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Weed grass identification and eradication

josie_alexjosie_alex Posts: 8
in Problem solving
This purple headed weed grass is taking over!!! I have pulled it. Sprayed it with all the weedkillers I can find. I have tried bleach, everything.  No matter what I do it is spreading.  Can anyway help me identify it and even more so.  How I get rid of it?  Any help is greatly appreciated
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Have you tried digging it out?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • josie_alexjosie_alex Posts: 8
    Yes, first thing I did.  Weeding away....but it comes back and is spreading like crazy. Flower bed becomes a purple haze in no time. :-(
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Please don’t use bleach in your garden … it’s really bad for all the important beneficial invertebrates and micro-organisms that make up your garden environment. 

    Whereabouts roughly are you?  The soil looks like hard dry clay with no organic matter in it. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I would turn over the soil a fork depth  and try digging it out again. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • josie_alexjosie_alex Posts: 8
    I totally agree.  It was desperation :-(
    I enjoy gardening and actually don't mind weeding but this is gradually becoming so numerous it is impossible to remove. The more I try to get rid of it the worse it seems to spread. Northern Ireland.
  • josie_alexjosie_alex Posts: 8
    B3 said:
    I would turn over the soil a fork depth  and try digging it out again. 
    Pull existing ones out first then turn over?  They are quite short
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Google isn't much help is it? 😕
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'd turn it over first and then shake off the soil. If you just pull, you're likely to leave the roots
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • josie_alexjosie_alex Posts: 8
    No, none at all.  I have never personally seen anything like it. Its the fact that removing it seems to be making it spread.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Either it had a chance to seed last year or you're leaving bits of root behind when you dig it out.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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