Most Hated weed

[creister]

I wonder what it is like for people in other places, but we have a weed here called bind weed. I hate it sooo much. It will be found in hell. Mulch, mechanical/chemical control and it just keeps coming. The best control is to spray in late winter with the dreaded 2-4D when it will take it up into its roots. I really hate it.

[rags57078]

I will X2 on the bind weed

[creister]

I am not surprised that it lives that far north, it is indestructible. I bet it would survive a nuclear blast, much like roaches.

[Cole_Robbie]

I hauled manure from the cow field, and now I have Spiny Pigweed in my high tunnel. Grab one of those with your bare hands, and it will get your attention. Thistle is another wicked weed to bump into. Cockle Burrs also have thorns, but not quite as bad.

[Redbaron]

Funny, I never had problems with it at all. I have a little that pops up now and then, but a lawnmower makes short work of it. 3 or 4 times it will try to come back, but after mowing a bit it dies out. Of course I don't till. I hear that people who till just spread it worse, creating a monster from a fairly harmless plant.

creister,
I wonder if you made perrenial sod between the rows of your garden like I do, and mow, if it would get it back under control?

[creister]

That bind weed out competes Bermuda grass. I don't till either, but to no avail. I think part of the problem stems from neighbors who don't control it. I have several runners coming under the fence. I sure dont want to put out 2-4d. May just have to live with it

[KarenO]

creeping bellflower and elm tree seedlings tied for first place in my yard. every spring the elm tree just outside my fence rains down a million seeds into my yard. they send down a wiry tough tap root and are a bugger to get out if you let them get ahead of you.
K

[DonnaMarieNJ]

I have Japanese Knotweed - extremely invasive!

[noinwi]

I have Japanese Knotweed - extremely invasive!

OH NO!!! I feel for you! It's all over here in the PNW. Luckily, it's not on this property. Here, besides the blackberries, I think the Creeping Buttercup is the worst and it's so hard to remove. There's more of it than there is grass...but the grass is all weed grass, including Reed Canary Grass. I'm still working on a raised bed, but I'm sure the CB will make its way up there eventually.

[DonnaMarieNJ]

It is not fun, believe me. They say "it is listed by the World Conservation Union as one of the world's worst invasive species," and "the invasive root system and strong growth can damage concrete foundations, buildings, flood defences, roads, paving, retaining walls and architectural sites. It can also reduce the capacity of channels in flood defences to carry water."

Anyone have a few extra grenades???

[feldon30]

Nutgrass.

[paintedlady]

There are so many invasive weeds to choose from, but my most hated is bishop's weed. I've tried everything to get rid of it to no avail. My neighbors planted it on their side of the fence about 5 years ago and my yard got invaded by it shortly after by creeping over.

Carrie

[creister]

Feldon,

You have just named my 2nd most hated weed.

[noinwi]

We live in a wetland so there's plenty to choose from...some native, some not, many invasive. Blackberries, wild roses, hawthorn, horsetail, bracken fern, creeping buttercup, ivy, the list goes on and on. The property was always maintained with heavy equipment but due to family illness hadn't been maintained for several years. Now we have the job of trying to clean it up with broken equipment. The yard is getting smaller due to the wetland closing in. Hopefully the equipment will be repaired before summer's end or we'll be swallowed up by Mama Nature.

[ScottinAtlanta]

Interesting poll on the topic:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organ...#axzz33kLpTUmA