My neighbours, have it, I have poured salt along the fence line, it does not seem to like that and stops short of coming over to visit.

It can be done spray free, but hard work!!
Raine

The only successful way I've seen of getting rid of it - it's not a practical idea for "townies", but - was when we grazed six sheep in the yard! They ate every last bit, and in the rest of the time we were there it never grew again!

Maggie Barry this weekend said to dispose of it by burning, or burying at least a full metre below the surface. I can't see it being pleasant to burn, as it's a pretty moisture-filled plant. And I don't want a digging job, do you? So I guess that at the local landfill it'll get buried deep enough!

if you have low-to-the-ground dogs it can cause a contact dermatitis outbreak on their paws and undercarriage. A bath helps to ease the misery for them, and suitable cream from the vet.

The native snails love living in it - useful habitat and the birds don't seem to like fossicking in it.

It resents sunlight. Becomes stunted, yellow, miserable - and even dies out. It is also frost-tender. Provided it is 'disturbed' frequently, deep mulch of pine needles, shredded bark, conifer leaf litter all seem to inhibit it.

If you have an area of the garden where it is already rampant - you can make compost from it. It's beautiful. Really nice leaf mould quality, and things such as Hosta grow well in it. Obviously, you will not move the compost to any other place in the garden...

One chap I know put untreated sawdust over it thickly - then rolled it up once it had moved up. He also used to threaten it with Roundup. (In the olden days paraquat really dealt to it, but it only stayed in that weed-free state if there was no nearby source of reinfection.)

Another chap I know has it growing thickly on the roof of his garden shed. Bits fall off - into the next garden. Gloom. I find it very hard to smile at him sometimes.

Mowing it closely also helps to keep its ambitions in check. And total vigilance in key areas so it is suppressed/eradicated by faithful weeding.

About the plastic baggies: clear ones, in sunlight, turned often so all parts get scorched. It sneers at black plastic. Wot's a bit more shade to a deep gloom plant like this?!

You have my total sympathy. In addition to the chap next door I have the regional council and a golf course as neighbours. Guess which part of the golf course is the weed dump...?!

I've found that if the T.f. has been growing for a long time then the roots seem to be thick in a band of duff it's created over the years. If you can strip that off - back to 'bare earth' then it's easier to 'keep a foot on its neck'. Another thing that helped, but may be a bit expensive, is a thickly gravelled path - especially if it heats up in the sun.

If you're going to spray, be very ruthless. Like, once a month, especially if it rains the way it's been doing for the last year or so. (Don't bother to get the dilute stuff from the garden centre or supermarket, shout yourself a big container's worth from the nearest rural supplies place.)

If all else fails, be an UNtidy Kiwi and dump your grass cuttings on top. The heat does it no good at all...heh, heh, heh!

'Eradication is a dream: control is possible.'