pray... that stuff is almost as bad as bamboo - I spray every year for a mint (perilla mint - aka rattlesnake weed) that has taken over here... but you have to keep up - there are small plants under the big ones you spray... watch it carefully and you CAN get somewhat under control. xxx fingers for ya
If it is a lot of weed, I would sacrifice the other plants, dig up the whole area at least 6" deep to get rid of the root system, fill with new soil and start over. Otheriwse, you are going to lose the battle. Your other answer is to embrace it, but cut off it's further expansion by burying a barrier (metal sheets /strips) around the area to keep it from spreading futher.
This is an invasive species as you have found out, so if you want to keep some, put it in a pot. Otherwise, dig it up and pull it out, easier after the rain when the ground is softened. You could also tackle isolated areas of it with boiling water.
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I know you can rid your lawn of moles by placing a piece of juicy fruit gum in the ground where they are tunneling. The moles can't digest the gum and it kills them.
Pull it
Dig it out. Tedious, but unless you get the roots, it will continue to return.
You will have to smother it out with cardboard and newspapers
Try weed b gone. Repeat as needed. Or weed it out and plants plugs of grass cut from a roll.
pray... that stuff is almost as bad as bamboo - I spray every year for a mint (perilla mint - aka rattlesnake weed) that has taken over here... but you have to keep up - there are small plants under the big ones you spray... watch it carefully and you CAN get somewhat under control. xxx fingers for ya
and the newspaper or cardboard smothering will work on LARGE areas - but for gardens ... you have to SPOT kill etc.
Dig it up!
If it is a lot of weed, I would sacrifice the other plants, dig up the whole area at least 6" deep to get rid of the root system, fill with new soil and start over. Otheriwse, you are going to lose the battle. Your other answer is to embrace it, but cut off it's further expansion by burying a barrier (metal sheets /strips) around the area to keep it from spreading futher.
This is an invasive species as you have found out, so if you want to keep some, put it in a pot. Otherwise, dig it up and pull it out, easier after the rain when the ground is softened. You could also tackle isolated areas of it with boiling water.
Keep digging it up!