Re: Garden Thugs - garlic mustard

**l*@juno.com**

 Hi Betty,

We took the advice of our local land steward from The Nature Conservancy
and started weedwhacking garlic mustard in our woods. This must be done
EARLY, before it flowers. It's a slow process, but over time, we've won,
in the sense that we no longer have acres of mustard. There's no keeping
out the seed from other properties, so it is an ongoing process, but it
works. In the gardened area, we hand pull.

Regards,
Lois
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On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:38:18 -0600 "B. K. Earl" <bearl@xnet.com> writes:
> Here, I find it to be just as aggressive in my beds and borders as 
> it is 
> in the undisturbed, dense underbrush out back and next door.  Since 
> it 
> pops out very early in the spring, I hit it in the underbrush with 
> Roundup every spring.  That includes the back half acre as well as 
> about 
> 30 feet of the vacant property next door.  It's way too dense during 
> the 
> rest of the growing season to do much about the plants that 
> germinate 
> later in the year.  Unfortunately, I'm sure I'm killing some native 
> 
> plants as well as the pest.  And I don't see it getting that much 
> better 
> year after year.
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