Folks I really hope you got to know this troublesome weed. If you enjoyed this episode make sure you check out next Friday's episode on tomatoes, You will not want to miss that. And in the meantime, you can check out these videos here th-cam.com/video/s8jKmLPQe28/w-d-xo.html
Love your show Tony ...... But I hate the clock.......to distracting....... gardening shouldn't be rushed either should your advise......how are the peas?
I've seen cinquefoil runners on what used to be a lawn (our apartment neighbours complained about watering, lawn dried, and cinquefoil loved it!), over a meter long, and they get all cross-tangled, making the runners rather hard to pull up! Taking with a wire rake can reveal runners, so you can follow them back to the base plant, but, once established in the lawn... Almost impossible to eliminate!!
When we moved in to our house it had been empty for 3 years we had creeping cinqufoil and lots of bind weed. We've pretty much eradicated the bindweed with thick mulching and digging out the roots but the cinqufoil is proving alot more difficult!
The most important part I got today, besides a name for that damn weed in my lawn, is the bag on my mower. I have been mulching back in, don’t use sprays or chemicals. While I hope to eventually have all flowers, no grass, I now know why I have more and more weeds! I may have to do one chemical application, first in 25 years, in order to get the weeds back down to manageable. Thank you!
Cinquefoil is an ongoing battle in our little London garden. I hoped for an easier solution but I suspected this was the only course of action. Thanks for the info
Thanks Tony. It took me a while but now I only get an occasional cinquefoil. I pull it immediately. My problem is bermuda grass. I'm using a maddock in order to get the deep roots. My soil has a good tilth in most places but it grows so fast it's hard to keep up with the growth. The runners have shallow roots if you get it quick enough but the mother plant's roots are deep. Much Love
Must say I'm no gardener really, I look after my small border and a small flower garden at the rear of the house, I this was buttercup going in my front lawn but it turned out to be this horrible cinquefoil so this video was helpful thank you. 👍👍
Thanks Tony, im wishing ypu on to finish in 2 mins but to be honest i think you are showing us that gardening cant be rushed, great little video. Thanks again.
Lorraine if it takes longer it takes longer Id rather give you guys usable info, but as i started this then it will stay for now. Maybe we will do a bitesized series or something later
@@simplifygardening yup totally agree , no rushing it and you didnt , you did a great job. Just back ftom our allotment, we had a guides group up for planting in recylced rolls and saved seeds, a talk about growing your own. They were delighted as we were too.
@@simplifygardening sure do. If newbies take a llotment i give kids seeds and a spare plant if i have them.My daughter helps out. My boys were too old to take interest ,but one day i hope they will. All kids went home with four recycled pots of goodies planted.
@@simplifygardening yeah I know I'm getting on it at the moment but it just means digging so deep but maybe you can come up with some other solutions. Great vids mate keep up the work
Tony thanks for everything as you are so inspiring. If you ever had time to do an update on your solar panels and the set up that would be brilliant as that episode really inspired me.
thanks for tips ..my house was let out for 11years i came back to a lawn decimated by it i have traced back to main roots and dug out with a knife some of the roots were huge another weed infestation is tiny forget me not like weed i never seen or had begore
Great video, not had this in the new garden yet but it is much easier to keep on top of any weeds with it being a new garden. Pulling up anything that isn't grass as it appears will certainly make this garden more enjoyable. Dandelions always seem to be the weed that plagues me most, will see how we go this year.
Hello Mr. Tony! Just thinking about you and weeds today! In South Carolina we don't have Cinqueweed but we do have Dollarweed. It grows in the same manner and is next to impossible to eradicate. Leave one little bit behind and you are screwed. Having problems with Fire Ants now that we have had rain. Nasty little things. Keep making your videos!
