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[tunnie]

Story goes, few years ago, my grandad gave us this plant to try in our garden.

It took him years to get this tiny little patch going the size of a postage stamp!

We plant it in our garden, and goes nuts! I am using the petrol lawn mower to keep it down!  

Question is, what is this plant called, and how on earth do i get rid of it? Its taking over the whole back garden.



Now this huge patch below, i dug this up a few years ago, and just come back...



Any ideas on getting rid of it?

I was thinking

Rent a rotavator, or little digger thing, rip the whole garden up with it, cause the turf has had it anyway really.

Then get some bin liners or thick pond liner, and cover the entire back garden for say a month.

I am thinking rip it all up, then starve it of light to kill it?

Does anyone have any mini earth moving equipment i can borrow?  

[Andy B]

....Any ideas on getting rid of it? ....

Agent Orange?    

[CaptainZok]

Do the local constabulary know your growing a controlled substance there Tunnie.

[Debs.]

For a permanent fix
Spray it with a solution of RoundUpTM (Glyphosate*)....which is a systemic defoliant; anything growing and sprayed should be gone for good after 2 weeks of 'browning' and should not return.
Spray carefully as any overspray will kill other grassed/planted areas....(also watch out for chemical carried on your boots after use, `lest you want browned dead-grass 'footprints' on your lawn).
Used at the manufacturers concentrations; Glyphosate is safe to apply in areas used by humans, pets and mammals (but not water-borne life).

*Purchase from a garden centre or agricultural merchant.

[tunnie]

For a permanent fix
Spray it with a solution of RoundUpTM (Glyphosate*)....which is a systemic defoliant; anything growing and sprayed should be gone for good after 2 weeks of 'browning' and should not return.
Spray carefully as any overspray will kill other grassed/planted areas....(also watch out for chemical carried on your boots after use, `lest you want browned dead-grass 'footprints' on your lawn).
Used at the manufacturers concentrations; Glyphosate is safe to apply in areas used by humans, pets and mammals (but not water-borne life).

*Purchase from a garden centre or agricultural merchant.

Excellent, thanks Debs  

I never needed to register on that gardening forum!

[tunnie]

Is it worth rotavating it afterwards anyway?

[Debs.]

B & Q will have the 'Official' branded RoundUp....and may have a cheaper own brand of 'Glyphosate': both are Ok and used at the dilution-strength ratio on the label for the type of plant will be very effective.  

[Debs.]

Is it worth rotavating it afterwards anyway?

.....leave the chemical (circa 2 weeks) to fully wilt and then brown the plants before rotavating, as the chemical needs time to be carried to the roots to kill fully.  

[Jimbob]

Looks like aqualeiga (sic) to me, we have had a simillar problem.
Robust bugger!

[tunnie]

Is it worth rotavating it afterwards anyway?

.....leave the chemical (circa 2 weeks) to fully wilt and then brown the plants before rotavating, as the chemical needs time to be carried to the roots to kill fully.  

Thanks Debs  

[tunnie]

Another quick quesiton Debs - Is it ok to put that stuff on the plants with animals around?

We have a dog and a cat, that like to roam around in the garden.

[Debs.]

Another quick quesiton Debs - Is it ok to put that stuff on the plants with animals around?

We have a dog and a cat, that like to roam around in the garden.

Good question:
Being hyper-careful, when I use it here, I wait `till late-evening and then my 3 dogs are away from it until the next morning; but on the RoundUp label it clearly says "Safe for Pets and Animals"...so I think I`m just being 'worry-wort me'  

RoundUp has been around for years and is safe and effective; I use it for large areas on the farm and also in my garden.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup this quote should reassure:

"Glyphosate itself is practically nontoxic by ingestion or by skin contact. The acute oral toxicity of Roundup is > 5,000 mg/kg in the rat.[14] It showed no toxic effects when fed to animals for 2 years"

[Martin_1962]

Not an aqualegia (sp)

[tunnie]

Another quick quesiton Debs - Is it ok to put that stuff on the plants with animals around?

We have a dog and a cat, that like to roam around in the garden.

Good question:
Being hyper-careful, when I use it here, I wait `till late-evening and then my 3 dogs are away from it until the next morning; but on the RoundUp label it clearly says "Safe for Pets and Animals"...so I think I`m just being 'worry-wort me'  

RoundUp has been around for years and is safe and effective; I use it for large areas on the farm and also in my garden.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup this quote should reassure:

"Glyphosate itself is practically nontoxic by ingestion or by skin contact. The acute oral toxicity of Roundup is > 5,000 mg/kg in the rat.[14] It showed no toxic effects when fed to animals for 2 years"

Thanks, we will prob do the same, and spray in the Evenings

[Varche]

Weed killer it - Roundup. Read the instructions on a bottle.

I wouldn't rotovate it till it is well dead.

varche