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Climbing weed
In article , "Steve" writes: | | It grows at a prolific rate and has large leaves and tendrils which wrap | around anything nearby. It also mildly irritates the skin if you handle | them. As far as I recall from last year it dies away later in the year and | bears berries. | | What is it likely to be (I can post a link to a photo if you like), and more | importantly what is the best way to get rid of this nuisance? Previous posts | about climbers seem to just say keep pulling them up. Please do. If it merely dies back to the stems, and not back to the roots, and the leaves go reddish in autumn, then it might be a vine - e.g. Vitis coignetae - in which case you might prefer to keep it rather than the ivy! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Steve" wrote in message ... Last year I had the first appearance of a large climbing weed in a corner of the garden. This year it is taken over a large area along one wall and is completely covering some ivy which will no doubt be killed off if I dont get rid of the weed. It grows at a prolific rate and has large leaves and tendrils which wrap around anything nearby. It also mildly irritates the skin if you handle them. As far as I recall from last year it dies away later in the year and bears berries. What is it likely to be (I can post a link to a photo if you like) Please ! Jenny |
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In article , Steve
writes Last year I had the first appearance of a large climbing weed in a corner of the garden. This year it is taken over a large area along one wall and is completely covering some ivy which will no doubt be killed off if I dont get rid of the weed. It grows at a prolific rate and has large leaves and tendrils which wrap around anything nearby. It also mildly irritates the skin if you handle them. As far as I recall from last year it dies away later in the year and bears berries. What is it likely to be (I can post a link to a photo if you like), Yes please. Lots of things have large leaves and tendrils! and more importantly what is the best way to get rid of this nuisance? Previous posts about climbers seem to just say keep pulling them up. However, aren't there weedkillers which are absorbed through leaves? I know I can't spray them as some overspray will get onto the ivy and other nearby plants, but would it be effective to "paint" it onto several leaves of the weed? Yes. Look for something containing glyphosate If it was possible to get the weedkiller onto only the folliage of the weed and the weed eventually died, would it effect plants nearby perhaps by the chemical in the weed's roots eventually getting into the soil and being absorbed by other plants through their roots? No - it becomes inactive in the soil. It only affects the plant you put it on. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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from "Steve" contains these words: Last year I had the first appearance of a large climbing weed in a corner of the garden. This year it is taken over a large area along one wall and is completely covering some ivy which will no doubt be killed off if I dont get rid of the weed. It grows at a prolific rate and has large leaves and tendrils which wrap around anything nearby. It also mildly irritates the skin if you handle them. As far as I recall from last year it dies away later in the year and bears berries. please note - from memory Sounds as if it might be black bryony, but AFAIK it doesn't have tendrils. I believe this is the only British representative of the yam family. Leaves sagitate. Berries red, shiny and slightly ovoid. White bryony AFAIK isn't an irritant but does have tendrils. That's a native cucurbit. Leaves palmate. Flowers white, berries red and spherical. What is it likely to be (I can post a link to a photo if you like), and more importantly what is the best way to get rid of this nuisance? Previous posts about climbers seem to just say keep pulling them up. However, aren't there weedkillers which are absorbed through leaves? I know I can't spray them as some overspray will get onto the ivy and other nearby plants, but would it be effective to "paint" it onto several leaves of the weed? Yes: paint a lot of leaves with glyphosate. The roots of both are fairly large, so you may have to do this several times. An alternative would be to unsecure several strands, feed them into some drainpipe or similar, and spray glyphosate down the pipe. Don't worry too much about the ivy as the leaves are waxy and don't absorb glyphosate well. If it was possible to get the weedkiller onto only the folliage of the weed and the weed eventually died, would it effect plants nearby perhaps by the chemical in the weed's roots eventually getting into the soil and being absorbed by other plants through their roots? No. Glyphosate and Paraquat and similar are neutralised on touching the soil. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 14:56:47 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: please note - from memory Sounds as if it might be black bryony, but AFAIK it doesn't have tendrils. There is black bryony and white bryony. I never can remember which is which, but certainly one has tendrils. Regard both as poisonous. Pam in Bristol |
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Here are a couple of pics - sorry for the delay. I noticed today that it was
starting to produce small flowers, so I added a pic of a flower. The petals seemed whiter than they appear in the pic. Can anyone identify it? http://vaux.port5.com/weed.jpg http://vaux.port5.com/flower.jpg It seems to have got a better grip of that part of the garden than I at first thought. I'll keep attacking the leaves with glyphosate. How long should I leave between repeated applications? Hopefully if that kills off the roots I may not have to keep pulling it up next year. "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Steve writes Last year I had the first appearance of a large climbing weed in a corner of the garden. This year it is taken over a large area along one wall and is completely covering some ivy which will no doubt be killed off if I dont get rid of the weed. It grows at a prolific rate and has large leaves and tendrils which wrap around anything nearby. It also mildly irritates the skin if you handle them. As far as I recall from last year it dies away later in the year and bears berries. What is it likely to be (I can post a link to a photo if you like), Yes please. Lots of things have large leaves and tendrils! |
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Steve wrote: Here are a couple of pics - sorry for the delay. I noticed today that it was starting to produce small flowers, so I added a pic of a flower. The petals seemed whiter than they appear in the pic. Can anyone identify it? http://vaux.port5.com/weed.jpg http://vaux.port5.com/flower.jpg White bryony. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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In article , Steve
writes Here are a couple of pics - sorry for the delay. I noticed today that it was starting to produce small flowers, so I added a pic of a flower. The petals seemed whiter than they appear in the pic. Can anyone identify it? http://vaux.port5.com/weed.jpg http://vaux.port5.com/flower.jpg White bryony. It seems to have got a better grip of that part of the garden than I at first thought. I'll keep attacking the leaves with glyphosate. How long should I leave between repeated applications? It takes several weeks to work. Btw, please don't top post. The convention in this group is bottom posting (or in-line posting), and top posting muddles the thread. Hopefully if that kills off the roots I may not have to keep pulling it up next year. "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Steve writes Last year I had the first appearance of a large climbing weed in a corner of the garden. This year it is taken over a large area along one wall and is completely covering some ivy which will no doubt be killed off if I dont get rid of the weed. It grows at a prolific rate and has large leaves and tendrils which wrap around anything nearby. It also mildly irritates the skin if you handle them. As far as I recall from last year it dies away later in the year and bears berries. What is it likely to be (I can post a link to a photo if you like), Yes please. Lots of things have large leaves and tendrils! -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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