"Terryc" wrote in message
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George W. Frost wrote:

Not sure about peanut straw depends on where it comes from, could have
some noxious weeds in it, but I do know that pea straw is good mulch

Well, the pea straw we have been buying at Mitre10 is actually peanut
straw, complete with a few shells.


Point taken, but as I said, depends on where the straw came from and of
coarse, where you are

Star burr or goat's head

Acanthospermum hispidum, a noxious weed in the Northern Territory and

prohibited from entry to Western Australia, has been found in the

Maffra area of Gippsland. It was accidentally brought into Victoria

in a load of peanut straw from Queensland in March 2004. A small

number of plants have appeared during summer and autumn this

year on one property where the straw was used. More of this fodder was

purchased by other landholders and it is feared that the plant might gain a

foothold in Victoria for the first time.