How do I get rid of unwanted Chicory plants?

Have a look for an organic weed killer which is systemic, ie will go down to the bottom and kill the roots.  That way you are not using chemicals but should solve your problem.

I hope this helps.

My pleasure, good luck with it

Chickory is a beautiful and useful plant. I would never want to get rid of it. My theory is, if it grows - consider it may be your best option. (I however live on a strip of sand between the pine barrens and the atlantic ocean, and your experience in more bountiful soil may be different)

If, you can't erradicate chickory, perhaps you can controll it. My advice: leave the roots, and apply the pruning shears! Growing up, we ate it in spring salads. In fact, so favored was the plant, that we called all edible weeds and bitter herbs Cichoria. When it is in flower, consider Chickory the great asset that it is! Cut to your hearts delight, if you have enough, some for every room of the house, for friends, and elsewhere, although perhaps it may not be quite elegant enough for the church altar. Snipping is a quick and enjoyable way to reform a wayward plant. (I apply this principle with great zest every July to the dreaded purple loostrife, a truly invasive and non-native plant that has incinuated itself in some wetlands near my home. How homey it looks - and how harmless it is- in an old tomato jar on my mother's kitchen table.)

I hope you enjoy your chickory as much as I do.

Sincerley,

Matt Di Clemente, Brick, New Jersey

It is a pretty flower.

If you don't want to use a chemical, then the only thing I can think of that would help would be to pull the weed. I know that a part of the tap root will remain, but (this is where the tedious work comes in) go out and check it frequently. Every other day or so. As soon as you see a piece growing back up, dig down and pull it up. Youll have to keep doing this for a while. The point is, not letting the plant grow any leaves to gather sunlight and feed the plant. eventually, the plant will starve to death and the roots will die...

I know it's a lot of work, but isn't that usually the way of life.

I hope this helped. Good luck.