Hi, I was given some bulbs which seem to have been carrying a lot of
grass and weed seeds.

I planted them in my containers and before I knew it they resembled a
lawn :-)

I removed the grass and weeds, went away for a week and they're back in
force.

Is there any way to remove them please? I don't want / can't remove the
soil.

Thanks,

Craven.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:23:16 +0100, Craven wrote:

Hi, I was given some bulbs which seem to have been carrying a lot of
grass and weed seeds.

I planted them in my containers and before I knew it they resembled a
lawn :-)

I removed the grass and weeds, went away for a week and they're back in
force.

Is there any way to remove them please? I don't want / can't remove the
soil.

Just keep at it: they can't stand up to repeated attacks. If the
containers are huge and the weeds are really dense, and the bulbs are
totally leafless, and there's nothing else growing in there, you could
use a glyphosate spray; but it's probably best not to if you're still
a fairly new gardener.

I avoid herbicides if I can, but I have occasionally used glyphosate
when I had to: if you're really sure of yourself, you can wrap things
you don't want to kill in plastic, or shield them with cardboard. But
a little puff of wind can lead to tears before bedtime...

--
Mike.

On Jul 19, 9:35*pm, Mike Lyle wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:23:16 +0100, Craven wrote:
Hi, I was given some bulbs which seem to have been carrying a lot of
grass and weed seeds.

I planted them in my containers and before I knew it they resembled a
lawn :-)

I removed the grass and weeds, went away for a week and they're back in
force.

Is there any way to remove them please? I don't want / can't remove the
soil.

Just keep at it: they can't stand up to repeated attacks. If the
containers are huge and the weeds are really dense, and the bulbs are
totally leafless, and there's nothing else growing in there, you could
use a glyphosate spray; but it's probably best not to if you're still
a fairly new gardener.

I avoid herbicides if I can, but I have occasionally used glyphosate
when I had to: if you're really sure of yourself, you can wrap things
you don't want to kill in plastic, or shield them with cardboard. But
a little puff of wind can lead to tears before bedtime...

--
Mike.

I have my doubts about this.
You say the bulbe must have been carying a lot of grass and weed seed,
How?
You would have seen them on the bulbs.
I think the weed seed was in the compost you used.
If you can I'd remove the top couple of inches of compost and replace
it with fresh, clean compost.

"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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On Jul 19, 9:35 pm, Mike Lyle wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:23:16 +0100, Craven wrote:
Hi, I was given some bulbs which seem to have been carrying a lot of
grass and weed seeds.

I planted them in my containers and before I knew it they resembled a
lawn :-)

I removed the grass and weeds, went away for a week and they're back in
force.

Is there any way to remove them please? I don't want / can't remove the
soil.

Just keep at it: they can't stand up to repeated attacks. If the
containers are huge and the weeds are really dense, and the bulbs are
totally leafless, and there's nothing else growing in there, you could
use a glyphosate spray; but it's probably best not to if you're still
a fairly new gardener.

I avoid herbicides if I can, but I have occasionally used glyphosate
when I had to: if you're really sure of yourself, you can wrap things
you don't want to kill in plastic, or shield them with cardboard. But
a little puff of wind can lead to tears before bedtime...

--
Mike.

I have my doubts about this.
You say the bulbe must have been carying a lot of grass and weed seed,
How?
You would have seen them on the bulbs.
I think the weed seed was in the compost you used.
If you can I'd remove the top couple of inches of compost and replace
it with fresh, clean compost.


Or just keep pulling the grass and weeds out.

Alan

On 19/07/2011 21:35, Mike Lyle wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:23:16 +0100, wrote:

Hi, I was given some bulbs which seem to have been carrying a lot of
grass and weed seeds.

I planted them in my containers and before I knew it they resembled a
lawn :-)

I removed the grass and weeds, went away for a week and they're back in
force.

Is there any way to remove them please? I don't want / can't remove the
soil.

Just keep at it: they can't stand up to repeated attacks. If the
containers are huge and the weeds are really dense, and the bulbs are
totally leafless, and there's nothing else growing in there, you could
use a glyphosate spray; but it's probably best not to if you're still
a fairly new gardener.

I avoid herbicides if I can, but I have occasionally used glyphosate
when I had to: if you're really sure of yourself, you can wrap things
you don't want to kill in plastic, or shield them with cardboard. But
a little puff of wind can lead to tears before bedtime...


Brilliant, will do cheers.

On 20/07/2011 13:01, Dave Hill wrote:
On Jul 19, 9:35 pm, Mike wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:23:16 +0100, wrote:
Hi, I was given some bulbs which seem to have been carrying a lot of
grass and weed seeds.

I planted them in my containers and before I knew it they resembled a
lawn :-)

I removed the grass and weeds, went away for a week and they're back in
force.

Is there any way to remove them please? I don't want / can't remove the
soil.

Just keep at it: they can't stand up to repeated attacks. If the
containers are huge and the weeds are really dense, and the bulbs are
totally leafless, and there's nothing else growing in there, you could
use a glyphosate spray; but it's probably best not to if you're still
a fairly new gardener.

I avoid herbicides if I can, but I have occasionally used glyphosate
when I had to: if you're really sure of yourself, you can wrap things
you don't want to kill in plastic, or shield them with cardboard. But
a little puff of wind can lead to tears before bedtime...

--
Mike.

I have my doubts about this.
You say the bulbe must have been carying a lot of grass and weed seed,
How?
You would have seen them on the bulbs.
I think the weed seed was in the compost you used.
If you can I'd remove the top couple of inches of compost and replace
it with fresh, clean compost.

I could be wrong - I'm definitely no expert - but I'm only getting the
weeds and grass in the containers I put these bulbs in. All other
containers are fine. I used the same compost in each.