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I’m currently leading a low intensity war with a 7x4 meter patch on my property. The best strategy so far is turning a small portion of the patch into a lawn and letting the robomower take care of it. I’m making slow but steady progress and in 5-6 years I should be done.

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How do you treat the clippings to keep them from propagating?

Do you cover the trimmed areas to keep them from refreshing the rhizomes with sunlight?

IANAGardener, but the shoots don’t turn green until they’re 10-15 cm high. I guess that means that photosynthesis hasn’t started?

My original plan was to cut the stems and inject with glysophate but I only managed one round before they started requiring a license to purchase it.

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