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Ground Elder

Bulldog DrummondBulldog Drummond Posts: 3
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Problems with Ground Elder - suggestions please possible use systemic weed killer? Is Round Up safe to use now?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    use it as per instructions and it's fine. No matter what the " never use chemical" say. 

    Just show me one single case anywhere in the world which proves a case of cancer was caused by glyphosate. 

    Devon.
  • Bulldog DrummondBulldog Drummond Posts: 3

    Many thanks Hostafan - appreciate your interest and assistance!

  • Bulldog DrummondBulldog Drummond Posts: 3

    Thanks Hostafan for your interest and assistance!

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    My garden was covered in it when we move in here, I dug most of it out, then tried glyphosate, it worked...for that year, next year it was back, I have dug and dug, and almost eradicated it now. Just a few fresh pieces that are easliy dug up, hard work but I think worth it in the long run.

    Not that I am opposed to glyphosate, it just didn't last.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    Glyphosate's good stuff, and works to kill weeds, including ground elder, as long as you get all the bits and leave it long enough to work.  A bad infestation may well need a second go though.

    BUT it is potentially nasty, to you and the environment generally.  I susoect the answer is to use it, but only when absolutey necessary.  OH's garden here in Flanders is full of lesser celandine and she can't deal with it; I'm only here for a bit so I'm recommending that she uses it.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    The problem to the environment is , as I see it , due to the excessive use by some, not all, farmers and local authorities using it on road verges, not on the likes of us using it very occasionally in our gardens.

    Devon.
  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237

    I would have thought the biggest risk from glyphosate was through eating it (in bread etc. as it is sprayed on crops before they are harvested) rather than from breathing in the spray. No idea whether that's correct though!

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    Have a look at this thread from a couple of years ago

    http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/problem-solving/glyphosate---possible-problems/370174.html

     

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have sprayed celandine every year, it still comes up again.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    ...and you can't dig them out cos the bleedin' bulbils break off and stay in the soil.

    Just bumped up the glyphosate thread for thise who ae interested.

    Now I must brave the incessant rain and buy a birthday card for my mum.

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