New to your channel and def had to "subscribe with bell notifications"! I found success by covering creeping cinquefoil with (2) layers of Trimaco X-Board and the applying/covering 12" of wood chips (mixed with tons of foliage {to help ensure darkness through the cracks of wood chips}) over the (2) layers of Trimaco X-Board last fall (November 2018). I've not encountered any issues with weeds (creeping cinquefoil) on areas in which I treated at this time. I live in zone 5-B of the 🇺🇸; just to provide demographical perspective... GREAT WORK TONY: SO GLAD I CAME ACROSS YOUR CHANNEL AND "JUST GROW ON BROTHA"!
Hey Pal. Sorry for the late reply I have been really busy in work and filming. Welcome to the channel mate, Thank you for adding that great tip for others in the community to utilise. Really appreciate the sub too :)
Thanks for the video. I managed to identify this today after it's been coming through next doors fence and is in most of our beds and lawn too for the past few years. We are wanting to returf but I'm discovering the big tap roots everywhere on digging over the soil. I guess I need to pull as many by hand before laying new turf as a rotavator is going to give me more of a headache it seems!? Creeping cinquefoil is a pain in the grass.
Thx Tony. I’ve a total infestation of cinquefoil in a lawn, where years of mowing means hundreds of taproots. Now I want to put a raised bed on top. Would a membrane work ? How deep would the bed need to be to stop cinquefoil finding its way back up? Cheers
It will work its way through any bed. I would use black plastic and place the bed on that then put a good layer of stone in the bottom this will stop it in its tracks and help with drainage. You want at least 2 ft deep though
Nettles n bramble is my main problem, any advice? I've struggle with them now since 1992. I wont use chemical as the owner before me used it as a breakers yard. Years I dug n removed all sorts of car parts n oil slicks. Then one day nettles took over...I was happy that something wanted to grow....but I dug out but found root ball not in my garden. Every year I dig or get it dug over n brought down. I have planted Rose's n other place but the die. I cant afford to take out the top soil, single mum, little money so I knew long term project. I saw card board n mulching so plan to get that done this year once I can find someone to clear weeds. I have severe back issues now...any advice would be helpful....thank you in advance
Tony I am wandering if the creeping cinquefoil is as bad as ground elder, some how the geese are helping me get rid of it but they also nibbles thing in pots. No weed killers cover with cardboard as a result the plant is weakened making it easy for digging. I have seen that you tried to grow Shitake mushroom on logs I have not seen any follow up, You can join me on face book on messenger we can talk about it. Thanks for the video.
Hi Tony, We are having a hard time with the creeping cinquefoil. It has invaded and mixed among the Phlox Subulata in the border. What can I do apart of dig it all up and start a fresh. My phlox are so lovely and healthy, I don't want to get rid of it. 😭 Regards, Som
Dig out what you can and put a double layer of cardboard down water it well and place a good deep mulch layer of bark or woodchips , each time some comes through dig it out. and be ready to place more cardboard ontop of mulch and mulch again, the only way to beat it in your situation is to smother it
Joh it could very well be take a pic and send it to me. Tony@ukherewegrow.com and i will let you know. Sorry for the late reply I have had some personal issues
I must admit Tony i have never heard of Cinquefoil but My problem was with Creeping Buttercup and i found the best way was to dig it out roots and all and just keep at it tbh !!!
I inherited a lawn full of the stuff, I've managed to dig out a 10ft veg patch worth but i have a hell of a lot more' lawn' to go so I've covered a 15m×4m area with Aldi black weed membrane in the hope it will die from light starvation?
Mike you need to shred the contents as fine as possible and fill them in one go. I have a video coming up on composting for 50k video so stay tuned for it. been a long time in the making
We have a patch of creeping cinquefoil and I have sprayed it with a woody herbicide. It has sprouted again, so I will spray again until it is all gone. I am very meticulous in the spraying of chemicals. I don't use them often, nor do I go about it haphazardly. If I have to, I will use a paint brush to keep chemicals on target. I had a spray certificate when I applied chemicals while employed by the state of California, so I know how to apply chemicals to target plants. It's like shooting a gun. It is not to be taken lightly, only licenses individuals should be allowed to carry and use a chemical sprayer.
