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Got a patch of land to clear on clifftop prior to sowing with wildflowers.
At the moment it has some dockens and lots of hogweed. We have stuff for the dockens but not sure of the hogweed. We have roundup but would like to keep the grasses growing to hold the soil surface together. Past years we have just cut the hogweed down with a strimmer but been burnt that many times I would like to clear them for good. swap male for mail |
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"Paddy" wrote in message ... Got a patch of land to clear on clifftop prior to sowing with wildflowers. At the moment it has some dockens and lots of hogweed. We have stuff for the dockens but not sure of the hogweed. We have roundup but would like to keep the grasses growing to hold the soil surface together. Past years we have just cut the hogweed down with a strimmer but been burnt that many times I would like to clear them for good. swap male for mail Treatment with Glyphosate is the recommended way to clear Hogweed. The problem is that the plants will have produced thousands of seeds which will germinate for several seasons. If you can slice through the root structure underground then you will dampen the plants ardour but they will resprout with fresh young growth fairly quickly. If you hit this young growth with Glyphosate the plant will eventually die. Don't be too impatient because it may take several weeks before you notice any effect. A more labour intensive but perhaps quicker solution is to pump weedkiller directly into the stem at various heights by use of a syringe. ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) |
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On 29/4/07 10:56, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote: snip ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) How do you keep the hogweed under control, Rupert? Do you prevent it seeding or do you weed kill the seedlings? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 29/4/07 10:56, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote: snip ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) How do you keep the hogweed under control, Rupert? Do you prevent it seeding or do you weed kill the seedlings? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. Once it has flowered and set seed I remove the whole flower head and dump it in the wormery. I forget the names of the chemicals responsible for the burns but it is only active at a certain time of the season and certain individuals seem to be more prone to bad reactions than others. A thug of a plant and not to be messed with. Having said all that, there is one online retailer of this plant:-) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 29/4/07 11:13, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:08:04 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 29/4/07 10:56, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote: snip ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) How do you keep the hogweed under control, Rupert? Do you prevent it seeding or do you weed kill the seedlings? Somebody here might be interested in the answer http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/n...25909.0.hogwee d_may_halt_olympic_work.php Hogweed may halt Olympic work By Jenny Clarke WORK on the Olympic sites could be snarled up when builders try to get to the root of a mammoth problem. The highly poisonous giant hogweed has invaded vast areas of land earmarked for development of the Olympic stadium, village and velo park on the Stratford/Leyton border. Capable of causing painful burns and blisters, the species can grow to over 9ft tall. When the sap on its large hollow stems comes into contact with the skin, a painful reaction kicks in. snip Sounds like a job for flame throwers! Talk about the power of Mother Nature... ;-( -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. I've got a flame thrower that I got at a mart sale a few years ago. Used it on dockens and nettles succesfully and will try it on the hogweed before it gets to any size. Following advice on web when getting rid of the dockens and nettles I just gave them a quick frazzle and then went back about a week later to burn away the dying plants. With this lot of hogweed I wonder if you can hire the m.o.d flame throwers? I suppose I better get some new jets and seals for the existing one. Paddy |
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On 29/4/07 11:38, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 29/4/07 10:56, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote: snip ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) How do you keep the hogweed under control, Rupert? Do you prevent it seeding or do you weed kill the seedlings? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. Once it has flowered and set seed I remove the whole flower head and dump it in the wormery. I forget the names of the chemicals responsible for the burns but it is only active at a certain time of the season and certain individuals seem to be more prone to bad reactions than others. A thug of a plant and not to be messed with. Having said all that, there is one online retailer of this plant:-) A friend of ours got very badly burned trying to get one out of his stream. The seeds had been carried downstream to his garden and set up home. He ended up in hospital and had the scars for a long time. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 29/4/07 10:56, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote: snip ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) How do you keep the hogweed under control, Rupert? Do you prevent it seeding or do you weed kill the seedlings? -- Sacha (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. That is http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk which Hubbard is advertising. Well worth a look and full of lots of interesting information from lots of sights. Go and take a peek over the fence. Mike -- .................................................. .............. