Wild Garlic. Help !

[derekpara]

My garden is being taken over by wild garlic and I am at a loss as to how to get rid of it.

Can anyone give me some practical advice, please ?

Cheers.

D

[woofgang]

glyphosate and patience

[Buenchico]

From the website of the Royal Horticultural Society:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=384

[Jomlett]

Wild Garlic Control: How To Kill Wild Garlic Weeds... https://shar.es/1p28kT via @gardenknowhow

[woofgang]

jomlett, that is a link to an american website and the plants are not the same as the Uk version. having said that, the solution is still the same as mine, glyphosate and patience.

[TheChair]

Can't you scare garlic away with a vampire?
Oh no, wrong way round.

[DTCwordfan]

Get rid of overhanging branches - they thrive in shadows......

Otherwise it's a hypochlorite or equiv and that destroys all before it!

[murraymints]

In my experience LOTS AND LOTS OF DIGGING... huge amounts of sodium chlorate and patience ..repeated sorry . no easy option..

[derekpara]

Thanks everyone.

Sounds daunting, but let battle commence !

D

[sandyRoe]

Is it a bit like scallions/spring onions? If so, could you eat it?

[Mamyalynne]

AS long as you are sure it is wild garlic, then yes you can iuse it in cooking Sandy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_ursinum#Edibility

[woofgang]

Its one of the "new" well rediscovered cheffy ingredients

[sandyRoe]

Mamya, I see in the link that similarity to poisonous plants regularly leads to cases of poisoning. Probably better not to risk eating it.

[Mamyalynne]

Visually similar yes, in truth the smell is unmistakable.

[woofgang]

I grow it to cook with from plants I bought, no risk of error :)

[mazie]

It's safe sandy... you can smell that garlic smell very strongly. I have it in my garden and so far (6 years) it's not been a tart. I use it for cooking and salads in the summer

[mazie]

When I was little and playing in the woods my folks used to call it " sticking nanny"