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Originally posted by phredgreen
maybe my granmother's a bit old fashioned, but when she got weeds in her flowebed that wasn't supposed to be there, she pulled them out by the roots. i know spraying various chemicals used in vietnam-era helicopters is easy enough to do, but a little elbow grease may eliminate the problem on a permanent basis, no?
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I agree, herbacides can get into the groundwater and also will poison any animal that goes foraging in your garden. You want good leather gloves to protect your hands, and you want to then go digging (with hands, not a trowel, so you don;t disturb the bulbs) and pull the roots out by hand.