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I find Triclopy (available as Garlon or Blaster) far more effective than Glyphosate on groundelder........... one application usually kills it for good if there's a good bit of leaf on it. 60ml in 10 litres and saturate the foliage.
I've got about 100sqm of the stuff to get rid of so glad you asked this question
really tricky stuff to get rid of one border I do regally and have done so for 15 years and still have not got rid of it completely glyphosate with a wetting agent early spring before the plants start growing the elder appears a week or two before the plants
Blaster every time - the younger the ground elder plants the better - if older pays to cut them back and then treat the re-growth.
I've had really good results by clearing it with a hoe, waiting for re-growth and then using Hammer on the young leaves. Some jobs its eradicated it in one hit, other jobs, two.
I thought I would resurrect this thread rather than start a new one. I see trilogy (garlon) mentioned a couple of times. Would you mix this with glyphosate a la depitox, or use as a stand alone chemical for ground elder control? Thanks.
The triclopyr in Garlon & Grazon definitely does the trick on GE but a re-spray is normally required. However, the product labels don't support Amenity Vegetation ( herbaceous borders) but excellent as a selective on amenity grassland, non-crop & areas not intended to bear vegetation.....
For borders I would tend to stick with glyphosate that degrades quicker and add a sticker adjuvant for better results or cut the GE low and weedwipe it at 2:1 strength with Roundup Provantage 480g/L
Cheers, Richard @ Progreen