I've tried slashing it with a knife, but it just grows in more vigorously.

http://tinypic.com/r/14cv7tk/4

Would prefer a simple non chemical solution, but if its not likely what
chemicals to use please? Thanks for advice.

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lid says...
I've tried slashing it with a knife, but it just grows in more vigorously.

http://tinypic.com/r/14cv7tk/4

Would prefer a simple non chemical solution, but if its not likely what
chemicals to use please? Thanks for advice.



Looks like "Self Heal" Prunella vulgaris close mowing will discourage it
but weedkiller is the only way to get rid of it, I rather like it so it
gets to stay with all the other weeds which form my green patch
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

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In article ,
lid says...
I've tried slashing it with a knife, but it just grows in more
vigorously.

http://tinypic.com/r/14cv7tk/4

Would prefer a simple non chemical solution, but if its not likely what
chemicals to use please? Thanks for advice.



Looks like "Self Heal" Prunella vulgaris close mowing will discourage it
but weedkiller is the only way to get rid of it, I rather like it so it
gets to stay with all the other weeds which form my green patch
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall

Right plant but wrong solution surely!

Self Heal, daisy and other typical lawn weeds are so because they *like*
being mown. Just look at the wonderful display of daisies in our parks
between mowings! Self Heal spreads by runners, and mowing encourages them.
If you don't want to use a weedkiller, better to let them grow up (They form
beautiful orchid-like heads up to knee high.) so you can see the individual
plants and pull them up. After that, diligence with your weeding. However,
I don't really understand the desire for grass-only or close-mown lawns: in
times of drought, the weeds such as clover and self heal, keep the lawn
looking green whilst the grass turns brown, and close mowing gives the
broad-leaved weeds the chance to spread over what is to them effectively
bare ground.

Let the weeds flower and the bees will come back, and your lawn will be a
spectacular colour display instead of barren green:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/113813...KCLnuXNrtebZA#

S

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Spamlet"
saying something like:

Let the weeds flower and the bees will come back, and your lawn will be a
spectacular colour display instead of barren green:

My type of gardening!

In article , john hamilton
writes
I've tried slashing it with a knife, but it just grows in more vigorously.

http://tinypic.com/r/14cv7tk/4

Would prefer a simple non chemical solution, but if its not likely what
chemicals to use please? Thanks for advice.

Chemical:

Try Verdone spray for spot treatment:

http://www.lovethegarden.com/product...a-ready-to-use

Btw you want to use the 'direct' link from tinypic for NGs:

http://i37.tinypic.com/14cv7tk.jpg
--
fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

On 14 Aug, 12:43, "john hamilton" wrote:
I've tried slashing it with a knife, but it just grows in more vigorously..

http://tinypic.com/r/14cv7tk/4

Would prefer a simple non chemical solution, but if its not likely what
chemicals to use please? * *Thanks for advice.

Dunno what it is. What you need is a selective weedkiller. "Pastor"
kills everything except grass. It's intended for use on pastureland.
You will have to get it from an agricultural supplier.
Unfortunatelythy only sell giant bottles. Lifetime supply unless you
can share with someone.

harry wrote:
On 14 Aug, 12:43, "john hamilton" wrote:
I've tried slashing it with a knife, but it just grows in more vigorously.

http://tinypic.com/r/14cv7tk/4

Would prefer a simple non chemical solution, but if its not likely what
chemicals to use please? Thanks for advice.

Dunno what it is. What you need is a selective weedkiller. "Pastor"
kills everything except grass. It's intended for use on pastureland.
You will have to get it from an agricultural supplier.#

BE VERY CAREFUL

SOME of those types of weedkillers do NOT break down quickly, and as we
found to our cost, the grass itself if eaten by horses and other
livestock, and passed through or the raw grass cuttings, still contain
the herbicide, which is perfectly capable of ruining all your vegetable
crops until bacterial actions breaks it down, which may take several years.

Fortunately although they didn't compensate us Dow Agrochemicals at
least came and picked up all the contaminated compost..

Not sure if your product contains it, but the noxious problem was
Aminopyrolid.

Its a fine way to knock weeds out of grass, but the weeds, the grass,
and any crap from any animal that eats either, will be contaminated
until the lignin in the cells totally degrades and releases the stuff to
break down in the air.


Unfortunatelythy only sell giant bottles. Lifetime supply unless you
can share with someone.

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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harry wrote:
On 14 Aug, 12:43, "john hamilton" wrote:
I've tried slashing it with a knife, but it just grows in more
vigorously.

http://tinypic.com/r/14cv7tk/4

Would prefer a simple non chemical solution, but if its not likely what
chemicals to use please? Thanks for advice.

Dunno what it is. What you need is a selective weedkiller. "Pastor"
kills everything except grass. It's intended for use on pastureland.
You will have to get it from an agricultural supplier.#

BE VERY CAREFUL

SOME of those types of weedkillers do NOT break down quickly, and as we
found to our cost, the grass itself if eaten by horses and other
livestock, and passed through or the raw grass cuttings, still contain the
herbicide, which is perfectly capable of ruining all your vegetable crops
until bacterial actions breaks it down, which may take several years.

Fortunately although they didn't compensate us Dow Agrochemicals at least
came and picked up all the contaminated compost..

Not sure if your product contains it, but the noxious problem was
Aminopyrolid.

Its a fine way to knock weeds out of grass, but the weeds, the grass, and
any crap from any animal that eats either, will be contaminated until the
lignin in the cells totally degrades and releases the stuff to break down
in the air.

And the irony is that animals do better on mixed pasture anyway! 'Grass'
actually meant 'that which is grazed'. Traditionally it meant pasture
including many kinds of grasses and clovers, vetches and other nutritious
species.

Quite scary that not only were your animals deprived of a nutritious varied
diet, but you were as well, by not being able to use their waste as compost!

S

Unfortunatelythy only sell giant bottles. Lifetime supply unless you
can share with someone.