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Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, lords and ladies By Pete8
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please can someone help how can I get rid off these asap plz ,would putting weed killer under ground on bulbs help ??
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oops sorry pete8 ,I just copied n pasted didn't no u name on end
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Weed killer can't tell a plant you want from a weed. It will kill anything it touches.
This is area I'm clearing to day so many weeds I've been doing all 3/4 of acre by hand and pulling out weeds , no easy way ?
Not really - I'd dig it over, pulling out all the roots - then if you get any regrowth later in the spring, just treat individual plants with contact weedkiller or targetted spraying. Weedkiller is far more effective on new active growth rather than old leaves that have been there over winter, which is what most of that lot looks like.
Good luck and remember, it's cheaper than gym membership
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's a long battle.
The problem is that they just keep coming from spring to late summer, more tiny leaves keep appearing, and of course they come up in the middle of clumps of perennials etc.
I just keep hoeing the tops off or pulling leaves out from clumps of plants. With no leaves the plant can't survive.
I've tried roundup and Rosate36 on them with little success.
I am just completely mystified as to where they keep coming from - it's at least 5 yrs I've been battling with them, and I don't seem to be winning and they seem to keep spreading.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
ok my aim today is to finish this big patch ,ive burnt wheel barrows of weeds ,so many ,I cant use weed killer really as my ponies on this land ,2 months ive been doing this am getting te but omg hard work will send pic to night when done ,weed roots 18 inches under ground ,been really hard work this area was full of wood cuttiings too but got down to this now ,n still finging metel in ground too errrrr ,never been looked after just dumping ground
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also as I done area b ok to grass seed ?
Something that might help, it definitely works on nettles, is to mow regularly to keep removing the leaves - as Pete says, plants can't survive without them.
This might help you keep on top of larger areas until you can clear them properly and would be quicker and easier to do. I have no personal experience of this weed, but grows on woodland edge and hedge bottoms and will not be adapted to grazing. Grass is unusual in that it grows from the base, whereas most plants grow from the tip. Cutting the leaves off will give the grass an advantage, which may encourage it to provide more competition and further weaken the invader - it has to be worth a try!
ok going now to get all that area done
pics this eve 
in for a nother hard day 
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