Cinnamon Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Went to have a look around the garden yesterday to find my onion bed,which had been doing so well,awash with Docks They are terrible to get out,with really long roots,& I don't want to disturb or damage the onions,so am I best of leaving them or using a touch killer of some sort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I would just take the tops off them as low was you can go, where they are close to the onions and the others try to pull up as much as you can. You would have to be so careful with weedkiller so close to a crop. When you have harvested the onions leave the docks in place to grow then treat them with weedkiller in the autumn. I know how it feels, it is this time of year when we feel that we are losing the battle against the weeds wspecially if we have had some rain. We have a similar problem with bindweed in our strawberry patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 Well,I have squirted them now & if I lose an Onion or two,so be it. The leaves are so huge that they were easy enough to isolate......darn things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 try doing cut and dab- the only thing I've found that kills Ragwort- cut the plant down to soil level then dab the cut with a sponge soaked in weedkiller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Any top tips for creeping buttercup Rhapsody? It is everywhere in my garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Any top tips for creeping buttercup Rhapsody? It is everywhere in my garden Move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Thanks for the top tip. Think it will be a case of pulling them all out then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehaggan Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 and there was me thinking i was the only one with weeds... I am actually fed up of weeding the lotty. It looks such a mess when they start coming through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
