Wild Garlic

bitslice · 21 Feb 2013 at 10:38

I have this all over my front garden, from what I can tell it doesn't seem that bothered about weedkillers and as it is a bulb it just grows back anyway.

Solutions appear to be digging out every single bulb, up to removing a spades worth of topsoil :eek:

I want to remove everything apart from a tree and put down a lawn. Has anyone else had to deal with wild garlic and what was your success rate with removing it?

Gilly · 21 Feb 2013 at 10:52

Just eat lots of Italian over the course of the next few weeks

In seriousness I didn't realise wild garlic was a problem.

PhillyDee · 21 Feb 2013 at 11:00

Just JCB out the top foot and buy topsoil maybe?

Lartyconshayo · 21 Feb 2013 at 11:22

wild garlic is great fro making pestos and all sorts

look at eatweeds.co.uk for recipes and advice. I wish I had wild garlic in my front garden. gotta go to the woods to get it

Nightglow · 21 Feb 2013 at 11:55

Garlic is shallow rooted, best to dig over area with a fork, rather than a spade.
Best time to control it is between November to February, before it start growing.

I'm able to obtain weed killer, not available for ordinary oiks, & find even that has very little affect on wild garlic.
You need to crush the garlic stems to have any affect, I've used a garden roller, then spray garlic with weed killer , but it's still better digging with a fork.

Djferrick: You want to plant some wild horse radish in your garden, great for cooking, & the green leaves are also edible, & can be used in salads.

peterwalkley · 21 Feb 2013 at 15:12

Hire a rotavator - even without the garlic there you want the soil underneath a new lawn to have been seriously gone over anyway. You'll be able to pick the bulbs out as you go.