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Yellow Fumitory

diddy11cgdiddy11cg Posts: 10
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My garden is overrun each year by Yellow Fumitory (Corydalis lutea). Although it is pretty and has a nice scent, it even crowded out the ground cover Phlox that I put in. I don't really want to use weed killer. Is laborious hand weeding the only solution?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I find regular application of a Dutch hoe controls it and other weedlings/seedlings in the wrong place ... no pollution and no backache either. 😊 

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





  • diddy11cgdiddy11cg Posts: 10
    The trouble with hoeing is the expanse of snowdrops which will be shredded. Ho Hum!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ah well, it’ll have to be handweeding while the snowdrops are small enough to be vulnerable then hoeing between them after that. Good luck 😊 

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





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