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Wild garlic
Lou12
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I have never noticed much in the way of wild garlic in my garden until this year and suddenly it is everywhere!
In the beds, in the lawn, all over. I've been digging up the bulbs as fast as I can but how do I get rid of it in the lawn without destroying the grass?
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Are we talking about Ramsons (broad leaves) or Allium triquetrum (more like chives)?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Allium Triquuetrum, it looks very much like chives.
I'd just keep mowing the lawn - it won't get rid of it but it'll keep it under control - lovely oniony smell while you're mowing of course.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
How will mowing spread them? True the bulbs will multiply as with most bulbs, but if the tops are mowed thus preventing seed development then the seeds won't spread, and continual repeated mowing stopping the leaves from growing to any size will weaken the bulbs.
It worked for Ma - they stayed there, but they didn't get any worse.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Spray a glyphosphate weed killer such as roundup on any clumps of the wild garlic being careful to avoid the grass, so aim to spray only the top parts of the wild garlic, any that runs down will only go into the soil.
In any case if the clumps are dense they're gonna displace the grass around them anyway. So afterwards when the garlic is killed just remove it and cover with compost and lawn seed
It's just grassy stuff with an oniony smell. I wouldn't worry about it
In the sticks near Peterborough
It's the unsightly straggly "fronds" they send my lawn OCD into overdrive!
Ah, There's the difference. I like the extras in my grass. Keep mowing them off and don't let any more seed. Without leaves they'll die eventually
In the sticks near Peterborough