RE: weeding-roundup
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  • Subject: RE: weeding-roundup
  • From: &* M* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 06:52:13 -0400
My house had Bishop's weed, Goutweed, Bishop's gout when we bought it in 1985. Any little piece left in the ground will sprout.  But I did eventually banish it. There is hope, Chris!
But 1 qt to 30ft in 2yrs for the ragweed...that's scary!

Kitty

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Christopher P. Lindsey
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019 10:36 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] weeding-roundup

My two biggest nemeses are Aegopodium podograria (Bishop's gout) and Senecio aureus (Golden ragwort).

When I bought this house 22 years ago the beds were nothing but Bishop's gout (the non-variegated form).  I dug out a lot, but it always seems to come back and has taken hold in the front of the house.  I'm not sure what to do.

The ragwort was my fault.  I saw one in a quart-sized pot and thought it looked so cute, so I planted it in a little corner of the garden.  Within two years it had consumed a 30' stretch of the flowerbed and was even beating back the Bishop's gout.  It does look pretty in the spring, though.

If I wasn't working or taking care of kids I think I could win this battle, but there are too many hands on my time right now.  

Chris

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