Never used weedkiller but wouldn't you have to apply it over a period of time? The allotment plot I recently got had a watering can labelled 'weedkiller only' but still had loads of couch grass. Maybe asking for help is a good tip too.
Tony, Is it ok to compost Cinquefoil once you get it out the ground. And other weeds for that matter? Thanks pal and keep up the good work. Love your channel. Learning soooooooo much.
I got it on my new plot. Or something very similar. Grow very much like strawb plants. Sending out runners, daisy chain like... easier to dig out than dandelions though.... 🤔
Thanks tone... Just what we needed at just the right time mate... Marvelous advice here mate. God Bless to you and yours mate... Any creeping vine and Mares tail tips?? LOL.. I have a cracking crop of those Bar Stewards! Take Care Brother. ATB ~Guru M~
Yes, cinquefoil is a pain. The roots are tough, almost wire-like. Just have to keep at it, sometimes for a whole year. Leave it for a couple of months and it goes crazy all over again.
What’s with the clock? Really annoying..not keen on background music either over you talking and please Slow down a bit...stressful to watch. I’ll look out for that weed, I must have it somewhere?
Unless cinquefoil is causing you distress, it is a very pretty plant loved by insects, we need to find room for the natural world, I keep hoping it is not too late.
Wendy Rowland it’s not causing me any distress at all, I have lots of pretty weeds...who says what’s a weed? It’s just a plant in the wrong place..if it’s not in my way of planting something I need to grow, it’s very welcome.
Sorry you didnt enjoy it Helen, But my stats show that videos with the musci do 6 times better than videos without it, Maybe it was too loud in this one I will try and remedy that
Found this after spending a whole afternoon removing creeping cinquefoil from the beds. It's a total nightmare, because I already have well-established perenial plants in the beds, so I can't really go the whole hog with a fork, as I don't want to damage the roots of the rest of them... Thanks!
Haven’t got that but I have got Japanese knotweed which runs rampant, and as quick as I dig it out ,next morning it’s back again, nightmare! Tried weed killer,no good, am going to try a mixture of white vinegar ,washing up liquid and water. Give it a squirt and see if that cures it, will let you know how it goes.
Nice one Tony, thanks. Do you have any experience using spices/herbs (clove, garlic etc) as a concentrated water spray to control weeds? Seems popular in many places, but not sure it would be effective in UK? Appreciate your thoughts. atb
@@simplifygardening I guess if the tap roots go that deep it won't necessarily even help to re-turf the lawn. Will have to get stuck in with the recommended weedkiller once it stops raining every day.
Im From the south west near tavistock, we have this weed that glyphosate wont touch it just slows it down for a few days 🙄. It grows quite tall about a 3 foot , then has feathery seads that blow off in the wind 🙄
Good video Tony, dont have Cinquefoil , but i have been fighting bind weed for about twenty five years now in my garden that grew over from my neighbors yard, dont be afraid to use roundup it works very well and is a lot easer on the back i dont believe all the claims against roundup by unscroupolis lawyers trying to fill there pockets.
Oh Tony, and you a bee keeper. I would welcome cinquefoil as ground cover in my flower garden why eliminate a plant so beneficial to wildlife. Now if you had picked on creeping buttercup! Tony I used to really enjoy your channel but all the pop ups wizzing around the screen are very annoying and I feel you are clutching at straws for ideas.
We have never heard of creeping cinquefoil. But Tony, although this video was so informative like all your videos, we just loved the shrinking 'fail' pop-up. Hahahaha! Loved it. And the timer bell too. Thanks for the video.
