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Ground elder returning
andrewedmondson123y-KdM2id
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I manage a very large allotment area, which I left for 5 years to go sailing.
Ground elder is now well established in several different areas.
I used extra strong glyphosate a few months ago, which has virtually killed it all but I can see seedlings emerging again.
The advice is to let it grow give a good leaf surface.
Won't this allow the root system to grow back? Or is it a case of gradually weakening it over a couple of years (one poster suggested 3 sprays a year over 2 years)?
That means not growing on these large areas for a considerable time.
My other problem is that there are three other people on the allotment area, all of whom are against spraying. I have explained the problem, the science and the inevitable takeover of the area and spread into neighbouring gardens and surrounding woodland.
I want to screen the areas I control with havey plastic (I have 100sqm). How wide to ensure it doesn't spread underneath? I have seen it travel at least 2ft under path matting, emerging in the middle through a small hole and wood chips.
Lastly, would spraying and then covering in plastic work better?
Ground elder is now well established in several different areas.
I used extra strong glyphosate a few months ago, which has virtually killed it all but I can see seedlings emerging again.
The advice is to let it grow give a good leaf surface.
Won't this allow the root system to grow back? Or is it a case of gradually weakening it over a couple of years (one poster suggested 3 sprays a year over 2 years)?
That means not growing on these large areas for a considerable time.
My other problem is that there are three other people on the allotment area, all of whom are against spraying. I have explained the problem, the science and the inevitable takeover of the area and spread into neighbouring gardens and surrounding woodland.
I want to screen the areas I control with havey plastic (I have 100sqm). How wide to ensure it doesn't spread underneath? I have seen it travel at least 2ft under path matting, emerging in the middle through a small hole and wood chips.
Lastly, would spraying and then covering in plastic work better?
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So it looks like I'll have to keep on spraying right up to the neighbours' areas and watch it gradually spread all around me. Such a shame. Eventually, the whole area and some gardens will need to be sprayed, killing everything for a year or two.