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Post by daylilydude on Apr 4, 2015 18:19:48 GMT
I hate Bermuda grass... ifn ya don't dig that stuff out roots and all it comes back with a vengeance...
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Post by daylilydude on Apr 4, 2015 18:44:52 GMT
Sounds like it to me also @redfish... this stuff if there is even a pinhole in the plastic it will find it...
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Post by bluejeans on Apr 4, 2015 18:57:57 GMT
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Post by Callie on Apr 4, 2015 19:10:25 GMT
Quack grass intermingled with bermuda would be a nightmare. When we lived in TN, I spend many hours flooding the garden so I could pull miles of bermuda roots out of my beds. Only to have it all come back anyway. Knock on wood....I don't have either here in MI...yet. Creeping Charlie is spreading though.
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Post by daylilydude on Apr 4, 2015 19:29:20 GMT
Callie, if you want I can send you a sprig of Bermuda and it won't take long and you will have a garden full...
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Post by claytonpiano on Apr 4, 2015 20:08:42 GMT
I hate Bermuda!!!!! Nothing kills it. A friend told me to get a flame thrower and burn it out. Right. It just multiplies and laughs at me.
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Post by wally on Apr 4, 2015 23:12:17 GMT
Crossbow and cornerstone will help, the thing iam fighting is english ivy, and nothing stops this weed (to me).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 15:23:32 GMT
Cute thread! I hate Buckthorn! Darn stuff invades and every berry it produces germinates. Wish Oak was so prolific. Best way to kill it without defoliants is to 'ring it'. and let it stand for a year.
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Post by ceresone on Apr 6, 2015 12:25:28 GMT
Scott's told me BERMUDA GRASS roots are 8' deep--so it spreads 3 ways--I despise it!!!
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Post by woolybear on Apr 6, 2015 20:38:46 GMT
Burdock and tree of heaven. Death to tree of heaven and Mr. burdock you've got 8 other acres to grow on - STAY OUT OF MY GARDEN!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 21:02:20 GMT
Invasive fescue and that nasty horse whatchamacallit. Vile, nasty stuff. Fescue causes goat/horse abortions, and that horse stuff (can't recall the name) hurts worse than stinging nettle.
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Post by Awnry Abe on Apr 7, 2015 1:43:44 GMT
I haven't heard of quack grass, but I don't like the sounds of it. So add me to the 'hater' list.
Tops of my list are the invasive ivys.
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Post by manygoatsnmore on Apr 10, 2015 8:24:26 GMT
Sheep sorrel - that stuff gets everywhere! Yuck.
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Post by willowgirl on Apr 12, 2015 22:40:07 GMT
Burdock! Need I say more? I think not. Krrr.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 1:38:13 GMT
I don't know which is worse, quack grass or creeping charlie.
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Post by farmgal on Apr 15, 2015 4:19:43 GMT
Burdock grrrr! Burning the seed heads work but then the fire department gets mad and puts it out. Dumb cuz I'm an open field surrounded by wide water ditches. But where I did get a good burn it didn't grow back.
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Post by snoozy on Apr 15, 2015 14:59:59 GMT
Scotchbroom. Nuff said.
Oh -- if you have a problem with Japanese knotweed, goats love it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 22:04:50 GMT
Oh lordy! Burrdock? Sheep sorrel? Yeah I know they are invasive, but burrdock is the best blood clenaser in herbal medicine. Sheep sorrel is ONE of the ingredients in an herbal recipe 'Essiac' (native american cancer remedy) the other is....you guessed it.... Burrdock!
I don't have sheep sorrel, but I do have burrdock. I get the 'invasive' of it too. I just can't bring myself to hate it....yet.
How bout Japanese Knotweed? I hate that stuff.... Although it is a lot of fun in the winter - you go out and collect those dead bamboo stalks and throw 'em in the fire. They pop like fireworks! Pretty cool.
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Post by snoozy on Apr 15, 2015 22:09:56 GMT
Burdock is high in oxalic acid, so not good for people with kidney stones, just so's ya know. As for Japanese knotweed, see my post above yours...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 2:42:16 GMT
Obviously none of you have ever had to deal with kudzu or wisteria!!! Both area a real pill to deal with and quite destructive and both are quite common in my area.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 2:51:19 GMT
TRellis, One Shot Wade sent the posse out lookin for ya. Glad to see you. LOL... What do you mean he sent out the posse looking for me? He has been wondering in public where I have been? LOL...
