Billy wrote:
songbird wrote:
Kay Lancaster wrote:
...
Oh yes, one other gardening proverb to consider "One season's seeding is
5 season's weeding." Except that it's really more like "One season's
seeding
is 50+ years weeding.

yes, but once you get a cover crop growing which
shades the area the mustard will have a much harder
time taking over again, if you can keep at it for a
few seasons you can effectively eliminate it other
than having to spot weed a few times a season.
that's still much less time i spend in this one
garden than i used to (when it was full of weeds
and the soil was much poorer).

now i actually let a few mustard plants grow and
bloom (but not scatter seeds) because we like the
early yellow flowers.

Ignore Kay at your own peril.

i'm well aware...

http://www.anthive.com/flowers/100_5...low_Spiral.jpg

that was a picture from few years ago.

this year i've only had to pull a few plants out
of that same patch. the seeds are still there --
if i were to return the area to bare dirt i'd have
them attempt to take over again.

the roots are quite tough, if you don't get all
of them they'll resprout. the good news though is
that the plant doesn't grow all that fast as compared
to many others. checking once a month has been good
enough (after they've done their spring-time
flowering). i keep clipping them off and letting
them lay as compost. the few that do resprout
don't grow much at all, they can't get much light
through the trefoil or alfalfa.


songbird