RE: bindweed and other noxious weeds
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: bindweed and other noxious weeds
- From: S* S*
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 08:45:23 -0800
Marilyn, I have this weed as well, courtesy of my neighbors who DON'T
weed... It is a pain, I agree.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marilyn Dube [m*@teleport.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 6:47 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: bindweed and other noxious weeds
>
>
> Hi Everybody,
> No one has mentioned my favorite horrible perennial weed,
> but I'll bet
> plenty of us grow it! I am referring to the so-called
> "Deadly Nightshade"
> (also related to tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, etc I think).
> It is a very
> strong vine that winds around and around things and then the
> stems turn very
> woody and the roots go for yards and yards. I just finished
> weeding and
> pruning my raspberry patch and it has run rampant in there.
> The flowers are
> a pretty purple and the very same shape as potato flowers,
> followed by red
> berries that turn black, fall to the ground and make more
> vines. Plus the
> birds spread them around. The berries are very attractive and quite
> poisonous, I am told. I don't have bindweed (I have seen it
> in lots of
> gardens here and we all have clay soil Margaret) but this
> pest is at least
> as noxious!
> Marilyn Dube'
> Portland, Oregon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
> [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
> Behalf Of Marge Talt
>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 5:15 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: bindweed was: Odd reference to potatoes
>
> Yep...and more than 2' deep. I've read they can go as deep as 10
> feet and I believe it. Probably to the core of the earth, if truth
> were told, where they imbibe molten lava and gain strength.
>
> It's a deal...I'll take your Queen Anne's Lace - a plant I used to
> have and have no more and actually like - and ship you all my
> loathsome mugwort! Be warned...mugwort has roots patterned after
> bindweed, only fatter. Just as brittle and going about as deep and
> able to regenerate from microscopic bits....
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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> ----------
> > From: Dean Sliger <deanslgr@kode.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 6:57 AM
> >
> > Marge --
> >
> > Yes, I know, I've found bindweed roots up to 2' deep; didn't want
> to
> > scare people! ;-)
> >
> > I'll take your mugwort. Want some Queen Anne's Lace? I've heard
> there's
> > people who buy it.
> >
> > Dean
>
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