RE: todays issues in the garden......picture link

Yep, got a picture, hope you (or someone here) knows what it is...

http://www.simplymyworld.com/whatisit.jpg


Donna

> 
> I really don't think that could be Turtlehead.  Got a picture?
> Kitty
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > As I was cleaning up one of the garden beds today, seen these - what I
> > thought were seedlings. Been looking at them for a week trying to decide
> > what they were. (remember I normally don't get to my yard at this 'time
> of
> > year', doing other things for the last 7 years.)
> >
> > Well decided that some of them had to go as they were in another plants
> > area....hum... this seedling is not pulling out very easy.... oops! This
> > sucker is traveling around from underground to everywhere! My current
> > thought (have had a few with this plant) is it might be Chelone? Does
> > turtlehead spread underground with a massive root system/reminds me of a
> > small tree root?
> >
> > Well what ever it is, it has to go..... so attempted to dig them up but
> I
> > think they won. Going to try earlier in the day and see if I have more
> > strength to do this (was tired already when I started this).
> >
> > So besides hiring some young strong person to do this.... any ideas? How
> > about roundup? Would it make it easier to do this after the plants were
> > dead?
> >
> > thoughts folks? It appears to go down about 7 inches of solid root
> > mass/stems/whatever and it fights being dug up! I was ready to strip it
> down
> > the 7 or so inches and just get rid of the whole mess... but it won't
> even
> > let you do a patch at a time!
> >
> > Donna
> > Who can't wait to get to the other garden with the tansy and white
> gooseneck
> > that I planned on eradicating!

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