Roses and cooch grass

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« on: May 20, 2008, 16:04 »
Hi, We planted some roses on our patch but despite digging over and getting all visible roots the dreaded cooch (sp?) has returned and is pretty much smothering my poor roses  :(

We were thinking about digging between the roses and getting the roots up again but were wondering how close to the roses we can get in without damaging their roots?  :?

Hmm this is probably one of those unanswerable without seeing it q's  :lol: , if it helps these are roses bought and planted this year and are very small still!

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Becca
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2008, 16:19 »
I know there has been a long debate about Glyforsate But in your case I see no reason not to use it. Cover each plant within a plastic bag down to the ground. you dont have to buy Roundup it is expensive look up on Google for glyphorsate there are several brands. and good luck
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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2008, 16:23 »
Ohh thanks for the tip :) I'm sure we have some glyphorsate in the shed that my OH has been using since we took on the new plot so we'll give it a go thanks!

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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2008, 23:02 »
I have a lot of roses and a lot of couch. I wait until after a good rain to go out and carefully pull as much couch roots as I can. The soft wet ground gives them up easily.

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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2008, 08:30 »
Thanks for that :) I'll attack soon as the skies decide to be nice to us!
We've been begging for rain for a few weeks now and got nothing other than a few drops :(

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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2008, 03:34 »
If the rest of the UK is anything to go by, you'll get rain soon enough, more than you'll ever want  :lol:

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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2008, 08:37 »
:lol:  Yeah i'll be cursing it soon enough I bet  :?   :wink: Poor weather never can win!   :lol:


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