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Creeping wood Sorrel

John236John236 Posts: 10
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Is anyone else being plagued by the above? I don’t remember it being a problem in the past but in the last couple of years it has been rampant!

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited September 2022
    @John236 Twenty years ago I had never seen this growing in gardens. It has a fibrous root so tiny pieces can stay in the ground. With a moist soil and a large fork you can get under the root. I think I would remove as much as you can this Autumn and be ready to start again early spring, often weeds have set a second generation in the spring without gardener's realising it. Thought until recently it was a Potentilla it is infact an Oxalis.
    One thing I would not do is treat it with chemicals,glyphosate can be used but more and people would like to see it banned in the UK. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited September 2022
    We've just had a thread about wood sorrel a few days back.  Go search for it.  Under problems I think.
     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."
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'd rather get rid of wood sorrel than roundup
    Devon.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @John236 Just type in 'How do I get rid of Wood Sorrel' at the top you should find it.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • John236John236 Posts: 10
    Thanks all!
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