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy www.rneba.org.uk |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 29/4/07 11:13, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:08:04 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 29/4/07 10:56, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote: snip ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) How do you keep the hogweed under control, Rupert? Do you prevent it seeding or do you weed kill the seedlings? Somebody here might be interested in the answer http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/n...25909.0.hogwee d_may_halt_olympic_work.php Hogweed may halt Olympic work By Jenny Clarke WORK on the Olympic sites could be snarled up when builders try to get to the root of a mammoth problem. The highly poisonous giant hogweed has invaded vast areas of land earmarked for development of the Olympic stadium, village and velo park on the Stratford/Leyton border. Capable of causing painful burns and blisters, the species can grow to over 9ft tall. When the sap on its large hollow stems comes into contact with the skin, a painful reaction kicks in. snip Sounds like a job for flame throwers! Talk about the power of Mother Nature... ;-( -- Sacha (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. That is http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk which Hubbard is advertising. Well worth a look and full of lots of interesting information from lots of sights. Go and take a peek over the fence. Mike -- .................................................. .............. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy www.rneba.org.uk |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 29/4/07 11:38, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 29/4/07 10:56, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote: snip ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) How do you keep the hogweed under control, Rupert? Do you prevent it seeding or do you weed kill the seedlings? -- Sacha (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. Once it has flowered and set seed I remove the whole flower head and dump it in the wormery. I forget the names of the chemicals responsible for the burns but it is only active at a certain time of the season and certain individuals seem to be more prone to bad reactions than others. A thug of a plant and not to be messed with. Having said all that, there is one online retailer of this plant:-) A friend of ours got very badly burned trying to get one out of his stream. The seeds had been carried downstream to his garden and set up home. He ended up in hospital and had the scars for a long time. -- Sacha (remove weeds from address) Garden Banter does not have permission to use my posts. Join uk.rec.gardening instead. That is http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk which Hubbard is advertising. Well worth a look and full of lots of interesting information from lots of sights. Go and take a peek over the fence. Mike -- .................................................. .............. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy www.rneba.org.uk |
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"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes
"Paddy" wrote in message ... Got a patch of land to clear on clifftop prior to sowing with wildflowers. At the moment it has some dockens and lots of hogweed. We have stuff for the dockens but not sure of the hogweed. We have roundup but would like to keep the grasses growing to hold the soil surface together. Past years we have just cut the hogweed down with a strimmer but been burnt that many times I would like to clear them for good. swap male for mail Treatment with Glyphosate is the recommended way to clear Hogweed. The problem is that the plants will have produced thousands of seeds which will germinate for several seasons. If you can slice through the root structure underground then you will dampen the plants ardour but they will resprout with fresh young growth fairly quickly. If you hit this young growth with Glyphosate the plant will eventually die. Don't be too impatient because it may take several weeks before you notice any effect. A more labour intensive but perhaps quicker solution is to pump weedkiller directly into the stem at various heights by use of a syringe. ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) Whixh one do you grow, Rupert? Presumably giant hogweed? The OP didn't say he had giant hogweed, merely hogweed (which itself is quite large, about 4ft), and doesn't have the skin burning properties of the giant hogweed. It's a very frequent weed, and people who have merely seen the giant hogweed scare stories in the newspapers can get needlessly alarmed by it. -- Kay |
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"K" wrote in message ... "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes "Paddy" wrote in message ... Got a patch of land to clear on clifftop prior to sowing with wildflowers. At the moment it has some dockens and lots of hogweed. We have stuff for the dockens but not sure of the hogweed. We have roundup but would like to keep the grasses growing to hold the soil surface together. Past years we have just cut the hogweed down with a strimmer but been burnt that many times I would like to clear them for good. swap male for mail Treatment with Glyphosate is the recommended way to clear Hogweed. The problem is that the plants will have produced thousands of seeds which will germinate for several seasons. If you can slice through the root structure underground then you will dampen the plants ardour but they will resprout with fresh young growth fairly quickly. If you hit this young growth with Glyphosate the plant will eventually die. Don't be too impatient because it may take several weeks before you notice any effect. A more labour intensive but perhaps quicker solution is to pump weedkiller directly into the stem at various heights by use of a syringe. ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) Whixh one do you grow, Rupert? Presumably giant hogweed? The OP didn't say he had giant hogweed, merely hogweed (which itself is quite large, about 4ft), and doesn't have the skin burning properties of the giant hogweed. It's a very frequent weed, and people who have merely seen the giant hogweed scare stories in the newspapers can get needlessly alarmed by it. -- Kay I am not really sure which type of hogweed it is. Looked it up on various websites and only got confused. Yes this only grows to about 4 ft or so but it definitley burns, I get covered with burns on any unprotected areas and they last for weeks. It's height might be stunted with it being on the clifftop where the soil will be rather shallow. Paddy |
