Battle of the weeds

DaftyDuck

Davesnave wrote: »

PS .....Don't forget to take it off again before using Internet.

... and they say glyphosate is harmless to the human nervous system...

Eenymeeny

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Helexine soleiroili is very shallow-rooted, and prone to dry out very quickly. You can get a spade under a clump and just lift it, or hoe in dry weather. It will succumb to glyphosate as well. Raking lawns regularly helps keep it at bay. It can thrive in a compost heap. I know the latter from experience... hence one of my beds is plastered with the danm thing.

But, it does go from persistence, and a hot summer is a good time to start.

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll keep at it. Unfortunately it's in a very shady area and seems to hold water underneath it. I even tried a weed flame gun during the winter before the ferns and hostas came up but it was too wet! (Next door neighbours have it all over a gravel patch, at least they can just hoe it...)

skipton

Any ideas for Rose Bay Willow herb. We have 3 acres of Oak wood with bluebelles that have ever increasing swathes of it. I've tried pulling it up but it just regrows and digging is not an option. We have lots of brambles too which I will try the glyphosate dunk method on.