flowerbug
Garden Master
wow is this one a royal pain in the butt.
by the time i noticed it becoming a problem it has spread quite a bit into the grassy area and surrounding gardens and pathways.
today i went out to see how easy it was to get out of the grass. it isn't at all. after a few moments i realised it had spread quite a bit and it's going to be a major project to remove.
luckily for the pathways and surrounding gardens it isn't quite so bad because i can stir the mulch and then be able to remove the plant and the roots.
contrasted to the grassy area getting all of the roots out is not easy at all. contemplating the amount of work to get them back under control before it gets even worse, but i don't have time for this so... will use stirrup hoe to disrupt plants and flowering as much as i can, they are starting to flower now so easy to see them as they pop up and then i look around those areas for more plants and scrape them too. at least that is my plan for the short term and this season until i can get back to it all again.
the good thing is that this speedwell does not react with my body like the other one i'm fighting off all the time which makes my nose run as soon as i start pulling it up by hand.
by the time i noticed it becoming a problem it has spread quite a bit into the grassy area and surrounding gardens and pathways.
today i went out to see how easy it was to get out of the grass. it isn't at all. after a few moments i realised it had spread quite a bit and it's going to be a major project to remove.
luckily for the pathways and surrounding gardens it isn't quite so bad because i can stir the mulch and then be able to remove the plant and the roots.
contrasted to the grassy area getting all of the roots out is not easy at all. contemplating the amount of work to get them back under control before it gets even worse, but i don't have time for this so... will use stirrup hoe to disrupt plants and flowering as much as i can, they are starting to flower now so easy to see them as they pop up and then i look around those areas for more plants and scrape them too. at least that is my plan for the short term and this season until i can get back to it all again.
the good thing is that this speedwell does not react with my body like the other one i'm fighting off all the time which makes my nose run as soon as i start pulling it up by hand.