Thomas This two minute tip tuesday is by name only if i need a little longer to get across the info that is what I will do. The fridays videos will be full length like this fridays which is on tomatoes. You wont want to miss that
You expect me to remember? I am assuming that it may be because Beethovens 6th is called the Pastoral Suite. It is wonderful btw. But apart from that I have no idea. I went upstairs earlier today and I could not remember why. I should get out more! :-)
Folks I really hope you got to know this troublesome weed. If you enjoyed this episode make sure you check out next Friday's episode on tomatoes, You will not want to miss that. And in the meantime, you can check out these videos here th-cam.com/video/s8jKmLPQe28/w-d-xo.html
Great videos Tony, helping me a lot. Minor point, can we lose or turn down the sound on the timer.
Nevertheless, looking forward to more tips.....
Dave I took it out in tonights video I hope it helps mate
Love your show Tony ...... But I hate the clock.......to distracting....... gardening shouldn't be rushed either should your advise......how are the peas?
What peas Jim?
@@simplifygardening didn't you put in some "gutter" peas
@@simplifygardening sorry I check back and it was from your April 20/18 video...... That it was from this April....... 😵
Jim that was last year
TH-cam has been promoting my older videos for some reason lol. but still god info
I've seen cinquefoil runners on what used to be a lawn (our apartment neighbours complained about watering, lawn dried, and cinquefoil loved it!), over a meter long, and they get all cross-tangled, making the runners rather hard to pull up! Taking with a wire rake can reveal runners, so you can follow them back to the base plant, but, once established in the lawn... Almost impossible to eliminate!!
Thanks Tony, valuable info on getting rid of stubborn weeds
When we moved in to our house it had been empty for 3 years we had creeping cinqufoil and lots of bind weed. We've pretty much eradicated the bindweed with thick mulching and digging out the roots but the cinqufoil is proving alot more difficult!
Yeah you need to block the light or dig it constantly
Hi Tony another top tip. What about tackling horse/mares tail?
Hey Mark Thats a bugger of a weed I will see if I can sort a video
We have it on out plots along with bind weed 😩 so any advice please x
@@paulinehughes8548 Will sort a video out on Bindweed Pauline stay tuned
@@paulinehughes8548 I feel your pain
The most important part I got today, besides a name for that damn weed in my lawn, is the bag on my mower. I have been mulching back in, don’t use sprays or chemicals. While I hope to eventually have all flowers, no grass, I now know why I have more and more weeds! I may have to do one chemical application, first in 25 years, in order to get the weeds back down to manageable. Thank you!
Its a nightmare glad you got value though
Cinquefoil is an ongoing battle in our little London garden. I hoped for an easier solution but I suspected this was the only course of action. Thanks for the info
Glad it helped
loving your Tuesday tips, thank you
I am glad they are of interest. you folks seem to be enjoying them :)
Yep I have this too in my flower borders, no matter how much I dig and mulch it always comes back. Poxy cinquefoil is the devil.
It certainly is a pain in the backside Spider Monkey
Thank you for sharing Tony and taking the time to make these video's
Thanks Linda and thank you for taking the time to comment. I do answer as many as i can eventhough it may not be right away.
Thanks Tony. It took me a while but now I only get an occasional cinquefoil. I pull it immediately. My problem is bermuda grass. I'm using a maddock in order to get the deep roots. My soil has a good tilth in most places but it grows so fast it's hard to keep up with the growth. The runners have shallow roots if you get it quick enough but the mother plant's roots are deep. Much Love
Yeah Bermuda grass can also be a right pain
Thanks for the tip about pre-watering Tony, nice one!
Cheers pal. Yeah pre watering makes your work much easier especially if your soil bakes like rock
No fail in this video Tony. Well done. 😊👍🏻
Thanks, appreciate that :)
Must say I'm no gardener really, I look after my small border and a small flower garden at the rear of the house, I this was buttercup going in my front lawn but it turned out to be this horrible cinquefoil so this video was helpful thank you. 👍👍
Thanks Tony, im wishing ypu on to finish in 2 mins but to be honest i think you are showing us that gardening cant be rushed, great little video. Thanks again.
