I have so much of this pain in the backside 'weed' in my back garden. It's amazing how deep they can be rooted. Ace video mate. I wanted to avoid being lazy using herbicide/weed killer. Cheers.
There's no reason to remove all the dock from your garden or allotment plot, a lot of gardeners I know leave an area to go wild to attract pollinators and other insects. Thanks for watching
There's no reason to remove all the dock from your garden or allotment plot, a lot of gardeners I know leave an area to go wild to attract pollinators and other insects. Thanks for watching
Hellooo, thanks for the helpful video actually showing how to pull. I spent a few hours today not getting to the bottom of the root, I can see that now! Question, what would when the dock is surrounded by perfectly good and healthy grass? Would it ruin the grass to use the fork all around it? And what do you do after you pull them out - do you put down a weed killer? Thanks!
You should be able to get the dock plant even in grass / lawns although you'd need to take a bit more care and after I've pulled them out I hope I've got all the root as I don't use weedkillers, it doesn't always work and sometime they come back. Thanks for watching
Letting dock go to seed will cause you more work, when we don't have time to pull them up we cut them back to make sure they don't set seed, but apart from using herbicides pulling them up by the root seems a good method of getting rid of them, thanks for watching.
What a waste!! Dock is a very delicious and beneficial green. If you're going to dig them up, cook and EAT THEM!! The root is has very beneficial medicinal properties as well.
(no arguments are set by this comment so please don't start one) Me personally would not find it a waste because dock weeds contain oxalic toxins and you need to be careful cooking it and eating.
Yes, a lot of what people class as weeds can be eaten, dandelions are an example of that, but care should be taken when foraging for food, dock contains oxalic acid so care should be taken when processing it for eating. Another thing to consider is that these dock plants were growing on an allotment plot and many local councils have rules regarding the control of perennial weeds on allotment plots.
Suddenly I have loads of these blighters!!! Many thanks for the way to go : )
You're very welcome!, thanks for watching
I have so much of this pain in the backside 'weed' in my back garden. It's amazing how deep they can be rooted. Ace video mate. I wanted to avoid being lazy using herbicide/weed killer. Cheers.
Thanks for watching, glad you found the video useful
Broad-leaved dock is one of the foodplants of the caterpillars of the Small copper butterfly.
There's no reason to remove all the dock from your garden or allotment plot, a lot of gardeners I know leave an area to go wild to attract pollinators and other insects. Thanks for watching
Broad-leaved dock is one of the foodplants of the caterpillars of the Small copper butterfly.
There's no reason to remove all the dock from your garden or allotment plot, a lot of gardeners I know leave an area to go wild to attract pollinators and other insects. Thanks for watching
Hellooo, thanks for the helpful video actually showing how to pull. I spent a few hours today not getting to the bottom of the root, I can see that now! Question, what would when the dock is surrounded by perfectly good and healthy grass? Would it ruin the grass to use the fork all around it? And what do you do after you pull them out - do you put down a weed killer? Thanks!
You should be able to get the dock plant even in grass / lawns although you'd need to take a bit more care and after I've pulled them out I hope I've got all the root as I don't use weedkillers, it doesn't always work and sometime they come back. Thanks for watching
I let this go to see one year, now I’m digging and trashing each one. I was told not to touch them, but not finding that info.
Letting dock go to seed will cause you more work, when we don't have time to pull them up we cut them back to make sure they don't set seed, but apart from using herbicides pulling them up by the root seems a good method of getting rid of them, thanks for watching.
Only issue with this is being a taproot every section of root left in turns into another plant. You left two in you get two plants.
An endless battle
Yes, the plant has long tap roots, I've dug out ones that are almost a meter long, thanks for watching
Don't put root or seeds on your compost heap, as you may end up spreading the docks around.
One does not want these on your land! Each plant has up to 24,000 seeds. It will take years to clean the land.
They are a pain, I dig them up when ever I see them, thanks for watching
Thanks for the info, didn't know how long the root is
Broad-leaved dock is one of the foodplants of the caterpillars of the Small copper butterfly.
What a waste!! Dock is a very delicious and beneficial green. If you're going to dig them up, cook and EAT THEM!! The root is has very beneficial medicinal properties as well.
(no arguments are set by this comment so please don't start one)
Me personally would not find it a waste because dock weeds contain
oxalic toxins and you need to be careful cooking it and eating.
Tinctures can be made if you know what you’re doing
Weeds are food
Yes, a lot of what people class as weeds can be eaten, dandelions are an example of that, but care should be taken when foraging for food, dock contains oxalic acid so care should be taken when processing it for eating.
Another thing to consider is that these dock plants were growing on an allotment plot and many local councils have rules regarding the control of perennial weeds on allotment plots.