LincolnHearts Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Any help or advice from and fellow P&B'ers would be good. Ragwort in the garden is a nightmare. Have gone round with a digging fork in the past, but this year it is really bad. Can I use a weedkiller? Or would it kill the grass as well? Are those weed-pulling devices any good? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Torch the fucking lot then slab the garden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Torch the fucking lot then slab the garden. I concur. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Any help or advice from and fellow P&B'ers would be good. Ragwort in the garden is a nightmare. Have gone round with a digging fork in the past, but this year it is really bad. Can I use a weedkiller? Or would it kill the grass as well? Are those weed-pulling devices any good? Scarify it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 1 minute ago, D.A.F.C said: Scarify it Might have a look at hiring a decent one. Would that get rid of the ragwort by ripping the roots up? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Might have a look at hiring a decent one. Would that get rid of the ragwort by ripping the roots up?Think so. Mine was covered in moss and now looks decent.You can buy one for less than £100. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Had an incredible amount of dandelions on the back lawn about a month ago. I used some of that Round Up spray that kills the weed not the grass, done the trick eventually. Weedkiller ain't what it used to be though, a lot of the nasty stuff was removed just in case folk fancied drinking it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 1 minute ago, D.A.F.C said: Think so. Mine was covered in moss and now looks decent. You can buy one for less than £100. Cheers mate. That is quite a cheap fix as well. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 13 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Torch the fucking lot then slab the garden. Pics or gtf -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Silverton End said: Had an incredible amount of dandelions on the back lawn about a month ago. I used some of that Round Up spray that kills the weed not the grass, done the trick eventually. Weedkiller ain't what it used to be though, a lot of the nasty stuff was removed just in case folk fancied drinking it. I might try this and then scarify it. A old neighbour used to work on a farm and got me some 'weedkiller' once to help out my in-laws with a similar problem a few years ago. Can remember Mrs LH telling me her mum had rang because the grass was smoking 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, LincolnHearts said: I might try this and then scarify it. A old neighbour used to work on a farm and got me some 'weedkiller' once to help out my in-laws with a similar problem a few years ago. Can remember Mrs LH telling me her mum had rang because the grass was smoking Must have been industrial strength gear Ragwort can be poisonous to certain animals, it does need dealing with, RoundUp Ultra might help. Have a google about it, scarifying alone won't get rid of it, scarifying really only removes thatch, moss, stuff that's sitting on top. There's a gardening thread in General Nonsense somewhere too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, Silverton End said: Must have been industrial strength gear Ragwort can be poisonous to certain animals, it does need dealing with, RoundUp Ultra might help. Have a google about it, scarifying alone won't get rid of it, scarifying really only removes thatch, moss, stuff that's sitting on top. There's a gardening thread in General Nonsense somewhere too. 4 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Gardening thread for this pish But anyway, scarifying won't work on things with tap roots. Dig them up and turn the clod upside down. They can't grow past a shovel depth. It's better to do this before they flower but I'm guessing they will have flowered by now. Yeah all flowered, just spent a couple of hours filling a few green bags with the stuff. There are a few mossy/shitty looking bits as well, so I might try and kill them with something safe, then scarify it. Thanks for everyone's help btw. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Diesel, douse the whole garden in it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Get down on your knees and whisper instructions to it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 49 minutes ago, LincolnHearts said: Pics or gtf 50 minutes ago you posted this and no red dot from Dindy...... Hope he is okay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 13 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: 50 minutes ago you posted this and no red dot from Dindy...... Hope he is okay. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Don't go touching Ragwort without wearing decent rubber gloves 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 What is ragwort? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Just now, Scotty Tunbridge said: What is ragwort? Nat a lat, man. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 24 minutes ago, HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows said: Don't go touching Ragwort without wearing decent rubber gloves Didn't realise it was dangerous to humans. Noted and won't be pulling anymore of it without gloves. Thanks. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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