I sometimes pull weeds and put them in a plastic heavy duty garbage bag then leave the bag in an inconspicuous sunny spot for a year or two, then when I look in the bag, it is nothing but a rich brown soil.
I have so much garlic mustard weed coming from the park and naturalized area behind my house! I can't seem to keep up with weeding them out! Your video was informative as always, I'll look forward to seeing your results from this experiment. I also have creeping bellflower (campanula rapunculoides), any suggestions on how to get rid of them?
I have tons of this but I find it's one of the easier weeds to remove. However I didn't know not to leave them on the ground after pulling. Curious to see your experiment. Did you do it?
I pulled every one I saw in my garden. Thank you. On another topic , I wanted to ask if you can make a video on how to get rid of Leaftier Moths in Annabelle Hydrangeas. Mine hydrangea is 4 years old and it blooms beautifully every summer. This year I noticed the new leaves on the tips have been sewn up by the larvae of this moth. I pulled every one that I saw and threw the leaf tips out. I am now not sure I will get any blooms. I’m more concerned about getting this plant healthy again and to be rid of this moth. What more can I do to get rid of this pest. This plant is the only one in my Toronto garden that is affected and this is the only hydrangea I have. Thank you very much!
my neighbor doesn't live in their house so it just sits empty. Her backyard is FULL of garlic mustard and it has been since I moved next door a couple years ago. I reached out and asked if I could go into her yard and pull it up to help stop the spread into my garden and she never responded. This morning I FINALLY went out and pulled up an entire trash bag worth of garlic mustard and I could have kept pulling but my bag ripped and I didn't want to risk the seeds spreading more. Most of the plants had already gone to seed so I'm sure in two years I will have to sneak over again to pull it up, hopefully before it blooms
Battling garlic mustard currently, and very interested to see how your experiment turns out. Related: I did a search of your videos & blog topics for another baddie - dog strangling vine - but didn't get any results. Have you done a video or article on this? What's got me stumped is the confusing language/logic from even proper government affiliated/official Ontario organizations (conservation, agriculture, studies etc) that have conflicting information specifically for options beyond tarping/spraying (for people with established gardens being taken over). They stress (plead) you need to get rid of it (ok). They all agree you don't till it (ok). In one breath, they tell you the roots must be removed (ok) but then strongly recommend you don't pull it because you'll probably leave roots in & it grows back aggressively. And then highlight mowing or cutting as your best option, while also admitting this will not remove the plant. And THEN they can't agree on whether you can compost the stems & leaves (no flowers, no pods), and leave it at "just throw it away or burn it" (didn't you just tell me to MOW, which would leave the plant mixed into my garden/yard soil?). If the "best" option (mow) absolutely doesn't remove the plant, why not encourage pulling (turning soil with a spade, even) because at least you have a good chance of getting the root? So yeah. If you have some insight, I would greatly appreciate it.
Kate, I think the honeysuckle he’s talking about is an invasive species. William, the only way I’ve been able to kill it is to use a brush killing herbicide or dig it out when it’s young. Good luck! I’m glad you’re fighting it.
We had horsetail in one garden bed, and we just persisted with pulling it, and digging out as much root as we could. It took us a few years, but it's been gone for a few years now.
@@bilbobaglens As per wikipedia: Young first-year garlic mustard plants contain up to 100ppm cyanide, a level which is toxic to many vertebrates. Once the plant is chopped up the cyanide gas is eliminated.
