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| This bit of the board is supposed to be about the best way to grow non-edibles. However, I'm here for advice - or just a good snarl - about ridding my garden of this spawn of the devil! Pampas grass was planted by our predecessors to fill a space at the end of the garden. It's screened from the rest of the garden by a trellis with honeysuckle and clematis. This little plot is on my hit list as a new site for the 3 daleks. Where they are currently sited will be an area for a water collecting system for the new shed - due to be started in March-ish. However, I have just spent half an hour with secateurs, spade and fork attacking it from above and below. It now looks like it's had a bit of a haircut - and slightly exploded! It's tempting to set fire to it - lots of dried stuff from previous years - as you can tell, I haven't lavished any TLC on it, hoping it would become discouraged and die. However, it looks like such a nice winter shelter for something - hedgehog mebbe, that I can't do it. Has anyone here successfully eradicated one? I'm sure the advice it to keep at it - a bit each day etc. I'd love someone to say 'the foolproof way is just to ....' In my dreams eh? Rant over. Ta for listening. Flum
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| Flum open this link then use your 'find' option to search for pampas - there are a few people asking about how to remove a pampas and the advice is on here. Hope it helps you. BBC - Lancashire - Nature - Yuccas, bamboo, pampas grass and cordylines... |
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| I'd heard that too, and that a lot of it went on in villages, keys in a bowl, that kinda thing. People ribbed LadyWayne and I about it before we moved to the village. There are quite a few clumps of pampas grass around the village and the neighbour but one has an innordinate number of cars....
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| Surely you'd be better caber tossing?
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__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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| It's in me back garden honest - only those 3 horses can see it - oh hell I feel faint!!
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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| In your back garden Flummery? I can't imagine what that says about you!!! ![]() I had one at my last house - with the added attraction of a wasps' nest in the middle. I spent a full day running up to it, bashing it once and then running away fast. I worked from the outer edges at ground level. Inside the vicious outer leaves I found lots of dead, dry materials that came away easily in big handfuls. Under this, the roots didn't go down far and I could cut through underneath it, finally rolling the whole clump out in one go. Not an easy job, but not as hard as I'd expected. Some people advise lighting a fire in the root hole, but I settled for building a ten-inch thick drive over it...
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| Says it about the previous house owner Paul! I daren't try setting fire to it - it's close to a power line which skims our far end and powers the cottage next door. Covered in creosote or something so it would go up like a rocket. Also it might have something hibernating in the dross. I have cut it back hard and found all the dead-ish stuff which does come away easily. Still can't get near enough to the roots to dig anythingup though. I reckon it will need several sessions.
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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| That's why I only did half an hour this morning Shirl. I know me limits!
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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| Sharp spade doesnt make great headway as the roots are quite spongey due to the fibres etc ... on the odd occasions I have removed large pampas specimens I made steady progress with a large heavy sharp mattock as you need a wider end to your tool than a pick provides ... bonne chance ...
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| Hmmm. My new Dalek home is a way off yet then? Still, I always reckon if I can't defeat a plant I'm a pretty poor human bean.
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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| Does it have to be an organic way? Would Glyphosate not work? Mix it up with some washing liquid in there to help it stick to the leaves and spray/paint it on a calm cloudy day. I think I might know someone who can get some demolition charges though... Snake? Are you there? not too sure about the tame rhino though...
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| I think I'll have to use something to kill the roots Birdie Wife. However, until I can hack me way through to them there's not much point. Got a sackful carted off this morning by my son-in-law - the tip is on his way home. In the high wind we have here now there's not much point in trying to cut it back further - I'd be chasing the bits around the county! Next calm (dry) day I'm back there. Thanks for all the suggestions (with the possible exception of the rhino!)
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not too sure about the tame rhino though...