Lorraine if it takes longer it takes longer Id rather give you guys usable info, but as i started this then it will stay for now. Maybe we will do a bitesized series or something later
@@simplifygardening yup totally agree , no rushing it and you didnt , you did a great job. Just back ftom our allotment, we had a guides group up for planting in recylced rolls and saved seeds, a talk about growing your own. They were delighted as we were too.
@@lorraineg8134 Thats great and you should get kids involved at every opportunity :)
@@simplifygardening sure do. If newbies take a llotment i give kids seeds and a spare plant if i have them.My daughter helps out. My boys were too old to take interest ,but one day i hope they will. All kids went home with four recycled pots of goodies planted.
Hi there I'm having problems with bind weed have u got any tips on getting these under control maybe you could do a vid on them
Rob I am working on one as folks all struggle with it
@@simplifygardening yeah I know I'm getting on it at the moment but it just means digging so deep but maybe you can come up with some other solutions. Great vids mate keep up the work
Tony thanks for everything as you are so inspiring. If you ever had time to do an update on your solar panels and the set up that would be brilliant as that episode really inspired me.
Paul it has already been planned scripted and scheduled for later in the year so stay tuned mate
thanks for tips ..my house was let out for 11years i came back to a lawn decimated by it i have traced back to main roots and dug out with a knife some of the roots were huge another weed infestation is tiny forget me not like weed i never seen or had begore
Yes another bothersome weed. what a shame your lawn was overrun with it though
Great video, not had this in the new garden yet but it is much easier to keep on top of any weeds with it being a new garden. Pulling up anything that isn't grass as it appears will certainly make this garden more enjoyable. Dandelions always seem to be the weed that plagues me most, will see how we go this year.
Yes just dont let dandilions seed and you will only have the ones blown in on the wind
It's probably the only weed I don't have! 🤣
Great video Tony 🌺
Be glad you dont have this one Kelly its a nightmare especially in a perennial bed
Tony question have you heard about catsan (it's cat litter )some gardener are using it to replace perlight !!!! What your thoughts 👍👍👍👍
Yes I know of catsan however I have not looked into it but I guess I will be now lol
Thanks for your reply 👍👍
@@grahamthomas6283 I will research catsan Graham and get back to you
Hello Mr. Tony! Just thinking about you and weeds today! In South Carolina we don't have Cinqueweed but we do have Dollarweed. It grows in the same manner and is next to impossible to eradicate. Leave one little bit behind and you are screwed. Having problems with Fire Ants now that we have had rain. Nasty little things. Keep making your videos!
We have to deal with ants here Ann but not fire ants. hopefully they dont get to bad for you
Boy! I'm glad I don't have that one. Tony, better make it 4 minute Friday :)
lol Fridays are unlimited only tuesdays are timed. not that im sticking to it
Oh, very interesting. I didn't even know this weed existed.
Oh be thankful Erica, its a pain in the arse
hello Tony, lots of weeds on my plots, but no creeping cinquefoil 🙂 take care Joyce
That good Joyce, Hopefully you wont get it, but if you do dig it out before it takes hold
New to your channel and def had to "subscribe with bell notifications"!
I found success by covering creeping cinquefoil with (2) layers of Trimaco X-Board and the applying/covering 12" of wood chips (mixed with tons of foliage {to help ensure darkness through the cracks of wood chips}) over the (2) layers of Trimaco X-Board last fall (November 2018). I've not encountered any issues with weeds (creeping cinquefoil) on areas in which I treated at this time. I live in zone 5-B of the 🇺🇸; just to provide demographical perspective... GREAT WORK TONY: SO GLAD I CAME ACROSS YOUR CHANNEL AND "JUST GROW ON BROTHA"!
Hey Pal. Sorry for the late reply I have been really busy in work and filming. Welcome to the channel mate, Thank you for adding that great tip for others in the community to utilise. Really appreciate the sub too :)
Thank you for the info, any ideas on mares tails , forever pulling them up 😡
Thanks for the video. I managed to identify this today after it's been coming through next doors fence and is in most of our beds and lawn too for the past few years.
