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Help! Amateur gardener having problem with weed

junhao_amtb89junhao_amtb89 Posts: 3
in Problem solving
Hi all,

I would really appreciate some advice. My garden is currently overgrown with these shown below. Last year there were some but not as bad as what it is at the moment. I've been hand picking them all up but now it is getting unmanageable.
Does anyone know what they might be?
Do you have any suggestion on how I could get rid of them?
I've tried Weedol weedkiller but they dont seem to be affected, and it covers a large area of my garden especially at areas covered with bark chippings.

Thank you very much in advance.

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Those are tree seedlings.  Do you have an ash or sycamore tree nearby?
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • junhao_amtb89junhao_amtb89 Posts: 3
    Our house is just by a rapeseed field and there are some trees there not sure what they are. It’s strange because it seems that we get lots of them but I don’t see our neighbours having the same problem. Could this be all from the bark chips we used?
    how do you reckon we can control it. It took us hours to handpick them one by one!!
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I'm surprised that Weedol hasn't affected them.  Have you given it long enough to have an effect?  It doesn't happen overnight.  If it really isn't working I'd step up and use Roundup in it's highest recommended concentration.  That seems to kill most things (except marestail!)
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Use a hoe. There's no need to pick them up, once they're uprooted you can leave them on the ground and they will shrivel up. You'll need to do it repeatedly until they stop appearing.  Fortunately, trees drop their seeds over quite a brief period, so you should see the back of them soon.  Every few years, trees produce a bumper crop of seeds, this is called masting.  That's probably why you've got so many more than last year.
  • junhao_amtb89junhao_amtb89 Posts: 3
    Thank you very much. I will try to get them uprooted, maybe with a rake to agitate the bark chips. Whatever that is left growing I'll probably just pick them up again or spray more Weedol!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    No need to spray ... you'll run the risk of damaging your other plants.. just use a Duch hoe ... if you sort them all now that's them done until this time next year. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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