How do you manage these and stop them from taking over they are large in the photo but are spreading across the entire garden with small growth in other beds
by No_Plate_7500
How do you manage these and stop them from taking over they are large in the photo but are spreading across the entire garden with small growth in other beds
by No_Plate_7500
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Ideally dig deeply under each one and carefully lift it, trying not to damage the bulb/bulbils at the base which have a tendency to fall back into the soil. Generally glyphosate is not effective in the long term. You can try solarisation (cardboard or black plastic) but its unlike to kill the bulbs are they’re too far down.
Hate those bastards. I just keep hand pulling.
But sometimes, a part of me just wants to replace the garden with plain lawn turf.
Interested to know how harmful these are? Had a lot in the garden last year but they disappeared over spring, now they’re re-emerging again
my pandemic project was to replace a couple of small areas of weed infested lawn, including one that had been taken over by oxalis. I spent a few months digging up any that poked their heads up. I eventually got rid of most of it, but it was painful. I have also done hand weeding in other areas and you can eventually make a dent in it by pulling off all the leaves over and over until the plant runs out of energy. But for larger areas I would run out of energy first.
Metsulfuran is supposed to be effective but you run the risk of killing off everything you want to keep – particularly because the stuff is so strong, you only need a tiny amount, like about 1/2 teaspoon per 50 L solution.
If you let it grow, then kill it before it flowers, then it won’t set the bulbs. It keeps it under control.
You can always eat it (😁 it’s edible).
I treat it like a green manure, just chop it towards the end of winter. Sometimes I’ll put it in the compost heap, sometimes just leave it if the bed is resting.
I used to stress and try and murder it, now I just accept it as part of the ecosystem. I have much worse enemies in the garden (yes talking about you asparagus fern)
Put it in salads it’s kinda lemony
Find one with 4 leaves and wish it away