Re: CULT: Nutgrass and Nihilator
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Nutgrass and Nihilator
- From: B* S*
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 13:54:19 -0400
On 9/18/01 1:37 PM, "JesseLee04@aol.com" <JesseLee04@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Betty,
>
> We get massive incursions of sedge out here in Tucson, it starts of as a
> plant who first shoots look like a ground-matting mimosa (if that makes any
> sense to you). Left to grow it wil spread out as ground cover and eventually
> form thorns. It mats out in a circulars pattern. The leaves are fernlike
> with a red tinge. You've got to pull it as soon as you see it because it
> grows very fast, like crazy!
Given that description, it can't be sedge, which is grassy. Are you talking
about what we used to call "goat heads" around Albuquerque, or possibly
sand-burs? With fernlike leaves, it can't be a sedge or grass.
Bill S.
PS--anything with a name like Nihilator 2 can't be all that good for your
garden!
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