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radibaby
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Member # 11984

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So. I bought this little house and as soon as i did the garden/side yard started sprouting these ridiculous tubers. Now theres hundreds of them.

So I have a multi part question for you guys, what the heck are they, how can I eliminate them, and is it possible to do without literally digging up my entire side yard?

Plants: 4 | From: savannah GA | Registered: Mar 2007 | Seeded: 68.51.165.109

zuzu's petals
Dream Gardener
Member # 6633

posted

Urgh!! Stachys floridana "Florida Betony", the bane of my existence.
I hope you have better luck getting rid of it than I'm having.

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Plants: 431 | From: coastal n.c. | Registered: Aug 2005 | Seeded: 65.184.136.142

radibaby
Gardener
Member # 11984

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its a nightmare. truly. that photo of a bunch of them, that is literally one shovel full.

what have you been doing/using to get rid of them?

Plants: 4 | From: savannah GA | Registered: Mar 2007 | Seeded: 68.51.165.109

zuzu's petals
Dream Gardener
Member # 6633

posted

You're so right, the stuff is just awful!! [Roll Eyes]

There is some pretty good info about how to fight it
at the link in my previous post.

We have centipedegrass, so in the lawn area, we've used Atrizine,
which was recommended by several local nurserymen.
It works pretty well, but even after several applications,
the Betony is still not all gone. [Frown]

We can't use an herbicide in the flower beds though,
so I am constantly digging and pulling by hand. [nutz]

And, of course, [Mad]

if you leave the tuber, or even part of the tuber behind,
it just sprouts right back up again, but my theory is,
if I can deprive the tubers of photosynthesis long enough, by keeping the green tops ripped off,
maybe they will eventually starve [dunno]

(I hope, I hope, I hope!)

If you dig the tubers up, whatever you do, DO NOT put them into your compost.
I tie them up in garbage bags and put them out with the garbage.

The good news is (???) that Betony will go dormant when the weather heats up . . .
. . . but it will be back. [devil]

It's a grueling job. [Eek!]

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Plants: 431 | From: coastal n.c. | Registered: Aug 2005 | Seeded: 65.184.136.142

joclyn
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you guys should move this discussion to the new site.

it's here

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