Swallowwort is the bane of my gardening existence. It will not die. If you pull it but don't dig out the whole root, it resprouts from broken-off pieces left in the ground. Roundup, a relatively benign herbicide, doesn't even faze it. Investigating online revealed that it is susceptible to the active ingredient in Ortho Brush-B-Gon. I hate using sprays-- except for my battle with swallowwort I have an organic garden-- but it was that or have the entire garden eaten by swallowwort. So I spot-sprayed the worst stands, including places like along the fenceline where it's impossible to pull up all of it. Die, swallowwort, die. I hate you.
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Swallowwort is the bane of my gardening existence. It will not die. If you pull it but don't dig out the whole root, it resprouts from broken-off pieces left in the ground. Roundup, a relatively benign herbicide, doesn't even faze it. Investigating online revealed that it is susceptible to the active ingredient in Ortho Brush-B-Gon. I hate using sprays-- except for my battle with swallowwort I have an organic garden-- but it was that or have the entire garden eaten by swallowwort. So I spot-sprayed the worst stands, including places like along the fenceline where it's impossible to pull up all of it. Die, swallowwort, die. I hate you.