PDQ Mobile wrote:I am a little curious about which plants it is desirable to eradicate totally?
MickF wants rid of brambles, nettles and thistles for example. (We never heard what fate, if any, befell the wasps he had?!)
Brambles & nettles I simply cut back, they're fairly easy.
Ivy is a problem for me but the shiny leaves make glyphosate mostly ineffective, I tend to pick an area and spend most of the day manually ripping the stuff out and off trees/bushes.
I'd leave some areas of ivy alone since bees seem to like it and birds nest in there.
Ground elder, I had a bad infestation and it grew faster and popped up in more places than I could handle, I nuked the entire area with glyphosate - masking plants I didn't want touched and it's been gone now for months with no sign of recurrence, I'll just keep my eyes out for any strays I missed which I can probably handle now by digging out, give it a year or two then I'll replant.
My patio is about 130 sq m and needs re-laying. Seeds get in the cracks and it's impossible to keep on top of them (I've tried). A yearly squirt in March/April keeps it weed free - although the real solution would be to re-lay the patio (its on my list).
Sometimes if I want to selectively kill a plant and make sure it's gone then some glyphosate and a paint brush works wonders...