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2 quick questions

pierre_de_gayepierre_de_gaye Posts: 182
in Problem solving
Hi all

1.   Can I remove the unsightly grafting was from my potted tree before planting it?  It's been potted a long time so I'd imagine the union has long healed.  If yes, how best to remove without harming the tree?

2.  I want to remove unsightly mass of yarrow from the front lawn - best product for this please?

Thank you in advance.
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  • Jules41Jules41 Posts: 178
    Dig up the harrowing and send it to me??!!!😅😅😅
    I've just bought MORE of it ... the bees just can't get enough of it ! 
  • Jules41Jules41 Posts: 178
    Yarrow - not harrowing!  This new fangled technology stuff .... 
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I wouldn't touch the graft. The tree has been grafted onto different roots for a purpose
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • pierre_de_gayepierre_de_gaye Posts: 182
    Perhaps as should have been expected, none of the replies so far are helpful, nor do they directly address the original questions at hand.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2018
    1.  The graft union will always be a point of weakness. My understanding is that the wax should only be removed should it appear to be restricting the growth of the plant. 

    2. I have not found a selective lawn weed killer which will effectively eradicate yarrow in my lawn. After this year’s drought the yarrow has increased rapidly.  My plan is to tackle it manually on my hands and knees, teasing and digging it out with an old table fork and a sharp penknife,  followed by the use of the electric lawn rake when the grass is growing strongly. I will then oversow the lawn with grass seed when weather conditions are suitable, hopefully in mid September.

    I hope that course of action, coupled with regular mowing at a mid height, will result in a lush green lawn where the grass once again outcompete the yarrow which was what happened before the grass stopped growing in the drought. 

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





  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Very helpful and detailed answer Dove, well done! 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @debs64  🤗

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





  • Jules41Jules41 Posts: 178
    Oh dear @pierre_de_gaye don't be grumpy. There's always plenty of very well informed people on the forum who can give you brilliant advice, and we can still be lighthearted and smile while we wait for them to post it. No offence was intended 😊
  • pierre_de_gayepierre_de_gaye Posts: 182
    Thank you dove from above.

    I will consider some of what you speak of.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2018
    No point in only doing some of it @pierre_de_gaye  ... it's not a list of options ...  it's a course of action; each step depends on the previous one being done and will only be effective if the entire course is completed and then the management continued. 

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





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