Danny D. said:


On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:42:03 +0000, Kay Lancaster wrote:

I control it here in my Oregon yard with heading the flowers**
as soon as I see them, and spot applications of glyphosate on
established plants in the fall.

Hi Kay,

I have 5 gallons of concentrated 40-something percent glyphosate,
so, I do have plenty to go around ... but what does "heading"
mean?

I guess that means to chop off the purple 'ball' at the top?
http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13420064.jpg

What about the green balls that look slightly different?
http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13420070.jpg

Heading -- yes, cut off the flowers (purple) and buds (green).

More often seen in the phrase 'dead heading' which is to cut off the
spent (dead) flowers on an ornamental plant, so it does not 'waste'
energy on setting seeds.

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

"Yes, swooping is bad."

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