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In message , Martin
writes It's against the law not to destroy Giant Hogweed, if you find it on your property. How can anybody retail it legally? It is not exactly against the law not to destroy GH - Under section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it can be an offence to plant or grow specified plants in the wild, including Giant Hogweed and Japanese Knotweed. Problems involving these plants can be referred to the local authority for the area where these weeds are growing as some local authorities have by-laws controlling these plants. There is no statutory requirement for landowners to remove these plants from their property. This information from NERC may be of interest http://tinyurl.com/29qhf7 -- Robert |
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On Apr 30, 7:07 pm, "Paddy" wrote:
"K" wrote in message ... "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes "Paddy" wrote in message ... Got a patch of land to clear on clifftop prior to sowing with wildflowers. At the moment it has some dockens and lots of hogweed. We have stuff for the dockens but not sure of the hogweed. We have roundup but would like to keep the grasses growing to hold the soil surface together. Past years we have just cut the hogweed down with a strimmer but been burnt that many times I would like to clear them for good. swap male for mail Treatment with Glyphosate is the recommended way to clear Hogweed. The problem is that the plants will have produced thousands of seeds which will germinate for several seasons. If you can slice through the root structure underground then you will dampen the plants ardour but they will resprout with fresh young growth fairly quickly. If you hit this young growth with Glyphosate the plant will eventually die. Don't be too impatient because it may take several weeks before you notice any effect. A more labour intensive but perhaps quicker solution is to pump weedkiller directly into the stem at various heights by use of a syringe. ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) Whixh one do you grow, Rupert? Presumably giant hogweed? The OP didn't say he had giant hogweed, merely hogweed (which itself is quite large, about 4ft), and doesn't have the skin burning properties of the giant hogweed. It's a very frequent weed, and people who have merely seen the giant hogweed scare stories in the newspapers can get needlessly alarmed by it. -- Kay I am not really sure which type of hogweed it is. Looked it up on various websites and only got confused. Yes this only grows to about 4 ft or so but it definitley burns, I get covered with burns on any unprotected areas and they last for weeks. It's height might be stunted with it being on the clifftop where the soil will be rather shallow. Paddy I stayed beside the river Deveron when I was young, I remember my sister being burned. the giant Hogweed spreadalong the river, the solution was cows, it didn't effect them I think they ate it. |
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"misterroy" wrote in message ups.com... On Apr 30, 7:07 pm, "Paddy" wrote: "K" wrote in message ... "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes "Paddy" wrote in message ... Got a patch of land to clear on clifftop prior to sowing with wildflowers. At the moment it has some dockens and lots of hogweed. We have stuff for the dockens but not sure of the hogweed. We have roundup but would like to keep the grasses growing to hold the soil surface together. Past years we have just cut the hogweed down with a strimmer but been burnt that many times I would like to clear them for good. swap male for mail Treatment with Glyphosate is the recommended way to clear Hogweed. The problem is that the plants will have produced thousands of seeds which will germinate for several seasons. If you can slice through the root structure underground then you will dampen the plants ardour but they will resprout with fresh young growth fairly quickly. If you hit this young growth with Glyphosate the plant will eventually die. Don't be too impatient because it may take several weeks before you notice any effect. A more labour intensive but perhaps quicker solution is to pump weedkiller directly into the stem at various heights by use of a syringe. ps. I actually grow this beast as an ornamental plant --just one:-) Whixh one do you grow, Rupert? Presumably giant hogweed? The OP didn't say he had giant hogweed, merely hogweed (which itself is quite large, about 4ft), and doesn't have the skin burning properties of the giant hogweed. It's a very frequent weed, and people who have merely seen the giant hogweed scare stories in the newspapers can get needlessly alarmed by it. -- Kay I am not really sure which type of hogweed it is. Looked it up on various websites and only got confused. Yes this only grows to about 4 ft or so but it definitley burns, I get covered with burns on any unprotected areas and they last for weeks. It's height might be stunted with it being on the clifftop where the soil will be rather shallow. Paddy I stayed beside the river Deveron when I was young, I remember my sister being burned. the giant Hogweed spreadalong the river, the solution was cows, it didn't effect them I think they ate it. No problem getting cows on the stretch of land. Trouble is that they are the culprits who brought it onto the land along with the dockens. The farmer has now got his field clear of all the weeds so I suppose he wouldn't be pleased if his cows broke through again and took the weeds back with them. I never thought that cows**t could spread weeds so quick. |
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