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Sir Trev · 20-05-20, 06:59 PM

It can depend a lot on the weather too Seeker so keep it up and you'll get some nice but varying results each year.

I have the opposite problem as I am getting an increasingly bad infestation of ground elder. Nasty stuff you can only get rid of by applying heavy duty herbicide when the plant is young. I've taken to painting on stump and brushwood killer with a small brush, but you have to do it in the evening when it's cooler so it does not all just evaporate. It's wrecking my back in the process but I'm slowly working my way around the estate and the first area I did is now a sea of dying leaves. Sounds harsh but this stuff clumps around the roots of plants you want to keep and starves them of water so they start to die.

On a happier note we're eating the first of my home grown lettuce of the year tonight. Hoorah!

20-05-20, 06:59 PM	#57
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,440	Re: The Veg Plot. It can depend a lot on the weather too Seeker so keep it up and you'll get some nice but varying results each year. I have the opposite problem as I am getting an increasingly bad infestation of ground elder. Nasty stuff you can only get rid of by applying heavy duty herbicide when the plant is young. I've taken to painting on stump and brushwood killer with a small brush, but you have to do it in the evening when it's cooler so it does not all just evaporate. It's wrecking my back in the process but I'm slowly working my way around the estate and the first area I did is now a sea of dying leaves. Sounds harsh but this stuff clumps around the roots of plants you want to keep and starves them of water so they start to die. On a happier note we're eating the first of my home grown lettuce of the year tonight. Hoorah! __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!