Glyphosate on bulbs

[svenrufus]

Not sure that this is the right section for this, but whatever...

Does anyone have any experiance of using glyphosate to get rid of bulbs? I am thinking particularly of Spanish Bluebells - I have tried digging them out of the garden, but they are so deep that it is easy to leave some behind, or for fragments to remain and they keep coming back.

It is also an issue I am interested in relating to some woods nearby where a local 'Friends of...' group work, but rather than controlling Spanish Bluebell, they like planting it, and daffodils too. I aim to get involved with them and see if I can offer help. It would be good to know how easy it is to clear bulbs through treatment, rather than manual graft, without resorting to something really nasty.

Any thoughts?

[1 maan and his dog]

Originally Posted by svenrufus

Not sure that this is the right section for this, but whatever...

Does anyone have any experiance of using glyphosate to get rid of bulbs? I am thinking particularly of Spanish Bluebells - I have tried digging them out of the garden, but they are so deep that it is easy to leave some behind, or for fragments to remain and they keep coming back.

It is also an issue I am interested in relating to some woods nearby where a local 'Friends of...' group work, but rather than controlling Spanish Bluebell, they like planting it, and daffodils too. I aim to get involved with them and see if I can offer help. It would be good to know how easy it is to clear bulbs through treatment, rather than manual graft, without resorting to something really nasty.

Any thoughts?

I have used a glyphosate based weedkiller to get rid of unwanted daffodil bulbs... I won't go into details as to why, but it did work and should on Spanish Bluebells. I mixed the Glyphosate (Roundup) with wallpaper paste to make a glupy paste. I added some blue die to the mix so that I new which areas had been treated. Then using heavy duty Spray gloves (U must get the right ones) and armed with a paint brush I literally grabbed hold of the foliiage with my left hand and rubbed the chemical paste in with the brush.... The job must be done before flowering when the foliage is actively growing.... Anytime from now till April should be ok. Spraying the foliage is likely to be much less effective as the foliage is a bit waxy, water will roll off. Using the method that I describe will brusie the folliage therefore getting better takeup. Of course spraying will also hit other non target plants, whereas my method will not....After treatment the foliage should start to yellow in about 10 - 14 days.... Be prepared to retreat patches that arn't yellowing and of course freshly sprouting leaves. After treatment you shall need to be vigilant about re-invasion.... You must obviosly make sure you have the necessary permissions from the land owner... If the area is visited by other people or they may have access, please make sure the area is cordoned off and warning notices are erected....Best Of Luck.......