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  • Got to agree with you, it absolutely stinks.  Makes me feel ill when pulling it out!

  • GillyLGillyL Posts: 1,077

    Can only see the Herb Robert pic Carol,so that is what I was suggesting the Glphosate on,but only if it is a large patch,or otherwise as Dove says just keep pulling it out and watch for seedlings.

    Dove..........Wow,never known anyone to like the smell before.

  • waterbuttswaterbutts Posts: 1,242

    Would you believe that the Guardian newspaper actually offered fox and cubs for sale on  their gardening page about a year ago?

    Maybe the person you bought the house from got someimage

    We have some in our garden from time to time. They don't like being hoed.

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    They are becoming a real problem...  look, they are in the lawn now!  dont really want to put new turf down until i've eradicated them!

     

     

  • PeterE17PeterE17 Posts: 129

    As has been said, keep pulling the Herb Robert and you will soon reduce it to an acceptable level. I don't use Glyphosate so cannot comment.

    Round my part of the world, some folks call it the 'headache plant'.

     

     

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    herb robert is just an annual and pulls up easily, if it's in the lawn a few mowings will see it off.

    if I get rid of the orange stuff I'll report back on how I did it



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Thanks everyone for your comments and identifications.

    much appreciated image

  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307

    The aurantiacum can only be got rid of by using a translocatable weed killer.  In the lawn or grassed area, use Verdone or something suitable for killing broadleaf weeds. BUT, be prepared for a long haul, it is awful stuff!

    And I too do not dislike the smell of Herb Robert.

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