We are wanting to returf but I'm discovering the big tap roots everywhere on digging over the soil. I guess I need to pull as many by hand before laying new turf as a rotavator is going to give me more of a headache it seems!?
Creeping cinquefoil is a pain in the grass.
yeah dont rotovate what ever you do
Thx Tony. I’ve a total infestation of cinquefoil in a lawn, where years of mowing means hundreds of taproots. Now I want to put a raised bed on top. Would a membrane work ? How deep would the bed need to be to stop cinquefoil finding its way back up? Cheers
It will work its way through any bed. I would use black plastic and place the bed on that then put a good layer of stone in the bottom this will stop it in its tracks and help with drainage. You want at least 2 ft deep though
Nettles n bramble is my main problem, any advice?
I've struggle with them now since 1992. I wont use chemical as the owner before me used it as a breakers yard. Years I dug n removed all sorts of car parts n oil slicks. Then one day nettles took over...I was happy that something wanted to grow....but I dug out but found root ball not in my garden. Every year I dig or get it dug over n brought down. I have planted Rose's n other place but the die. I cant afford to take out the top soil, single mum, little money so I knew long term project.
I saw card board n mulching so plan to get that done this year once I can find someone to clear weeds. I have severe back issues now...any advice would be helpful....thank you in advance
digging out or go no dig is the answer nothing else will do anything for them
Tony I am wandering if the creeping cinquefoil is as bad as ground elder, some how the geese are helping me get rid of it but they also nibbles thing in pots. No weed killers cover with cardboard as a result the plant is weakened making it easy for digging. I have seen that you tried to grow Shitake mushroom on logs I have not seen any follow up, You can join me on face book on messenger we can talk about it. Thanks for the video.
Hi Florie, the logs were only planted last autumn so not had time to really get through the fresh cut log yet, but it will come
smashing video
Cheers Steve
Hi Tony,
We are having a hard time with the creeping cinquefoil. It has invaded and mixed among the Phlox Subulata in the border. What can I do apart of dig it all up and start a fresh. My phlox are so lovely and healthy, I don't want to get rid of it. 😭
Regards,
Som
Dig out what you can and put a double layer of cardboard down water it well and place a good deep mulch layer of bark or woodchips , each time some comes through dig it out. and be ready to place more cardboard ontop of mulch and mulch again, the only way to beat it in your situation is to smother it
@@simplifygardening Thank you so much. I will do that.
Best Regards,
Som 😊
I recently found something in my garden I'd never seen before, thought it was wild strawberry, but might be this
Joh it could very well be take a pic and send it to me. Tony@ukherewegrow.com and i will let you know. Sorry for the late reply I have had some personal issues
Another great video Tony. I don't have this weed on my plot but I have plenty of others :-)
This weed is such a pain Bethan, Really wish It wasnt in my perennial beds
I must admit Tony i have never heard of Cinquefoil but My problem was with Creeping Buttercup and i found the best way was to dig it out roots and all and just keep at it tbh !!!
That is also a pain and they are very similar plants Phil
I inherited a lawn full of the stuff, I've managed to dig out a 10ft veg patch worth but i have a hell of a lot more' lawn' to go so I've covered a 15m×4m area with Aldi black weed membrane in the hope it will die from light starvation?
That wont do it, You need to put a good 12 inches on mulch on top to fully block the light and even then you will see it spread to the edges
@@simplifygardening argh ok
I see that you have dalek-type black compost bins & wonder if you would care to advise on how best you maximise their effectiveness?
