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Mystery Plant - Help Needed

that you use glyphosate weedkiller. This will work OK, as it travels to the roots and more or less kills stuff from the roots up. However, this particular weed is a somewhat tough & even "waxy", so to get the glyphosate to work you need first to bruise by claireylouise90

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22/05/2012 10:47:41

by Angela at 27

Ladys Mantel

roots, but they can be dug out, or carefully dabbed with glyphosate. There are prettier and less invasive Alchemilla too. A, alpine, A. ellenbeckii, A. faroenssis (used to be called that) are all much nicer than the big leafed thug A. mollis. Now I by GMcG26

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29/05/2012 17:34:53

by Bookertoo

The dreaded marestail- how do I get rid?

that this plant was around at the time of the Dinosaurs so is about 600 million years old so if they couldn't eat it to death us humans don't stand any chance of killing it off, on the Beeb boards there was in idea that maybe Glyphosate on the roots would kill by dizzylizzy

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07/07/2012 10:28:59

by dizzylizzy

Neglected Garden

, and they are happy for you to get rid of it, next door has ivy that comes over the top of the wall, I just chop it off whenever it comes over, the chap next door would have a hissy fit if I killed his Ivy! I would use a glyphosate weedkiller to get rid of the weeds by Dani167

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23/04/2013 16:51:11

by Mummy Muddy Paws

Help! Tens of Tree Saplings all over lawn - how to kill?

as possible. I have had something similar, with hedging trees sending up suckers in my lawn. I have applied glyphosate (Roundup) to the leaves using rubber gloves and wiping it onto the leaves between finger and thumb, taking care not to get it on the grass. I by Claire8

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24/04/2012 13:16:26

by Claire8

How to remove grass from established border

) need at least 2-4 hours exposure to Roundup, at 8 degrees or above, for it to be ingested into the plant. So best applied on a warm dry day. Not sure glyphosate works at this time of the year. I believe it needs plants to be actively growing by Briggsy

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22/11/2012 14:14:35

by nutcutlet

Talkback: Removing weeds

are very persistant of those you have described, a cardboard or plastic cover would be more ecological to stifle the weed growth.have they invented a weed killer which doesnt harm the soil and its millions of inhabitants? Glyphosate is inactivated by Elizabeth Bellis-Sheldon

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10/05/2012 15:48:51

by lakelandlass

ivy

how do i get rid of ivy on my walls Sometimes severing the main stem near ground level, then cutting out the next section by about 6-12" can be very effective. What are your walls made of? As figrat has said. Spray new growth with a glyphosate by sharon buckingham

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25/05/2012 20:20:46

by Linda Davies

HORSETAIL

. Depends whether you are prepared to use weedkillers. If you are, then crush the plant first (or mix a little washing-up liquid with the weedkiller - both break the plant's waxy surface) and spray it with a glyphosate-based weedkiller, being careful by julia 5

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14/07/2012 12:09:34

by asperge

Bind Weed / Top soil

or at any time with weed killer. Pick out what you can-when it does sprout treat emerging shoots with a glyphosate weed gel- like Roundup-it takes around 3 weeks to be effective so be patient You are treating the weed not the ground and this works when by karen williams2

14/01/2013 14:01:08

by sotongeoff

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