Weeds

[hairypumper]

A weed is a plant that is out of place. A rose bush in a corn field is a weed, a blade of grass in a garden is a weed. What is the toughest weed you have to deal with? I nominate spearmint. I have been battling the stuff for years. Let's keep politics, religion, and dirty cops out of this discussion, please.

[Mr Douglas]

A weed is a plant that is out of place. A rose bush in a corn field is a weed, a blade of grass in a garden is a weed. What is the toughest weed you have to deal with? I nominate spearmint. I have been battling the stuff for years. Let's keep politics, religion, and dirty cops out of this discussion, please.

I've surrendered to thistles. In my ditches, they make these purple pine cone looking flowers when they get about 3 feet tall.....They're actually very pleasant.

[No Adventure Is Too Small]

I've surrendered to thistles. In my ditches, they make these purple pine cone looking flowers when they get about 3 feet tall.....They're actually very pleasant.

If it were not for my current crop of weeds, I surely would have no green at my house

[blue adept]

My wife's back yard [hers not mine] has nothing but things she has planted, or things she wants, so, it must be weedless. Of course, it looks like a jungle to me.

[nathandiehl]

At my old house, it was ground ivy.

At my new house (just over 3 years), I'm battling mulberry trees. I have no idea where they came from--they weren't there when I bought the house and now this year they keep springing up all over the pace! Anybody have tips?

[blue adept]

At my old house, it was ground ivy.

At my new house (just over 3 years), I'm battling mulberry trees. I have no idea where they came from--they weren't there when I bought the house and now this year they keep springing up all over the pace! Anybody have tips?

Stop attracting the birds that seed them in your yard via poop.

[Mr Douglas]

At my old house, it was ground ivy.

At my new house (just over 3 years), I'm battling mulberry trees. I have no idea where they came from--they weren't there when I bought the house and now this year they keep springing up all over the pace! Anybody have tips?

Like Blue said, it's birds..... Get the mulberry suckers (shoots) quick. Once the get established they're hard to kill. I've lived here for almost ten years, and EVERY year I have to poison along my barn where a small mulberry tree had been growing. Like a lot of other types of fruit trees, mulberrys die hard.

[nathandiehl]

Like Blue said, it's birds..... Get the mulberry suckers (shoots) quick. Once the get established they're hard to kill. I've lived here for almost ten years, and EVERY year I have to poison along my barn where a small mulberry tree had been growing. Like a lot of other types of fruit trees, mulberrys die hard.

I don't attract birds, but the area is very close to an overhead power line and my picket fence, both of which birds frequent.

How do you poison the mulberries without killing off the healthy grass below?

Can I cut, then apply some undilluted roundup to the stump? Does that work?

[Mr Douglas]

I don't attract birds, but the area is very close to an overhead power line and my picket fence, both of which birds frequent.

How do you poison the mulberries without killing off the healthy grass below?

Can I cut, then apply some undilluted roundup to the stump? Does that work?

Yes, a small amount of straight Roundup.... It will leech a little bit and kill a small amount of grass, but Roundup loses it's potency pretty quick (assuming it ever rains again). Other stronger poisons like this Pramitol stuff I use in my field rock landscaping- that stuff is too strong, and would leave a foot around dead patch for a year plus, so don't use that .

[HoosierHelen]

The only thing growing in my lawn at this point is weeds. Don't know their names, however they are green and hardy while my grass is brown and dry. :-(

[nathandiehl]

A weed is a plant that is out of place. A rose bush in a corn field is a weed, a blade of grass in a garden is a weed.

I actually have a couple of rose bushes I found planted underneath my mature burr oak tree. Because they are in full shade, they never bloom and are severely stunted.

My plan was to transplant these rose bushes this fall. Do you guys think they'll be okay to be transplanted? These are likely 25+ years old.

[blue adept]

I actually have a couple of rose bushes I found planted underneath my mature burr oak tree. Because they are in full shade, they never bloom and are severely stunted.

My plan was to transplant these rose bushes this fall. Do you guys think they'll be okay to be transplanted? These are likely 25+ years old.

I have found that transplanted roses will sometimes be shocked into wonderful blooming, however, make sure these are not multi-flora roses.

[edeevee]

Wooly lamb's ear is driving me bonkers. For years I had this small space between my driveway, foundation and front walk where nothing would grow. A coworker suggested wooly lamb's ear and gave some to me. It grew all right! Now it's sneaking down the cracks in the sidewalk. It's jumped four feet and through landscape fabric to invade my rosebed and I keep finding little sprouts of it in the middle of my yard as much as 20 feet away! I'm not a huge fan of poison but I tried some RoundUp Hot Shot on it, a dandelion and a few stray grass spots. The dandelion and grasses are dying but the wooly lamb's ear is looking beefier than ever. Ugh!