Mike you need to shred the contents as fine as possible and fill them in one go. I have a video coming up on composting for 50k video so stay tuned for it. been a long time in the making
Yet another Top video! Very informative ☝️💪
Thanks. Glad your enjoying my content :)
We have a patch of creeping cinquefoil and I have sprayed it with a woody herbicide. It has sprouted again, so I will spray again until it is all gone. I am very meticulous in the spraying of chemicals. I don't use them often, nor do I go about it haphazardly. If I have to, I will use a paint brush to keep chemicals on target. I had a spray certificate when I applied chemicals while employed by the state of California, so I know how to apply chemicals to target plants. It's like shooting a gun. It is not to be taken lightly, only licenses individuals should be allowed to carry and use a chemical sprayer.
Never used weedkiller but wouldn't you have to apply it over a period of time? The allotment plot I recently got had a watering can labelled 'weedkiller only' but still had loads of couch grass. Maybe asking for help is a good tip too.
Have a diggong party or something
The biggest weed problem I have is nutsedge. It too must be dug and destroyed but getting all the tubers, nuts, is very difficult.
Yeah a never ending battle Ronny, Don't envy you my friend
Yep, still have it under some of the fruit bushes and the hedge.
Me too a never ending battle
Tony, Is it ok to compost Cinquefoil once you get it out the ground. And other weeds for that matter? Thanks pal and keep up the good work. Love your channel. Learning soooooooo much.
I would rot it in a bucket of water before adding it
Simplify Gardening cheers Tony top man.
I got it on my new plot. Or something very similar. Grow very much like strawb plants. Sending out runners, daisy chain like... easier to dig out than dandelions though.... 🤔
Yes matthew it is easier but even the tip left in and your back to square one
Thanks tone... Just what we needed at just the right time mate... Marvelous advice here mate.
God Bless to you and yours mate... Any creeping vine and Mares tail tips?? LOL.. I have a cracking crop of those Bar Stewards!
Take Care Brother.
ATB
~Guru M~
They will be on the cards mate stay tuned
mares tail or horse tailisour problem
Yes a problem for a lot of people Mark I am seeing about trying to get a video sorted for it but i have a list it will need to get added too
Yes, cinquefoil is a pain. The roots are tough, almost wire-like. Just have to keep at it, sometimes for a whole year. Leave it for a couple of months and it goes crazy all over again.
Im with you on that Clare you have to remain vigilant on it
What’s with the clock? Really annoying..not keen on background music either over you talking and please Slow down a bit...stressful to watch. I’ll look out for that weed, I must have it somewhere?
Unless cinquefoil is causing you distress, it is a very pretty plant loved by insects, we need to find room for the natural world, I keep hoping it is not too late.
Wendy Rowland it’s not causing me any distress at all, I have lots of pretty weeds...who says what’s a weed? It’s just a plant in the wrong place..if it’s not in my way of planting something I need to grow, it’s very welcome.
Liam O'Brien I think your right...what’s the rush? I thought gardening was about being relaxed.
Sorry you didnt enjoy it Helen, But my stats show that videos with the musci do 6 times better than videos without it, Maybe it was too loud in this one I will try and remedy that
Thanks Liam. I have dropped the ticking in tonights video hope thats better
Found this after spending a whole afternoon removing creeping cinquefoil from the beds. It's a total nightmare, because I already have well-established perenial plants in the beds, so I can't really go the whole hog with a fork, as I don't want to damage the roots of the rest of them...
Thanks!
Its a right pain I feel for you but stick with it
Hope you've found a decent technique by now. Light upward tension, especially torwards the end, otherwise it just snaps.
Haven’t got that but I have got Japanese knotweed which runs rampant, and as quick as I dig it out ,next morning it’s back again, nightmare! Tried weed killer,no good, am going to try a mixture of white vinegar ,washing up liquid and water. Give it a squirt and see if that cures it, will let you know how it goes.
Yeah that weed is not good news either Catherine
I have a gardener friend who works for the council. He says he gets a syringe and injects the knotweed with weed killer. That works.
