Re: Garden thugs continued....

**l*@juno.com**

 I wrote a blog post on our experience a while back, which also links to
a video on control (can't actually eradicate it). See
http://loisdevries.blogspot.com/2009/01/targeting-invasive-plants.html .

We never had it until the deer ate all the Virginia Creeper. My surmise
is that the shade of the Creeper kept the Mustard seeds from germinating.
Mustard exudes a chemical that kills off the competition by preventing
the germination of native plant and wildflower seeds. Its own seeds can
survive on the forest floor for five to ten years. 

Our own control program is paying off -- White Snakeroot is pushing the
mustard out. At least it's native. And deer won't eat it.

Regards,
Lois
Visit: http://cultivatingtheinnergardener.blogspot.com
Visit: http://loisdevries.blogspot.com

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:35:54 EST hamptongar@aol.com writes:
>  
> Back down in suburban Westchester though where the deer have  
> browsed the 
> forest floor clean and there are no ferns, no wildflowers just  the 
> barberry 
> that the deer won't touch and of course all of the garlic  mustard.  
>  It 
> seems to be an opportunistic invader  that easily takes over where 
> man or beast 
> has left bare ground and a viable seed  bank.  And of course the 
> seed 
> shoots ten to twenty feet when ripe thus the  rapid spread and take 
> over.
>  
> Wondering if anyone else has noticed this phenomena  also?
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