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lawn and all flower beds covered in tiny sycamore ( ? ) seedlings

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gingeroots · 03/04/2015 20:08

I'm sure I've not seen this before ,though I'm no gardener .

There must be thousands .I guess mowing the lawn ( not done first cut yet ) will chop their heads off ,but they're everywhere .

Feel very daunted .Any words to encourage me ?

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IrenetheQuaint · 03/04/2015 20:11

Yes mine too. The temperature must be just right for them to germinate. Just mow them, and hoe up the seedlings in flower beds.

Ferguson · 04/04/2015 23:15

And don't leave any for TOO long, or you will have a tree to get out! Which was a mistake we made.

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gingeroots · 05/04/2015 08:53

I really don't think I'll be able to get all of them out ,too many ,too many corners and messy places in my garden .
Really feel overwhelmed .

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FizzyNuts · 05/04/2015 08:58

Do you have children old enough to remove them for you? I used to pull them up for my parents, got paid 2p per seedling when I were a young 'un

Methe · 07/04/2015 09:44

I've noticed the sycamore seedlings are all over the place this year. We have them popping up all over our garden and I don't think there's a sycamore within 200 meters.

AuntieDee · 07/04/2015 10:24

We have them in the horse fields - have to hand pull every last one as their are deadly to horses :(

TheWildRumpyPumpus · 07/04/2015 10:37

Oh yes, we have a sycamore tree in our front garden and so thousands of the bloody things to pull out. Sob!

SoupDragon · 07/04/2015 10:40

Yes, mowing sorts the lawn ones out. If your garden is messy, it can be easier to leave the others a while until they are easier to spot. As long as you get them this year, they should be easy. Not all the tiny seedlings survive.

shovetheholly · 07/04/2015 12:13

I noticed this too! They are everywhere right now.

You shouldn't need to pull them out of the lawn by hand - a mower should kill 'em off. In the beds I'm afraid it's another story. Fortunately they come out extremely easily, so they are quite straightforward to deal with. If you have bare earth, you could even just hoe them out.

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gingeroots · 07/04/2015 17:25

At least I'm not alone . I'll just do what I can .

AuntieDee sounds a nightmare .

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funnyperson · 07/04/2015 18:08

a hoe is very useful for the flower beds as you dont have to bend down and you can get between your plants
rake the lawn vigorously then mow it. or mow it then rake it.

MuttonCadet · 07/04/2015 18:10

Oh thank goodness, I thought I'd have to pull them all out individually.

KiteKit · 08/04/2015 15:50

Yes! we have them too!!! First year ever and we have lived here nearly 10 years and our flower beds and lawn are covered in them. I was wondering what they were.....

Methe · 08/04/2015 19:53

Weird isn't it! Maybe the height of the seed dropping last autumn took part over a particularly windy couple of days.

TheElementsSong · 08/04/2015 21:27

We have zillions of the sodding things in our garden too! I've tried to get DTDs to pull them up, but they get bored after about 17 seconds. At least we won't have any next year - we had the tree chopped down

MrsWooster · 08/04/2015 21:35

last year was a freak year, apparently. our local gypsy horse, who had lived in the same field for years, died at Christmas from eating the 'helicopters' and the vet said it wasn't the first case he'd had around that time. Just the right weather for sycamores, unfortunately.

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