Perennial weeds - Revision history

Windsurfer: /* Horsetail */

2012-04-24T16:58:26Z

‎Horsetail

Al lotment: /* Ground elder */

2006-11-17T14:04:04Z

‎Ground elder

Al lotment: /* Ground elder */

2006-11-17T14:03:20Z

‎Ground elder

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+Roots can grow three feet deep. I have found them at this depth when excavating. I read recently that Nasturtiums will smother Horsetail. Glyphosate seems to knock them back. Moving house or plot also works.
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 Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria), also known as Goutweed, Herb Gerard, Bishop's Weed and Snow-in-the-mountain was introduced by the Romans.....so when anyone refers to what the Roman's did for us.....you can have your say!!
-Although many reference the efficacy of glyphosate based weedkillers I have had no luck with them at all. I try not to use any weedkillers, but the ground elder invasion was just too much, so I used a glyphospate weedkiller, which killed the foliage above ground but led to a massive sprouting along the plants entire root system. I lost a year or more and quadrupled my problem!!
+Although many reference the efficacy of glyphosate based weedkillers I have had no luck with them at all. I try not to use any weedkillers, but the ground elder invasion was just too much, so I used a glyphospate weedkiller, which killed the foliage above ground but led to a massive sprouting along the plant's entire root system. I lost a year or more and quadrupled my problem!!
 I concluded that the only way to remove it was to physically dig up the plant and where I could not eliminate it (under hedges, create a barrier against it to avoid it re-colonising cleared areas. Whilst hard work, the heavy tangle of roots the plant creates makes removal easy, you have to be very vigilant and remove every shred of root. To follow up you need to revisit the area regularly to dig up "the ones that got away", it is amazing to see a small ground elder leaf and trace it 8 or 10 inches below ground to a small 1/2 inch piece of root!!

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aegopodium_podagraria_blatt.jpg picture of ground elder]
-Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria), also known as Goutweed, Herb Gerard, Bishop's Weed and Snow-in-the-mountain was introduced by the Romans.....so when aanyone refers to what the Roman's did for us.....you can have your say!!
+Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria), also known as Goutweed, Herb Gerard, Bishop's Weed and Snow-in-the-mountain was introduced by the Romans.....so when anyone refers to what the Roman's did for us.....you can have your say!!
 Although many reference the efficacy of glyphosate based weedkillers I have had no luck with them at all. I try not to use any weedkillers, but the ground elder invasion was just too much, so I used a glyphospate weedkiller, which killed the foliage above ground but led to a massive sprouting along the plants entire root system. I lost a year or more and quadrupled my problem!!