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Creeping buttercup

richardwatsonjoinerrichardwatsonjoiner Posts: 30
in Problem solving
I have creeping buttercup spreading through my borders! What’s the best way to get rid without killing my best plants 

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  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    You may have to just set to and dig it up 
  • CostumedVoleCostumedVole Posts: 257
    It can be done. When we moved here 25 years ago, the garden was nothing but creeping buttercup. I spent days digging it out, and it has never returned in all that time, so take heart.
  • richardwatsonjoinerrichardwatsonjoiner Posts: 30
    I think I’ll do some division and digging over autumn and spring I don’t want to go anywhere near weed killers as I do things pretty organically! Thanks for the reply’s 
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    It's like detective work, find a  leafy clue and follow it up, see where it leads :)
  • mhardaker12mhardaker12 Posts: 8
    Buttercupdays said:
    It's like detective work, find a  leafy clue and follow it up, see where it leads :)

    Millions of 'em...as Uncle Albert would say. Back breaking work. But if you pull out the creeping roots, chances are the roots remain. So I'll treat them first, weaken them then pull them. That's the plan, just hope my back cooperates.

  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Fork where they root, and firm but gentle pull of the stolons..  
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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