Most Hated weed
 

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.

I will X2 on the bind weed

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

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.

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?

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

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

I have Japanese Knotweed - extremely invasive!:cry::evil::panic:

[QUOTE]I have Japanese Knotweed - extremely invasive!:cry::evil::panic:[/QUOTE]
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.

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???:shock:

Nutgrass.

There are so many invasive weeds to choose from, but my most hated is bishop's weed. :no: 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

Feldon,

You have just named my 2nd most hated weed.

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.

Interesting poll on the topic:
[url]http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/garden-weeds-zm0z11zsto.aspx#axzz33kLpTUmA[/url]

I have most of the weeds on that chart Scott and some that aren't even on it that are terribly invasive. It seems that almost every form of weed does really well in our climate and a new one pops up every few years and joins in the fun. I think many were brought in with various manures I have added and of course birds and the wind bring them in also.

I have found some species of weeds that are just impossible to control especially in the lawn. In the garden using heavy mulches and spraying Roundup between the beds to be fairly effective but it is a never ending fight.

Bill

Galens sage, bind weed, mile a minute weed is HORRIBLE, Canada thistles, pigweed, pokeweed, on and on and on! There aren't too many that are tolerable.

When digging post holes 2-3 feet deep, I still run into Johnson Grass roots that look like crab legs off the Chinese restaurant buffet.

When I brought in cow manure from the auction barn down the road and old round bales of hay, I unknowingly imported seemingly every known variety of weeds. After a few years I am still having to fight them. Just a word of warning.

Definitely bindweed for me. We typically call it morning glory. Every other weed in the garden I can eventually kill. Morning glory gets managed... The annuals are easy to deal with: cut them off when they are small. I can eventually wear out the Johnson's grass by keeping it cut off.

Oh, I have one more weed that is my own fault: I can never quite get rid of the sunroots once I plant them. I am doing sunroot plant breeding, therefore I have to move the patch every year so that I don't get volunteers mixed up with the current crop. So the contaminated areas keep growing. I hear that pigs eat the heck out of the tubers, but I'd have to build a pig-proof fence.

[QUOTE=Cole_Robbie;415188]When digging post holes 2-3 feet deep, I still run into Johnson Grass roots that look like crab legs off the Chinese restaurant buffet.[/QUOTE]
Yes, last year I got Johnsonweed in my hay from Texas. It is the only weed still giving me problems. I have one spot where I ended up having to unroll a double width of 8' wide cardboard. So it is about 20' X 16' and the cardboard is heavy. On top of that several inches of mulch. The Johnsonweed actually lifted up the whole sheet like a flying carpet!:?::?: Then started poking around the edges.:twisted: That stuff is certainly determined. However, I am pretty sure I can handle it. It has already given up under most that spot and the cardboard is dropping back flat as the grass runs out of energy.;)

Stinging nettle is a pain in the .... hand.

Nut grass queen anns lace rag weed and Johnson grass.

Worth

[QUOTE=Redbaron;415341]Yes, last year I got Johnsonweed in my hay from Texas. It is the only weed still giving me problems. I have one spot where I ended up having to unroll a double width of 8' wide cardboard. So it is about 20' X 16' and the cardboard is heavy. On top of that several inches of mulch. The Johnsonweed actually lifted up the whole sheet like a flying carpet!:?::?: Then started poking around the edges.:twisted: That stuff is certainly determined. However, I am pretty sure I can handle it. It has already given up under most that spot and the cardboard is dropping back flat as the grass runs out of energy.;)[/QUOTE]

Those roots were buried far below the level to which my soil freezes. So the grass never really dies, it just goes dormant underground over the winter. I think the Johnson Grass in my field is probably a lot older than I am. And it will likewise still be in the same spot a long time after I die of old age.

While we have at least some of most of those weeds the 1 I hate the most is Mouse Eared Chickweed. It some times seems to have taken over my farm. I don't remember it here the first 5+ years here so I think it came in with a load of black top soil I got for blending in my greenhouse potting soil.

This stuff has such a slender fine root it is able to poke thru the woven weed barrier if any piece is laying on top of it. When left alone it will grow into a mat 1/2 way as high as your knee and will choke out the things you planted. Cultivating will kind of keep in in check a bit but really probably spreads it. I tried some commercial "organic" weed killer on it in the greenhouse in the spring when it was quite small. That "seemed" to kill it but about a month later it was back and stronger than ever.

One good thing about it -- the rabbits and chickens do seem to love it. We just don't have enough of them to keep it under control.

Carol

Wire grass and crabgrass is never ending in my neck of the woods. Had some mulch covered with a tarp, and the wire grass just grew right through it, and the wire grass and the tarp became one. Tarp was ruined.

My firewood stacks kept falling down. On investigation, I found that wisteria vines were creeping under the horizontal supports on the ground, and lifting 2-3 tons of wood into the air. Amazing! Why cant we get tomatoes like that?

[QUOTE=ScottinAtlanta;415457]My firewood stacks kept falling down. On investigation, I found that wisteria vines were creeping under the verticals on the ground, and lifting 2-3 tons of wood into the air. Amazing! Why cant we get tomatoes like that?[/QUOTE]

Well we could some day with GMO's.:lol:
But would we want them.:shock:

Worth

I was going to suggest you tried my trick of using black plastic to smother your weeds, but reading some of the posts you all seem to have the weeds from hell.
For 'normal' weeds I just cover the ground over the winter, come spring no weeds.

All of the above...i hate weeds. Although my worst has been dollar weed. Can not get rid of the stuff!