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  • Lupin 1Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

    I didn't have a big problem until a few years ago when I spread heaps of rotted horse muck in the garden.

    p.s. Not blaming the horses  image wonder what I'd have if I'd spread chicken muck? image

  • NickyBNickyB Posts: 69

    Yeah we seem to have had loads pop up too :-/ darn things... I left them as the leaves looked a little geraniumlike to me now I know it was a giant error image(( 

  • Chris AChris A Posts: 3

    Soooo is there any way of getting rid of them.  I've just spent all morning getting them out of my borders, but there are loads in the lawn and if I dig all of them out, I'll just have a ploughed field LOL!

     

  • LeadFarmerLeadFarmer Posts: 1,492
    NickyB wrote (see)

    Yeah we seem to have had loads pop up too :-/ darn things... I left them as the leaves looked a little geraniumlike to me now I know it was a giant error image(( 

    To be honest, I thought they were geraniums as well when they first started showing. 

  • GillyLGillyL Posts: 1,077

    NO easy way to remove......just digging and more digging,making sure you get all the roots out,even a tiny bit left in is enough to start a new plant

  • NickyBNickyB Posts: 69

     

    To be honest, I thought they were geraniums as well when they first started showing. 

     

    Glad it wasn't just mean then LeadFarmer... 

  • Chris AChris A Posts: 3

    Aaaah well ... hands and knees it is then image

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Chris, I find they are extremely susceptible to glyphosate, so much so that I spray them in the winter and it kills them.  Unfortunately the seed stays viable for many years, so if they have ever seeded they'll be with you until the cows come home!

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • LeadFarmerLeadFarmer Posts: 1,492

    I might carefully spray them with weedkiller and leave that to take effect in the roots, then dig them up.

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