How to get rid of Star of Bethlehem????
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Comments (6)They bloom in the spring. Then they are the dreaded Star of Beth that absolutely nothing will kill...well paraquat will kill it back 75% in one year, but who is licensed or wants to use that on their yard? Next spring they will start emerging sometime in Feb, when the ground initially thaws. I suggest you dig them out, taking surrounding soil with the bulb clump and disposing of it in the trash...not yard waste. If you don't get rid of it, you risk it seeding in your lawn, or it spreading as you move plants around, or even passing it on to some unsuspecting gardener when you share plants with them. The property here is infested with the bulbs and I'm sure you have heard me rant about them. Below is a pic taken in March of how the front yard here looks. All of the many darker spots in the yard are clumps of Star of Beth. What little grass I have hasn't broken dormancy and greened up. I have very little grass due to it being in competition with the Star of Beth each spring for moisture and nutrients. My pitiful yard....See MoreProblem with Star of Bethlehem Spreading
Comments (9)We finally broke down and got some glyphosate this spring, and the Star of Bethlehem just laughed through both applications. Repeated cutting back of the foliage doesn't seem to slow them down, which defies all logic (eventually the bulb has to starve, right?) When digging, it is important to try to get ~all~ the little bulblets in that clump, which is very difficult to do. Honestly, I wouldn't mind these little spring flowers at all if they weren't so intent upon world domination....See MoreHow to Dispose Star of Bethlehem Bulbs?
Comments (5)I put them out with the garbage (ours goes to the county incinerator so I don't feel guilty about letting them loose). Don't even try to compost them, even if you think they are dead - they're like Rasputin, and will keep coming back to achieve their dream of world domination. Winter out of the ground will not kill them; I once left a pile on a path, and in the spring, they sprouted. Sorry, I dug up about 20 black trash bags full of the little suckers this year, and I never want to see another one, even though I know I will....See MoreStars of Bethlehem
Comments (10)I'd consider either putting the dug bulbs in a bucket of water and leaving for several months or lay out the bulbs on something like a cookie sheet in a dry area and leave for several months. You could also just trash them regardless of the rules - how likely is it that someone will go through your trash to find your small clumps of bulbs? I think you'd have a very good case for not including them in the garden waste if push comes to shove....See Moreyoureit
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