The gardener regrets the battle with the problematic rear patio intruder: ‘seriously depressing’

A gardener led Reddit to lament his lost battle against an intrusive plant that has covered multiple seasons and has caused a ton of frustration on his part.

Publication at R/gardening Subnetdit, the gardener explained his difficult situation and his apparently useless battle against nuts.

“I am a rookie gardener, I have had beds for about 3-4 seasons,” they wrote in their subtitle. “In the last three years, he has infiltrated my patio and has taken over certain areas. I realize that I am not always the gardener more dedicated, but I made the mistake of taking them out, what I have learned now is a non-no. Sometimes I seriously depress me sometimes for me and that leads me to neglect it more, since it feels like a battle They stop.

They continued to say that they did not want to use herbicides, because they have a garden, as well as young children and a dog that plays in the patio and were not sure whether sededhammer, a specific type of herbicide oriented to kill nuts, was the best option or not.

Nutsedge is a type of native grass of Africa, the south and central Europe and Southeast Asia. It can be particularly complicated to kill as an invasive because it extends through seeds and rhizomes and underground tubers that are difficult to catch and eliminate before they take over. A single nut plant can produce hundreds of tubers in a year, making them pain to eliminate manually. If you lose one, the whole process begins again next year.

If you are tired of fighting the species of invading weeds, consider rebel or change to a Natural grass. Native grass species will require less care and water while providing competition to invasive species as nuts.

The commentators here rushed to offer their advice.

“I would bury it in cardboard and mulch, and leave it like this for at least 2 growth seasons”, one saying“Try it of light enough time and roots will die.”

“Thank you! I think I will probably do this after taking other steps that the other commentator shared,” the poster He replied. “I just have to remember to be patient. I expected not to take (so), but that seems to be the case with this. I just want it to go!”

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