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

Well, it does look familiar.  My Chelone died out, never budged an inch
either.  I think the spot was too dry.  Maybe all that moisture you had
triggered this...if it is the turtlehead.
Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:08 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] todays issues in the garden......picture link


> This is the first year for this always stayed neatly in a clump getting
> larger but together... plant has been there 5-6 years, guessing it decided
> to move on.... URGH!
>
> Donna
>
> >
> > Leaves look like turtlehead to me, but mine certainly don't spread as
> > extensively as that.
> > Cathy
> > On Monday, April 18, 2005, at 06:17 PM, Donna wrote:
> >
> > > 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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