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Successfully Eliminating Huge Weeds With Taproots

13 years ago

I just found this- an old 09 thread. Is this cool or what? And the poster actually used the method and succeeded with it! Now THIS is wicked helpful, don't you think?

I really would have loved to snap a photo of that 'tuna can garden'!!!

mindy

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RE: What is this giant green thing in my garden? (WILD BURDOCK)

Posted by blueberrier1 6 (My Page) on Fri, May 29, 09 at 20:40 :

"Looks similar to a horseradish a friend had. In any case, sometimes a 'wicked-out of place' plant with a large taproot will succumb to a tablespoon of salt applied to the freshcut stem. Remove ALL the green leaves, salt just on the root top and if you have a tuna can, cap and lay a rock on top. Used this method to rid an acre lawn of 50 or so Bull Thistles-the ones that look like they are on steroids. Good luck! "

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laceyvail 6A, WV
13 years ago
If you don't mind using a little Round Up (organic gardener talking here), you can just squirt some on the root after cutting off the top.
sewobsessed
13 years ago
Boiling water poured on the cut tap root often does the trick also.

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