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Title: mind-your-own-business/babys tears/Soleirolia soleirolii .. how to kill it
Post by: mark smyth on April 26, 2014, 11:50:01 AM

Does anyone know how to kill mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii? I don't know how it arrived here but its spreading fast. Round up so far hasn't worked

Title: Re: mind-your-own-business/babys tears/Soleirolia soleirolii .. how to kill it
Post by: Neil on April 26, 2014, 11:54:57 AM

Mark

some advice from the RHS  http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=348 (http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=348)

Title: Re: mind-your-own-business/babys tears/Soleirolia soleirolii .. how to kill it
Post by: mark smyth on April 26, 2014, 01:56:44 PM

Thanks Neil

Title: Re: mind-your-own-business/babys tears/Soleirolia soleirolii .. how to kill it
Post by: Great Moravian on April 28, 2014, 09:47:49 AM

No problem in our climate with winter frosts.
It doesn't survive.

Title: Re: mind-your-own-business/babys tears/Soleirolia soleirolii .. how to kill it
Post by: mark smyth on April 28, 2014, 02:43:18 PM

It survived the big freeze we had in winter 2010 -15C I think

Title: Re: mind-your-own-business/babys tears/Soleirolia soleirolii .. how to kill it
Post by: fermi de Sousa on April 28, 2014, 02:52:32 PM

Try 43^oC!
 ;D
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: mind-your-own-business/babys tears/Soleirolia soleirolii .. how to kill it
Post by: David Nicholson on April 28, 2014, 03:56:17 PM

Quote from: fermides on April 28, 2014, 02:52:32 PM

Try 43^oC!
 ;D
cheers
fermi

 ;D ;D ;D