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Weed/shrub removal-questions
On Mar 27, 6:37*am, enigma wrote:
Darren wrote . com: Anyway, my first question concerns a plant that has taken over sections of my fence. It is some sort of weed/shrub that grows very tall and curly with woody, tough stalks, with leaves and small reddish buds. It is not altogether unsightly but it has taken over my honeysuckle plants and grows over everything. It is dense and thick. *first thing to do is make sure it's not poison ivy... lee I agree - you need to identify the 'weed' in question before you know the best way to remove it. Although your description is not exact, the tall and 'woody, tough stalks" sounds suspiciously like Japanese knotweed, which is a major invasive weed problem in many parts of the country. Do some Googling to see if this is what you have. If so, eradication is difficult and will take time and effort. I may be old fashioned, but IMO manual removal of weeds is the most efficient and thorough method of control outside of using some sort of herbicide. And once the weed is correctly identified, I wouldn't necessarily eliminate them totally from consideration - most are relatively benign as far as the environment and persistence in the garden is concerned but they are not always highly effective on all weeds (like the knotweed, for example) and there are issues with getting them on other plants and causing damage. |
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