Go the whole hog, @bede and use Agent Orange. Why this desperate need to kill harmless flora?
Punkdoc
Please send us some photos of your garden so we can see your interpretation of your comments.
Would it not be simpler ( and possibly less controversial ) to accept that not everyone wishes to kill off anything which they find unattractive even tho it is perfectly natural ? If we all followed this regime, there wouldn't be much left.
OTOH, spraying 1 or 2 political species could be seen as a useful contribution so maybe promote that idea instead
Totally agree with @punkdoc, if it's doing no harm let it be. We get it appear on our drive after heavy rain, and it disappears when it's dry. I find it quite beautiful in that way, it's just not thought of well because it's not considered pretty. I don't know what lives in or on it, but whatever it is, I'm now compelled to find out! 😄
3. Choice ? Exactly so. No real need to tell people that.
I doubt whether the OP planned to walk where their particular nostoc was. Keeping a pathway safe from slippy stuff is rather different but can often be done without resorting to chemicals.
I think @bédé was only trying to help by quite reasonably assuming I would want rid (which I did/do, but will have to use mechanical means given its situation). My question having been helpfully answered by a few people, this thread has served its purpose and, with how it's developed, I don't think it'd benefit from anything further.
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@punkdoc has posted photos of his beautiful garden several times. He is a real plantsman.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
If we all followed this regime, there wouldn't be much left.
OTOH, spraying 1 or 2 political species could be seen as a useful contribution so maybe promote that idea instead
We get it appear on our drive after heavy rain, and it disappears when it's dry. I find it quite beautiful in that way, it's just not thought of well because it's not considered pretty.
I don't know what lives in or on it, but whatever it is, I'm now compelled to find out! 😄
Can you say more about why it's horrid?
It's just my instincts and intuition, visual and tactile aesthetics. If you love it, fine. But to me its like picking up cat poo by accident.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
2. I suggest how it might be controlled.
3. It's up to any readers how to plan their route to Nirvana.
By-the-way, it can cause a path to be dangerously slippery.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
1. As did another poster
2, ditto
3. Choice ? Exactly so. No real need to tell people that.
I doubt whether the OP planned to walk where their particular nostoc was. Keeping a pathway safe from slippy stuff is rather different but can often be done without resorting to chemicals.