Re: thugs

Good luck with the goutweed Chris.  With tenacity and a little luck, no
chemicals, I managed to eliminate mine.  It is completely gone from the
original entire front bed that was there when I moved in.  But I had move
one small plant to another bed, thinking just one plant wouldn't matter.  It
kept spreading and I kept pulling it out.  It was down to just a fe w plants
when it actually got choked out by surrounding plants - hosta, dicentra,
asarum.  There's not a sign of it left here.

Mind you, that front bed that had the Aegopodium also contained Hemerocallis
fulva.  I managed to get all that out too, but transplanted some to a couple
of other locations.  Over the years I've dug hundreds of pots of this
spreader to either sell or give away.  This pretty much keeps it in check.

Kitty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: thugs


> > If you hear that s. Wisconsin has been swallowed up by goutweed, I'm to
> > blame.
>
> Barb, have you been down here to East Central Illinois sowing goutweed
> seeds?  I can't get rid of it in my yard either.  :(
>
> It seems that every few years I get enough that I'm inspired to totally
> dig up a bed, turn all of the soil, get rid of all of the roots that I
> find, and then replant all of the perennials.
>
> The people who built this house originally (circa 1939) put in huge beds
> of nothing but Aegopodium.  When I bought the house in 1997 the first
> thing I did was go out with a turning fork and remove as much as I could
> find.
>
> The problem is always the plants that are embedded in the center of
> suckering shrubs.  They eventually spread out and the problem starts
> all over again.
>
> Maybe the spraying with milk bottle shields will help; I don't have the
> time or patience to paint the leaves!  My Mom did that once and it took
> about a half dozen painting sessions to elminate a small bunch.
>
> Chris
>
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