Hateful alstromerias

fendie, Oct 4, 8:20am
I hate them, they are taking over ! how oh how can I deal with them ? they are tangled up with all sorts of other plants, I would like to poison them but think I would be killing half my garden. Oh how I hate them. Help !
lilyfield, Oct 4, 8:44am
pull them out ,as I did, one by one.
Thankfully I realized their behavior in time.

Pretty flowers though.
lythande1, Oct 4, 7:29pm
Yep. I had them at one house, dug down and the matted roots went for miles, never could get rid of them all.
oh_hunnihunni, Oct 4, 7:56pm
Persistence. It isn't their fault, they are just doing what they do, breeding.

Just curse the one who planted them!
fendie, Oct 9, 9:54pm
Is there a poison I could paint on their leaves ? I can't spay them, as in middle of more desirable plants. I would happily spend hours carefully painting the leaves if I could get rid of them.
hazelnut2, Oct 10, 7:44pm
You can give them a headache by CUTTING them back. I once read that the flowers should never be cut to pick them as it reduces blooms and I thought "that's a blardy good idea!'.

Try cutting them one at a time at ground level then immediately dabbing each cut surface with neat glyphosate (roundup)

The very best way is digging those horrible ugly grub-like tubers out. you'll have buckets full of them!
oh_hunnihunni, Oct 10, 7:57pm
I pull them out as I see them, tubers and tops, into a plastic bag, and into the household rubbish. Most of the plants in my tiny patch are from windblown seed so picking the flowers is a good way to cut that seed dispersal down.
tegretol, Oct 10, 9:08pm
Cut the tops off a few and immerse them in 25% Banvine. They'll soak it back to the root base and that's it.
fendie, Oct 13, 5:15am
I have written Banvine on my shopping list , will let you know how I get on. many thanks
lakeview3, Sep 21, 1:52pm
Woody weed killer painted on the leaves.

It travels to every part of the plant and kills it.