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Mugwort?

soitgoes
15 years ago

Does anyone know how to get rid of mugwort? We have a new construction house and somehow ended up with a major infestation. The stuff is everywhere.

I can control it in beds by using the old 'wet newspaper and mulch' method.

But how can I get it out of my lawn? Will mowing it regularly get rid of it over a period of time by slowly starving the root? Or is what is left below mower height sufficient to keep it going forever?

I don't like using many chemicals, but I do sometimes use Roundup on other invasive weeds. However I think I read somewhere that Roundup is not very effective on Mugwort, and the only chemical that seems to work well sounds nasty enough that I don't want to go looking for it.

The infestation is much too large to realistically hand-pull, and besides the rhizomes persist with hand-pulling. To starve the rhizomes would require more hours of hand-pulling than exist in the day, especially since we are also coping with a major infestation of knotweed (which is what we use the Roundup on) and garlic mustard.

Help!

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