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Posted by stait515 (U15223718) on Tuesday, 10th April 2012
I have a small but prolific weed that is spreading in my garden, it seems that even when you think you have dug it out several more seedlings appear. I have tried digging up the soil with the roots but it is a lossing battle and seems to be spreading further and further, any ideAS?
post a picture but I suspect bitter cress?
I've have some this, but didn't know the name. I'm not fooled by it's white flowers. I pull it up or paint it with weed killer
You need to remove it before it seeds, as it is the exploding seed pods that send it far and wide. Hand weeding works well, but it needs persistence to bring it under control.
Many thanks will try for a picture.
Many thanks for the help.
Oh my poor old knees.
My garden used to be infested with this plant. It's an early season weed/flower, and starts flowering now.
It very easy to find the plants, as they make themselves conspicuous by their little white flowers. And it's very easy to remove the plants by hand. The roots are compact, and come up easily.
It's essential to remove the plants before the seed pods ripen. The seed pods are very sensitive to being touched. If you simply touch a plant with ripe seed pods, then the pods pop, and scatter the seeds over a wide area, so you'll have lots more plants next year.
But the plant can be eradicated without too much difficulty.
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