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controlling ground elder
benthamjanet--2YsqnF
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hello everyone,
simply not possible to use usual answer of removing everything, washing roots and re-planting. too much stuff over 5 years of planting herbaceous border, so looking of ways to control it.
Possibly created problem myself, 5 years ago, removing mostly nettles from under/around hawthorn hedge, offering nicely dug soil. A big area (20mx2m), over the years filled with spring bulbs, snowdrops, daffs, tulips, followed by perennials, all sorts, aquilegia, cornflower, foxglove, delphinium, hollyhock, geranium, stuff I don't even know the name of. I have veg plots that as yet, haven't been infected.
I tend to be a bit fastidious, wanting garden tidy, cutting back when stuff has finished flowering. I think that may be part of my problem, giving a clear area for the ground elder to flourish, so, this year I'm trying to:
pull out as much ground elder as I can, burnt, disposed of forever.
leave everything to die back, even though it will annoy me, hoping by not offering clear ground/ light, the ground elder is discouraged.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
simply not possible to use usual answer of removing everything, washing roots and re-planting. too much stuff over 5 years of planting herbaceous border, so looking of ways to control it.
Possibly created problem myself, 5 years ago, removing mostly nettles from under/around hawthorn hedge, offering nicely dug soil. A big area (20mx2m), over the years filled with spring bulbs, snowdrops, daffs, tulips, followed by perennials, all sorts, aquilegia, cornflower, foxglove, delphinium, hollyhock, geranium, stuff I don't even know the name of. I have veg plots that as yet, haven't been infected.
I tend to be a bit fastidious, wanting garden tidy, cutting back when stuff has finished flowering. I think that may be part of my problem, giving a clear area for the ground elder to flourish, so, this year I'm trying to:
pull out as much ground elder as I can, burnt, disposed of forever.
leave everything to die back, even though it will annoy me, hoping by not offering clear ground/ light, the ground elder is discouraged.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
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