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Post by MikeH on Jun 13, 2013 15:07:07 GMT -5
Galium ssp, but don't ask me what bedstraw species is supposed to grow in your part of the world... Smooth or White bedstraw Galium mollugo. Now I've got to figure out how to control it because it's spread very quickly over the past two years.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jun 13, 2013 18:31:04 GMT -5
Do you have livestock Mike? Its a good forage plant, protein is up around 19%.
We have a lot of bedstraw all over the place, I hardly even notice it. The cows eat it and I mow it in the lawn (when I get around to mowing).
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Post by mountaindweller on Jun 14, 2013 1:29:08 GMT -5
galium verum I think, look at horizon herb I think it is a medicinal. I served it as a vegetable one day before my garden was going properly.
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Post by MikeH on Jun 18, 2013 8:10:18 GMT -5
Do you have livestock Mike? Its a good forage plant, protein is up around 19%. We have a lot of bedstraw all over the place, I hardly even notice it. The cows eat it and I mow it in the lawn (when I get around to mowing). Nope, no livestock. I'm only concerned because of its apparent rapid spread (although I may not have seen it everywhere until I first saw it) and the fact that the couple of large patches have choked out everything else. I'm not particularly concerned about plants that pop up everywhere unless they start to choke out everything wherever they pop up AND they have a rapid growth rate. I think I'll just scythe down the couple of large and very dense patches that we have and see how quickly they regrow. I'll also watch to see if the other isolated plants turn into dense patches. Whenever I can, I much prefer to watch instead of doing when it comes to the garden. Much less blind hacking at Nature.
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Post by synergy on Jun 18, 2013 21:12:48 GMT -5
Looks like Cleavers Galium aparine , clingy viny stuff and I was pulling that out lately , or the seeds will cling to all your clothes , and I just read it is edible by cooking into dishes too. It would be a pain working it out off a coat of an animal like a poodle .
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Post by MikeH on Aug 24, 2013 14:26:21 GMT -5
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Post by synergy on Aug 24, 2013 15:14:03 GMT -5
They reminded me a bit of deadly nightshade or belladonna , so I googled 'deadly nightshade' images and there were some very similar to the ones you posted and pictures of the vines more familiar to what grows here.
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Post by khoomeizhi on Aug 24, 2013 15:43:25 GMT -5
Nicandra physalodes - 'shoo-fly plant'
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Post by MikeH on Aug 24, 2013 16:05:00 GMT -5
No, it's not deadly nightshade. It's not vining. In looking at belladonna, I stumbled across what I think it is - Nicandra physalodes - apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=538. We've seeds birds picking away in the ramial woodchip rings and we have lots of feeders within about 60' so it looks like a contribution from a bird. Looks like the orchard's increased biodiversity is adding biodiversity. It's not edible - www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Nicandra+physaloides but I'd grow it just for it's beauty. We'll let it self-seed and see how aggressive it is.
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Post by reed on Oct 30, 2014 21:31:18 GMT -5
Can anyone please help me identify this weed? It is prolific in my garden this year whereas I never really had any proliferation last year when that patch seemed to produce a bounty of lambsquarter . If I can identify it I can better determine what to do as I have been making this my 'no till' garden . And as usual I have noclue what I am doing , just flying by the seat of my pants . Looks like something we call Creeping Charlie. Very prolific and fast growing. Used to try to get rid of it but now I rather like it. In the yard it grows up maybe 6 - 8 inches tall in the spring but once mowed it doesn't grow tall any more. It crowds out the grass and makes a pretty nice lawn that doesn't need regular mowing . Someone told me it is what they used for lawns in the old days around the castles in Europe. It is invasive in the garden but it can't take being tilled or mulched and it pulls up very easy so all in all it is a nice little weed, as far as weeds go.
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Post by blueadzuki on Oct 30, 2014 22:46:54 GMT -5
Henbit, Lamium amplexicaule or possibly purple deadnetttle, L. purpurea
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Post by samyaza on Oct 31, 2014 2:33:28 GMT -5
Lamium purpureum, without doubt. It's a very common weed here, contrary to L. amplexicaule. Nicandra physaloides, I introduced it 3 years ago and made it a pain in the a** by composting it. I had had the same issue with Datura stramonium before. I suppose Mordor is full of that now. I find to fit well to the location, by the way
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Post by Walk on Oct 31, 2014 14:58:49 GMT -5
Can anyone please help me identify this weed? It is prolific in my garden this year whereas I never really had any proliferation last year when that patch seemed to produce a bounty of lambsquarter . If I can identify it I can better determine what to do as I have been making this my 'no till' garden . And as usual I have noclue what I am doing , just flying by the seat of my pants . Looks like something we call Creeping Charlie. Very prolific and fast growing. Used to try to get rid of it but now I rather like it. In the yard it grows up maybe 6 - 8 inches tall in the spring but once mowed it doesn't grow tall any more. It crowds out the grass and makes a pretty nice lawn that doesn't need regular mowing . Someone told me it is what they used for lawns in the old days around the castles in Europe. It is invasive in the garden but it can't take being tilled or mulched and it pulls up very easy so all in all it is a nice little weed, as far as weeds go. I love this weed. It's what I let grow on the garden paths. It's easier to keep under control than dutch white clover and the bees really love it.
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