Help! Garlic mustard is everywhere!

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Ivy1 Mystic, CT(Zone 6b) Apr 22, 2005

I have had garlic mustard for 3 years. 1st year there were about 6 plants under my giant fir tree in among the roots. Last year I pulled about 20 or 30 in spring and about 30 more in fall. I looked last week and there are literally 90 plants in among my other woodland plants and along the whole border. Obviously pulling is not working. We have new neighbors with a flower bed on the opposite side of this border, and I think they will now weed their side which will help. What can I do short of ripping everything out and starting over? That wouldn't even work because it would just come back under the roots of the tree.

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jessamine Fort Wayne, IN(Zone 5a) Apr 23, 2005

Hey Ivy1, I'm afraid you are just now finding out what I have been fighting for several years. It is highly invasive and easily spread. The only cure is Roundup and eternal vigilence. Jessamine

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caron Woodland Park, CO(Zone 4b) Apr 23, 2005

I just can't resist passing this along when all esle fails: Eat Those Invasives ;-)
http://ma-eppc.org/weedrecipes.html

But here is a page containing a bazillion links dealing with control and the biology of the species:
http://www.invasivespecies.gov/profiles/garlmust.shtml

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Ivy1 Mystic, CT(Zone 6b) Apr 23, 2005

caron- Thanks for the savory tip! I'm afraid that 1 teaspoon or even a cupful of garlic mustard at a time is not enough! I would have to make salsa and pesto for the entire town!

I think I will try the blowtorch method first, because I hate Roundup. My neighbor is totally against poisons of any kind and we both have dogs. The only other way is to use a paintbrush dipped in the weed killer, and I really would like to avoid it.

Thanks again!

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