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Post by Hensaplenty on May 29, 2023 10:36:00 GMT -5
If you could rid your lot of 3 weeds, what would they be? List your three most hated weeds and why.
Mine: Virginia Buttonweed Red Sorrel Wild Violet
Why? They are rhizome weeds and very difficult to get rid of. Violets spread like wildfire. As soon as I get one patch of garden rid of it, more pop up and I start over again.
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Post by octave1 on May 29, 2023 11:06:27 GMT -5
I have several number 1 most hated weeds:
Bindweed, all kinds Spotted Spurge Mock Strawberry
AND, at this point,
Mint. The mint creeped in from my next-door neighbors. They moved and left me with this never ending, stolon-producing nuisance.
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Post by paulf on May 29, 2023 16:20:16 GMT -5
Bindweed Knotweed Greenbriar
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Post by brownrexx on May 29, 2023 20:04:27 GMT -5
Chickweed is my all time worst Canadian thistle Crabgrass
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Post by pepperhead212 on May 29, 2023 22:55:46 GMT -5
...Mint. The mint creeped in from my next-door neighbors. They moved and left me with this never ending, stolon-producing nuisance. Mint is my favorite weed! I learned what it was shortly into the first spring in '84, when I had bought my house, and it was in several clusters around the yard, and I learned quickly how it spread! The second season I put 6 cuttings in that flower bed, surrounded by concrete - the only way to grow it. Took about 4 years, to totally fill up the bed, and has come back every year after. Here's the bed, not filled in yet, but by now you can't see the bed at all. About half of the mint bed, showing the peppermint (larger leaves) getting stronger this year. 5-2 by pepperhead212, on Flickr What I did to get rid of it elsewhere was just pull it out of the ground every time I'd see a stem show up. Took a few years, but eventually disappeared. Another favorite weed is garlic chives. I can't tell you how many clusters of those things I have behind my shed, which is where I planted them after several years of attempts in my herb bed (where it just took over), and in windowsill boxes around my deck, where it would grow well, but become solid roots, by October. Regular chives don't take over the herb bed the same way, and don't re-seed as much, for some reason. Crabgrass is probably what I have more of than anything else, though there is a lot of clover and dandelion out there, too.
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Post by octave1 on May 30, 2023 7:41:46 GMT -5
pepperhead212 , I don't mind some mint, but this plant has taken over an approx 7ft x 4ft area already. That is a lot of mint. I also don't like this particular variety, which is a wrinkly spearmint with a strong yet not vibrant flavor, almost "smoky". Here is a pic of the pesky plant: I do have other mint growing in my yard, and one in particular that I love is peppermint. But as much as I like its fragrance, I can't use it for any culinary preparation because it makes everything taste like toothpaste.
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Post by brownrexx on May 30, 2023 7:44:06 GMT -5
I made the mistake of planting mint in a former house. When we moved here 21 years ago I never grew it again but it's probably still growing at the old place!
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Post by rdback on May 30, 2023 9:43:36 GMT -5
Ground Ivy (aka Creeping Charlie) Henbit Spotted Spurge
All three LOVE to pop up in the garden. Ground Ivy is a constant battle.
Then there's Johnson Grass. Similar to mint, the rhizomes make it near impossible to get rid of. Leave just a tiny piece and you'll have a new plant in no time.
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Post by spike on May 30, 2023 15:59:23 GMT -5
Chickweed is quite annoying Creeping Charlie is more annoying AND OMG purslane! That 'fecal material' is EVERYWHERE >,<
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Post by september on May 30, 2023 16:40:27 GMT -5
Most hated:
1. Canadian Thistle - roots break off easily and any small bits regrow. Plus it hurts, have to dig below soil level to grasp stem without thorns. 2. Horsetail - we live next to a wetland swamp, and there is no getting away from it. Roots even invade uphill into sandy drier soil. 3. Nettles - don't have many, as I have made sure to pull every one that I see. But every once in a while a little clump will surface. Were brought in with a load of black dirt 40 years ago.
Not so bad in my view --
Creeping Charlie - we have it, and it does spread, but I really don't mind it in the lawn because it smells good when it gets mowed. We'll take any kind of grass or greenery, our soil is too poor and dry and too much property to maintain a nice grass lawn. We'd be pumping our well dry watering. Wild violets, Johnny Jump-ups etc - at least they are pretty, I remove them if they are in the way in the garden, otherwise leave them alone. Purslane - annoying yes, but I do harvest some early to add to tossed salads, they have lots of nutritional value. (I also eat Lamb's quarter which tastes like spinach.)
