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Angelica horror movie
Gardenviking
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I live in an area with an extreme Angelica problem. When I say extreme, it is an understatement. Everywhere you look in a radious of ten miles is every square inch taken over by Angelica from early spring until late autumn. In my garden I'd like to get rid of it. I have been planting heavily but the Angelica often overruns everything I do... HELP
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Hmmm, I attemoted that one. They just came up again. Locals say 'pull them up with roots and all'... that works partially but the leaves are in such an extreme quantity that it doesn't really pay off
*attempted
Go into business? Candied angelica is hard to find and expensive. A trifle just isn't the same without angelica leaves on the cherry flowers!
As you're in Germany, I take it you're referring to Angelica sylvestris which I know grows wild in some areas, rather than the cultivated form.
The seeds are often included in wild flower mixes here in the UK.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What kind of soil does it like? I've never seen it round here.
I've got A. Archangelica and it self seeds into moist, borderline boggy soil. It will need a more or less constant supply of water to support that superstructure!
Yup, thaz the one. And it is a nightmare! But I don't want to use chemicals. How do I get rid of it?
Hm... I must be doing something wrong. Hoeing didn't do anything until now. I must learn to do it correctly.
I've said it before: and I'll say it again: the best ever weedkiller is a stainless steel hoe.
Well, I got the winter to sharpen it