Sometimes real life takes more time than I have and cyber life suffers. Plus it is gardening season! Lots to do!
Good to see you too Possum!!!
How have you been? And you should know something about kudzu. All these Yankees think they have it bad having to deal with quackgrass!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 3:05:22 GMT
I am good Trellis. Yep, I know bout that kudzu and I am proud that there is none close by our property. There are some folks that put goats on kudzu to control it and some that even bale it. It does make great hay if you don't tear up equipment doing it but if you know the field it is OK. I know you have been busy but if Wade has not seen somebody recently he sends out the posse and I reckon you can consider yo self captured. LOL... Too funny!!! I sent Wade some of the extra Covington potatoes that jhn56 sent to me so that he could start making some slips. He sent me a PM a couple of days or so I guess and I just have not had the time to get online lately. I answered his PM as soon as I logged on, so we are good. I have been captured!!!
Goats can do a job on kudzu as long as it is close to or on the ground, but kudzu loves to climb and I have yet to see an eighty foot tall goat!!! I would be a little wary of running equipment on kudzu as I have seen kudzu vines as thick as my wrist. Not sure what that would do to a baler.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 4:06:31 GMT
No kudzu up here. Seen it down in Tenn tho. Nasty. People grow the darned wysteria here. I guess it's not so bad if it gets kicked by a good winter.
Snoozy, yep I see it now..... Knotweed, that and buckthorn - my nemesis'. Ground ivy (creeping charlie) runs a close second too.
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Post by snoozy on Apr 16, 2015 12:57:46 GMT
Yep it climbs but goats eat it and tear it up and the vine usually gets torn up and then they can handle it. An 80 ft goat would be one bad dude. Maybe the Japanese would make a Godzilla VS Billy movie. That should be Kudzilla vs Billy Goat
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Post by paquebot on Apr 17, 2015 1:37:34 GMT
Back to quack, wanted to reclaim a 4x10 former walking onion patch this year and get it back into something better. Problem is that it should have been done 2 years ago. Now it was solid quack. As soon as I saw green this spring, sprayed it heavy with bleach. Everything was white today so I ran through it with the Mantis a few times. Most of the roots remained in large pieces and could be picked out by hand. Thorough raking took care of more. Since only tomatoes and peppers will be planted in it, should be able to easily stay ahead of anything I missed.
Martin
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Post by chickenista on Apr 17, 2015 17:54:31 GMT
Hmmmm. We have quack grass. A couple of acres of it. It is our ONLY grass. The stuff will grow up walls! And forget keeping it out of a bed. It goes under, over or through ANY barrier. And it can be over 6 inches down into the soil. Hate is just not a strong enough word.
And then there's honeysuckle. But it is easily, ok, not easily, but it can be removed. A chair, a beer, scissors and a shovel. Cut the long streamers until you find the root ball. Dig it up and out. Repeat until the wall is cleared. Stays gone-ish and the wee little babies can be easily pulled up after a rain.
And wisteria. We had lived here for 4 years before we realized that there was an old pig barn on the eastern side of the property. I (bwahahhaaahahahaaaa) tried to clear some out a few years ago. The ground is a deep, deep web of interlocking vines/root thingies. That attempt did not last long.
And privet. Oh, glorious privet. Only bested by mulberries for annoyance. No, wait. The privet really is worse, I guess.
Oh and Wild Asters. Gorgeous when blooming, but invasive beyond all reason. Must be individually dug up. Not possible. Like picking all of the grains of sand off of a beach.
I love my place. It's technically, kinda sorta for sale. Cheap. Takers??
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Post by trebello on Apr 19, 2015 2:49:39 GMT
Smilax. I would extra-hate Creeping Charlie, but the chickens love it.
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Post by trebello on Apr 19, 2015 2:52:26 GMT
Oh, and chickenista, I forgot wisteria. The more you fight it, the more it battles back.
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Post by whisperwindkat on Apr 19, 2015 20:26:54 GMT
I hate perilla mint. It stinks, it is toxic and it spreads like wildfire.
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Post by paquebot on Apr 19, 2015 21:13:51 GMT
Lemon balm is another which can be forced to grow low by mowing and creep all over the place. Add thousands of seeds per plants and it doesn't take long to wonder why I grew it in the first place.
Martin
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