lawn unwanted rampant plant

[john hamilton]

I've tried slashing it with a knife, but it just grows in more vigorously.

prefer a simple non chemical solution, but if its not likely what chemicals to use please? Thanks for advice.

[fred]

In article , john hamilton writes

Chemical:

Try Verdone spray for spot treatment:

you want to use the 'direct' link from tinypic for NGs:

[Charlie Pridham]

Looks like "Self Heal" Prunella vulgaris close mowing will discourage it but weedkiller is the only way to get rid of it, I rather like it so it gets to stay with all the other weeds which form my green patch

[Spamlet]

Right plant but wrong solution surely!

Self Heal, daisy and other typical lawn weeds are so because they *like* being mown. Just look at the wonderful display of daisies in our parks between mowings! Self Heal spreads by runners, and mowing encourages them. If you don't want to use a weedkiller, better to let them grow up (They form beautiful orchid-like heads up to knee high.) so you can see the individual plants and pull them up. After that, diligence with your weeding. However, I don't really understand the desire for grass-only or close-mown lawns: in times of drought, the weeds such as clover and self heal, keep the lawn looking green whilst the grass turns brown, and close mowing gives the broad-leaved weeds the chance to spread over what is to them effectively bare ground.

Let the weeds flower and the bees will come back, and your lawn will be a spectacular colour display instead of barren green:

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Spamlet" saying something like:

My type of gardening!