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Gout weed, Bishop's Weed

8 years ago

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No photos to show and I know what it is and have researched ways to eradicate. I have the green variety in a shady wet area where it is encroaching on azaleas and perennials. It's a large enough space that digging it out will be very difficult. We're considering using a poison ivy paint as herbicide. Any other ideas, thoughts?

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Smivies (Ontario - 5b)

8 years ago

Presumably you mean a herbicide formulated for killing poison ivy and not a paint made with it? It would probably work but may need multiple applications and you may have collateral damage. The cut & cover method (repeated as needed all summer) is safer but more work.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
8 years ago
technically .. any goo should only be used according to its label ...

but the key would be the ingredients ...

round up will work just the same ... i would go with the cheaper ...

and i would use according to the instructions ...

you would spray ... watch it all die.. then spray again.. when it releafs .. might take 3 or 4 applications during this summer ..

keep in mind.. when spraying.. it isnt french perfume ... practice with your sprayer .. low pressure .. and tip adjustment.. so as to make droplets.. which gravity makes fall to the earth.. rather than drift all over the yard ...

or paint .. but that sounds like a huge job ...

ken
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TulsaRose
8 years ago
A search in GardenWebb brought up this post from June 2008. It may be helpful and point you to a solution.
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jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
8 years ago
Dead link for me too.
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
8 years ago
Here's the link (there was a typo.)
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I would definitely not lay landscape fabric. It is a nightmare in the long run. Weed seeds germinate on top of it and the Goutweed could very well find ways through or around it.
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I second floral's suggestion. It will in the long run make weeding more difficult as roots get tangled in it and you will curse the day you decided to use it. If you want an underlayment, use a couple of layers of corrugated cardboard under the mulch. I don't think I would remove the soil either. Just paint any goutweed that emerges through the layers. As long as you keep on top of it this summer I think it will be fine based on my experience.

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