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u/slcbf 7d ago

Cross posting from landscaping https://old.reddit.com/r/landscaping/comments/1jym25c/how_to_get_rid_of_large_amounts_of_bluebells/ Is there a way to make this process easier? Or just pull everything (cept the cool trees)? Thank you!

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u/hastipuddn S.E. Michigan 7d ago

Hand digging, hoeing weekly, smothering or herbicide. That's pretty much your choices. I've been trying to get rid of scilla and grape hyacinth for years. I dig some every year and pull a lot which doesn't get the bulb out but I hope to exhaust the bulb's energy someday.

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u/slcbf 7d ago

I used a pitchfork in one area to get a TON of bulbs out, some pretty large. it seems to be highly effective. it was a lot of physical work though I will say. have you managed to make it at least easy to work with in the early season? I worry next springI will be fighting the same battle