Nice one Tony, thanks. Do you have any experience using spices/herbs (clove, garlic etc) as a concentrated water spray to control weeds? Seems popular in many places, but not sure it would be effective in UK? Appreciate your thoughts. atb
Yes we do and I have a lot of videos for organic pest control programmed in so stay tuned for them
Been fighting with this today it's a night mare
Yeah a real pain Lizzie
Just found this after not being to identify this weed for YEARS. It’s taken over my garden bed 😭
Its a right nightmare you need to stay on top of it
Oh dear. This stuff is all through my lawn. Hadn't had much luck pulling it out so far...
Sorry to hear that its a right pain
@@simplifygardening I guess if the tap roots go that deep it won't necessarily even help to re-turf the lawn. Will have to get stuck in with the recommended weedkiller once it stops raining every day.
I’m lucky I had some old ammonium sulphamate and I compost it in situ. Would never use glyphosate l
no thats such bad stuff
Nice one Tony could i suggest changing it to the 5 minute Tuesday tip ha ha ha,
i just don't think you can do it all in 2 minutes.
Barry (Wirral, ENG)
Hi Barry. Its 2 min in name only I think lol but the search prefers two mins over 5 mins lol
Time for "Three minute Thursdays" maybe Tony mate. ;P
lol bloody hell i dont have time for two videos a week let alone three
Im From the south west near tavistock, we have this weed that glyphosate wont touch it just slows it down for a few days 🙄. It grows quite tall about a 3 foot , then has feathery seads that blow off in the wind 🙄
Wonder what that is. I take it u dont have a species?
@@simplifygardening no haven't got a clue , I will try and find out .
I have had issues with this plant, I actually thought is was wild strawberries! Thanks for the tip Tony...
No worries Eddie. glad its of help
This always pops up in my strawberries every year. I used an app to identify the plant.
Good video Tony, dont have Cinquefoil , but i have been fighting bind weed for about twenty five years now in my garden that grew over from my neighbors yard, dont be afraid to use roundup it works very well and is a lot easer on the back i dont believe all the claims against roundup by unscroupolis lawyers trying to fill there pockets.
Rocco I am not so sure about who is right or wrong. However, I am happy to dig it
This is by far the most annoying of the weeds I've ever dealt with.
There was a weed called "A mile a minute" road builders would plant it to fill in bare land quickly after construction had finished
Seems like this is also a similar plant. turn around and its grown right before you can turn back lol
Oh Tony, and you a bee keeper. I would welcome cinquefoil as ground cover in my flower garden why eliminate a plant so beneficial to wildlife. Now if you had picked on creeping buttercup! Tony I used to really enjoy your channel but all the pop ups wizzing around the screen are very annoying and I feel you are clutching at straws for ideas.
Wendy because it is a pain when it is in a perennial bed, However I have it all around my aiparies and wont remove it there
We have never heard of creeping cinquefoil. But Tony, although this video was so informative like all your videos, we just loved the shrinking 'fail' pop-up. Hahahaha! Loved it. And the timer bell too. Thanks for the video.
Thanks mate. Yeah sime liked it others didnt but every video is a way to test things :)
horse or mares tail is our major problem
Yes Mark a particularly stubborn weed to eradicate
😲you failed,keep failing on the time limit so we can get the whole picture,thank you for your precious time Tony ❤️🙏👍
Thomas This two minute tip tuesday is by name only if i need a little longer to get across the info that is what I will do. The fridays videos will be full length like this fridays which is on tomatoes. You wont want to miss that
Bindweed and couch grass... worth a mention
They are on the cards mate, both a pain in the arse too
Glyphosate is bad for u roundup has it in it
Yes I agree Lee, that is why I wont use it
He didn't fail, he just got too much content to cover.
Thanks Lena :) Yeah I havent hit a 2 min tip yet lol Think I will just have to call it quick tip tuesday lol
Beethovens 6th?
what the music?
You expect me to remember? I am assuming that it may be because Beethovens 6th is called the Pastoral Suite. It is wonderful btw. But apart from that I have no idea. I went upstairs earlier today and I could not remember why. I should get out more! :-)