lawn and garden being taken over!

Discussion in 'Lawns' started by e17ab, May 15, 2005.

  1. e17ab

    e17ab Apprentice Gardener

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    Can anyone help?? my lawn and garden seem to be under attack from a small plant........ dont know what it is...only that it's growing VERY quickly starts as small green leaves poking out, then grows small and kinda of wiry.....how do i get rid of it! theres too much to pick out by hand!
     
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    e17ab Apprentice Gardener

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    PS can email a picture of what it looks like........dont know how to upload here
     
  3. Will Dunkerley

    Will Dunkerley Gardener

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    Hi e17ab,

    Feel free to email the pics to me and I'll take a look and see if I can identify it. Unfortunately, if you can't remove it by hand, the only other real alternative is a chemical - but if you get the timing right, it needn't be the end of the world ;)
     
  4. Will Dunkerley

    Will Dunkerley Gardener

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    Thanks for the pics e17ab.

    It looks to me as though this is Baby's Tears, also known as Angels Tears or Mind Your Own Business (Latin Soleirolia soleirolii) - if you run a google images search for that, you'll probably find a few more pictures to compare yours to.

    A broad leaf selective weed killer should get rid of this if you can't pick it out by hand, but you'll need to keep well away from your herbs because it will take them out as well. I'd suggest hand weeding the herb areas.
     
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