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Help identifying a weed
Hello all,
I have been clearing out an overgrown garden (moved into a new flat), and came across what seems to be a weed that has very tightly knotted roots and spreads over quite a large area (digging up clumps of matted roots about 30-40cm in size). My main concern is that it still seems to come back up time to time (in some areas there are still a lot of single roots, but don't seem to be growing). I have attached 2 photot's of the plant, I would be grantful if can you help me out in telling what it is and how to control it. At the moment I don't want to plant anything in there until I know what it is, as the roots system on the weed looks as though it would end up choking the plants I would put in. Thanks in advance, Mathhew. |
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Help identifying a weed
I don't have a name to put on it, but it appears to be much like one
common in my area of central Ohio USA. It is not a problem in my experience, not hard to kill remove etc. I have kept it under control with just pulling it up. You may have a lot more and more established plants and your weather and soil conditions may be different so it may be more of a problem for you. This kind of problem is one that your Local agriculture service should be able to help you. Interesting I don't remember ever seeing it in Ireland or during visits to the UK. -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math "Mathhew Johnston" wrote in message ... Hello all, I have been clearing out an overgrown garden (moved into a new flat), and came across what seems to be a weed that has very tightly knotted roots and spreads over quite a large area (digging up clumps of matted roots about 30-40cm in size). My main concern is that it still seems to come back up time to time (in some areas there are still a lot of single roots, but don't seem to be growing). I have attached 2 photot's of the plant, I would be grantful if can you help me out in telling what it is and how to control it. At the moment I don't want to plant anything in there until I know what it is, as the roots system on the weed looks as though it would end up choking the plants I would put in. Thanks in advance, Mathhew. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- |
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Help identifying a weed
It looks like Columbine ( Aquilegia Vulgaris ). If it is, you should get
purple flowers in spring. I believe, FYI, that newsgroup etiquette sticklers don't like have photos that automatically open when you read a message; they prefer a link to the jpegs. No idea how to control it, I actually grow it in my borders intentionally! Andy "Mathhew Johnston" wrote in message ... Hello all, I have been clearing out an overgrown garden (moved into a new flat), and came across what seems to be a weed that has very tightly knotted roots and spreads over quite a large area (digging up clumps of matted roots about 30-40cm in size). My main concern is that it still seems to come back up time to time (in some areas there are still a lot of single roots, but don't seem to be growing). I have attached 2 photot's of the plant, I would be grantful if can you help me out in telling what it is and how to control it. At the moment I don't want to plant anything in there until I know what it is, as the roots system on the weed looks as though it would end up choking the plants I would put in. Thanks in advance, Mathhew. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- |
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