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The only thing growing in my lawn at this point is weeds. Don't know their names, however they are green and hardy while my grass is brown and dry. :-(

Can relate to the know nothings Hoosier Helen surrounding your brownerie. On occasion I look out my Office window to question why hasn't the City come along and freely chopped this stand down and hauled it away (well not so free to we Tax Payers...) but anyway after that rain last night I see those weeds are blooming with yellow flowers as well must of grown another foot,about seven high now and got to question why they yet exist since. If they go to seed the whole front yard will be overtaken with it. Scuttle butt in here with other Tenants is the Landlord doesn't have any extra cash or the Crew given their current upkeep in their HUD associated budget to buy Roundup or whatever. And I most certainly am not gonna put it in my businesses budget since lawn care in in our lease agreement is the Landlords affairs.

Employed or not sometimes you just got to step down from the so called wagon and take a break...

[nathandiehl]

Wooly lamb's ear is driving me bonkers. For years I had this small space between my driveway, foundation and front walk where nothing would grow. A coworker suggested wooly lamb's ear and gave some to me. It grew all right! Now it's sneaking down the cracks in the sidewalk. It's jumped four feet and through landscape fabric to invade my rosebed and I keep finding little sprouts of it in the middle of my yard as much as 20 feet away! I'm not a huge fan of poison but I tried some RoundUp Hot Shot on it, a dandelion and a few stray grass spots. The dandelion and grasses are dying but the wooly lamb's ear is looking beefier than ever. Ugh!

Now you have me a wee bit nervous. I just planted lamb's ear in a new bed last fall. It has grown to about double the size--and it's the one plant I have not watered at all this whole drought, and it's doing just fine!

[nathandiehl]

after that rain last night I see those weeds are blooming with yellow flowers as well must of grown another foot,about seven high now and got to question why they yet exist since.

Where do you live that got rain--and how much?
Here in Waterloo we got a lot of wind and heard a lot of thunder, but only about a drop or two per square inch.

[evilkumquat]

...but anyway after that rain last night I see those weeds are blooming with yellow flowers as well must of grown another foot,about seven high now and got to question why they yet exist since.

Copy's post reminded me of my own difficulties with weeds, especially this yellow flower or weed or whatever growing in my yard for years now.

It sticks up in the middle of the lawn and is a real eyesore, and despite all my best efforts, it refuses to go away.

I've tried poison, but it seems to be immune to the worst I can toss at it.

I've tried chopping it up with my lawnmower, but as difficult as it's going to be to believe this, it's so strong that it's actually damaged the blades whenever I've gone over it. Now when I mow, I just go around the patch in the yard with the hard, yellow weed or flower or whatever it is.

What's really irritating is I don't even know what kind of plant the stupid thing is. Maybe someone here with a greener thumb than I have can I.D. it.

As dead as the drought has left my grass, it's hard to see how just yellow it is when the surrounding yard is almost as yellow, but here is a photo I took of it today:

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Oh yeah ek,you really got a bad single yellow one over there. That's so bad it reminds me of that long running Broadway show with that plant that's ALWAYS BEGGING FEEEEED ME...FEEEEEED ME. I hope you keep the wife and kids away from that monster. Maybe you better post no trespassing signs at the legal distance all around your property if that thing should grow as much as an inch in any direction. To answer Nathans waterfall question if I recall you live on the North side of Goly,South side here. But haven't been out of the Office yet today to see no rain gauge though it had done no good anyway,not after the light sprinkle we had earlier today had of tilted the read.

But again ek you most certainly have yourself one yellow of a monster over there. Maybe if you could keep a top hat of an flower pot on its head long enough to grow somewhat less of an creepy crawler plant the new one might just overtake and kill off that yellow one. I'd consider doing it for you but you know how it is Office wise,got my own problems over here,sadly,of course.

[edeevee]

Now you have me a wee bit nervous. I just planted lamb's ear in a new bed last fall. It has grown to about double the size--and it's the one plant I have not watered at all this whole drought, and it's doing just fine!

Sorry, Nathan, but I've got nothing encouraging to say :\ I hope you have better luck with it than I have.

[blue adept]

Wooly lamb's ear is driving me bonkers. For years I had this small space between my driveway, foundation and front walk where nothing would grow. A coworker suggested wooly lamb's ear and gave some to me. It grew all right! Now it's sneaking down the cracks in the sidewalk. It's jumped four feet and through landscape fabric to invade my rosebed and I keep finding little sprouts of it in the middle of my yard as much as 20 feet away! I'm not a huge fan of poison but I tried some RoundUp Hot Shot on it, a dandelion and a few stray grass spots. The dandelion and grasses are dying but the wooly lamb's ear is looking beefier than ever. Ugh!

Lambs ear is either loved or hated. That being said, it is very hardy, and does very well in dry well drained soils. To get rid of it can be very difficult as the root can grow in different directions, and it only takes a little piece to reconstruct the entire plant. dig all around the plant to try and get all the root, and then seperate the soil from the plant by hand.