developed wanderlust - including into the lawn. Digging it up whereever possible and pulling/mowing it where not killed it in about 5 years. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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