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Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
Just digging it out isn't working, and may not even be possible.
If I remove all the other smaller plants in the area, can I use Roundup, or some other weedkiller, to kill the Queen Anne's Lace? If not Roundup, what is recommended? Will the weedkiller hurt lilacs, roses, raspberries, or any other bushes in the area (too large to remove)? How long after using the weedkiller can the original plants be restored or new ones put in in place of the Queen Anne's Lace? Thanks. Cori |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
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Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
Charles wrote:
One plant, or many? Can you gather the plant into a bundle and stuff it into a garbage bag with the bottom removed, then douse it with round-up? shouldn't hurt any plants that you don't put it on. A whole border. Someone suggested putting the Roundup on a sponge and the sponge directly on any plants I don't want, so as not to damage ones I do want, but I was sort of thinking of moving those plants anyway to redistribute them. It's the ones too large to move about which I'm concerned. Thanks for your suggestion. Maybe it would be best to put the garbage bags around the plants I do want and spray all the others--there are so many more of them! Cori |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
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Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
QAL is a very deep rooted plant, I don't think digging will help. Where do
you live? QAL grows fairly slowly around here, and is easily controlled. They sprout late in the season, and you can see them all over the place in summer and fall. I think they are not as much of a pest because once the weather gets warm enough for them to grow, it stops raining and they don't get much water. They are, however, a very deep rooted plant, and will still slowly grow and bloom when everything around it has died. I mow them or just pull them out, and they are gone. Give it a bit of water, and one plant will do this: http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...s/DSCF4151.jpg I expect I'll have a couple million of them next year because of this one plant. My kids like it, I don't have the heart to pull it, so I water it weekly instead and watch it grow. wrote in message ups.com... Just digging it out isn't working, and may not even be possible. If I remove all the other smaller plants in the area, can I use Roundup, or some other weedkiller, to kill the Queen Anne's Lace? If not Roundup, what is recommended? Will the weedkiller hurt lilacs, roses, raspberries, or any other bushes in the area (too large to remove)? How long after using the weedkiller can the original plants be restored or new ones put in in place of the Queen Anne's Lace? Thanks. Cori |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in
: http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...images/DSCF415 1.jpg That's lovely. How do they propagate -- seeds? tubers? I'd love some in my wildflower garden. How come plants never seem to grow rogue in the gardens of those who would welcome them? |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
FragileWarrior wrote:
"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in : http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...images/DSCF415 1.jpg That's lovely. How do they propagate -- seeds? tubers? I'd love some in my wildflower garden. How come plants never seem to grow rogue in the gardens of those who would welcome them? Stick a few carrots (buy them at the grocery store; they're cheap) in the ground in your wf garden next year and you will have queen annes lace. It might also work to scatter some carrot seeds in the fall. Bob |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
"FragileWarrior" wrote in message ... "Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in : http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...images/DSCF415 1.jpg That's lovely. How do they propagate -- seeds? tubers? I'd love some in my wildflower garden. How come plants never seem to grow rogue in the gardens of those who would welcome them? They propagate like seeds, like a carrot. They are supposed to be perrenials, but my observations make me think they might be annuals - IE they bloom the first year when planted from seeds. I'm going to save the seeds from mine and plant a few next year and see how they do. |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
zxcvbob wrote in
: FragileWarrior wrote: "Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in : http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...n/images/DSCF4 15 1.jpg That's lovely. How do they propagate -- seeds? tubers? I'd love some in my wildflower garden. How come plants never seem to grow rogue in the gardens of those who would welcome them? Stick a few carrots (buy them at the grocery store; they're cheap) in the ground in your wf garden next year and you will have queen annes lace. It might also work to scatter some carrot seeds in the fall. Bob Wait a minute... QAL and carrots are the same thing????? |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
Bob
Wait a minute... QAL and carrots are the same thing????? QAL aka The Wild Carrot aka Daucus Carota is a wild carrot, not the same thing as a domesticated carrot, but a cousin. Here in Oregon it's classified as a class C noxious weed. They are everywhere, but I've not noticed them being that noxious. Maybe if I was a farmer I'd feel otherwise :-P. They don't get very big unless you water them, like I did to a couple - then they get huge. There are a rather pretty wildflower, IMNSHO. It's edible when young, but I don't recommend eating it because there are other similar plants that are poisonous. You might end up eating hemlock by mistake. http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/queen.html http://oak.ppws.vt.edu/~sforza/weeds/dauca.html http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/weeds.html |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
FragileWarrior wrote:
zxcvbob wrote in : FragileWarrior wrote: "Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in : http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...n/images/DSCF4 15 1.jpg That's lovely. How do they propagate -- seeds? tubers? I'd love some in my wildflower garden. How come plants never seem to grow rogue in the gardens of those who would welcome them? Stick a few carrots (buy them at the grocery store; they're cheap) in the ground in your wf garden next year and you will have queen annes lace. It might also work to scatter some carrot seeds in the fall. Bob Wait a minute... QAL and carrots are the same thing????? Not quite, but close enough. (QAL roots are white.) Bob |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
zxcvbob wrote in :
FragileWarrior wrote: [..] Wait a minute... QAL and carrots are the same thing????? Not quite, but close enough. (QAL roots are white.) Bob Parsnips? |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
FragileWarrior wrote:
zxcvbob wrote in : FragileWarrior wrote: [..] Wait a minute... QAL and carrots are the same thing????? Not quite, but close enough. (QAL roots are white.) Bob Parsnips? Not parsnips. (parsnips have yellow flowers) They are carrots, but the roots are white. If you plant carrots in the flowerbed, you get QAL -- but they might grow almost 6 feet tall if you water them (don't ask me how I know this) Bob |
Getting Rid of Queen Anne's Lace
zxcvbob wrote in
: FragileWarrior wrote: zxcvbob wrote in : FragileWarrior wrote: [..] Wait a minute... QAL and carrots are the same thing????? Not quite, but close enough. (QAL roots are white.) Bob Parsnips? Not parsnips. (parsnips have yellow flowers) They are carrots, but the roots are white. If you plant carrots in the flowerbed, you get QAL -- but they might grow almost 6 feet tall if you water them (don't ask me how I know this) Bob COOOOOOOL! Tomorrow I shall be planting some carrots in my garden. |
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