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Has anyone tried growing mexican marigolds to keep bindwind/ground elder at bay? 
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I keep meaning to get a packet of these, but forgot last year. We have alot of ground elder. My sister in law reckons they are very good. Kings sell them if you are interested.~
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The only way I've found to control bindweed is digging, more digging, and more digging. If you're not worried about using chemicals then use glyphosate.Comment
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We've just put some mex marigolds into the heated prop today, seeds from Nicky's.co.uk.
rusty, we don't do glyophosphate residue survives in the soil.
agree about the digging, but just wondered about mex marigolds whose roots are supposed to 'suppress them'?
Ground Elder was supposedly introduced by the Romans - in case you were wondering 'what have the Romans ever done for us'!
Last edited by smallblueplanet; 28-01-2007, 08:36 PM.To see a world in a grain of sand
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There was a thread here last year about Ground Elder and included a number of recipes for cooking it!~
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
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Hi MandaOriginally posted by smallblueplanet View PostWe've just put some mex marigolds into the heated prop today, seeds from Nicky's.co.uk.
Ground Elder was supposedly introduced by the Romans - in case you were wondering 'what have the Romans ever done for us'!
If the Romans introduced Ground Elder to Britain there must be a good reason for it. ( what have the Romans ever done for us ) a lot I think, but lets try to find out the positive aspects of ground Elder.
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Don VincenzoComment
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Like anything else Don, in its place I'm sure its great - but not swamping my garden borders!
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The young shoots of ground elder are delicious in salad or stir fryOriginally posted by Don Vincenzo View Post
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants....ium+podagrariaSSx
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Yeah, yeah! perhaps my idea of delicious is different to yours!
How come the supermarkets haven't cottoned on? You'll be telling me all about Fat-hen next.....
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And a heaven in a wild flowerComment
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and couch grass roots
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants....ytrigia+repens
a tad time-consuming to scrub though
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not every situation requires a big onionComment
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Enough! You win.
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I got some Mex Marigold (Tagetes Minuta) seeds this year to try and repel whitefly. I'll try anything.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Lovely link, thank you SS. I've bookmarked that one.Originally posted by supersprout View Post
Interestingly as a child I discovered the insides of grasses tasted nice, used to pick couch at a joint and squeeze the inside bit into my mouth. Tasted lovely and obviously helped to replace fibre missing in my diet. Parents thought I was mad for eating grass !
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Mexican marigolds pt deux!
Well a couple of weeks ago we planted out about a dozen 6-8 inch mexican marigolds along the line of next doors fence. I've read about their supposed help in supressing bindweed/ground elder so thought I'd try it.
Well.......they certainly have an effect on the bindweed - they're using the marigolds to climb up! Lol!!! Maybe they might be more effective (as a deterrent, not as a climbing frame) when they get bigger, they grow about 3ft don't they? Hope they look pretty.
To see a world in a grain of sand
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Never heard of any sort of marigolds deterring weeds, they're more usually used as companion plants to deter pests such as whitefly and greenfly. I still haven't found anything to beat bindweed other than digging out persistently or using systemic herbicide.Comment
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