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Post by rdback on May 31, 2023 9:06:31 GMT -5
Creeping Charlie - we have it, and it does spread, but I really don't mind it in the lawn because it smells good when it gets mowed. Oh I agree. In the yard I don't mind it or any weed for that matter. In the garden - NIGHTMARE! lol
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jun 2, 2023 13:49:48 GMT -5
Yeah, I had a bad experience with mint years ago. In a container or surrounded by concrete is the only way I'd grow it again, and it's important not to let it set seed.
But my top 3 hated weeds are: Wild blackberries. yes, they are tasty (some of them are, anyway), but they absolutely take over and even a tiny piece left underground or even on the ground will root. Sandspurs...ow, ow, ow! Nutsedge...well almost any grassy weed that spreads by stolons.
Spotted spurge is also annoying, and I have a real love/hate relationship with Spanish Needle. (Great for pollinators, but those seeds are super-annoying.)
I found it interesting to see henbit listed. For me, that is an early spring (and sometimes fall) weed. In mild winters it can bloom nearly all winter, too. But it dies off and/or gets choked out by other weeds when it gets really hot and humid. It's easy to pull when needed, the purple flowers are cute, and the bees love those cool season blooms. So it probably one of the least annoying weeds for me.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 2, 2023 17:21:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I had a bad experience with mint years ago. In a container or surrounded by concrete is the only way I'd grow it again, and it's important not to let it set seed. Strange thing about that - even though it eventually goes to seed every season, the seeds, of both the spearmint and peppermint in my bed seem sterile. Not a single plant has ever shown up in the lawn, just across the sidewalk from it.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jun 3, 2023 11:21:51 GMT -5
Weird. The mints I have grown definitely produced viable seeds.
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Post by octave1 on Jun 3, 2023 12:31:01 GMT -5
Same here. The seeds, if they are produced, don't seem to be viable, but those stolons travel fast.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 3, 2023 15:10:45 GMT -5
Another really strange thing about that spearmint in the garden - I tried growing it indoors, both in pots, and later, in hydroponics, and every time the plants attracted aphids out of nowhere, but only on the stems, not the leaves! It would take less than 4 weeks every time indoors, and the stems would be coated with aphids, and I'd have to get rid of them; yet they have never gotten any aphids (or anything) on them outside! And the peppermint never got any aphids, indoors or out.
Since the spearmint was my favorite mint, I tried growing some from a package of spearmint seeds - I don't remember the source, but it did germinate, and grew very slowly. However, it was darker, and did not taste or smell anything like spearmint, which was too bad, as this didn't attract aphids out of nowhere, like the real spearmint did.
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Post by stone on Sept 12, 2023 8:06:58 GMT -5
Don't any of y'all have the 'born pregnant' plants we have here? Chamberbitter and mulberry weed? Phyllanthus urinaria & fatoua villosa...
These guys produce viable seed when a mere 2 week old seedling... Get one and have a yard full. Of course there are herbal uses for both...
Then again, any of the plants posted on this thread have their uses...
A cup half full person might want to focus on that...
I've fought rattlesnake weed... And then I started eating the tubers... And it became valuable. Blackberry is a valuable medicinal... As is mint... Mint is an excellent pollinator attractant.
Nutsedge is supposed to be edible...
Virginia buttonweed is host plant to the tersa moth.... Gets a welcome mat at my house... And the chickens eat it...
Violets are edible, and host to a few butterflies and very welcome in my garden... And the Rumex... Also desirable... Another munchie.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Sept 12, 2023 19:08:09 GMT -5
1. Asiatic jasmine 2. Dewberry briars 3.any weed that will not die
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 12, 2023 21:16:41 GMT -5
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Sept 13, 2023 11:32:09 GMT -5
I need to let you borrow my youngest son - he loves garlic chives and will just go outside, pick leaves, and munch on them.
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Post by guruofgardens on Nov 9, 2023 18:46:28 GMT -5
Bindweed - that started in China and has taken over both floral and vegetable gardens Sandmat Spurge Creeping woodsorrel - or yellow oxalis
For flowers, I can't get rid of grape hyacinths. I've removed 2K+ over the years, but they're back! every year.
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