Re: Revisiting vinegar for weed control

>In a message dated 6/4/02 5:57:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:
>
><< I have had mixed results - I found sorrel ( my biggest problem )  >>
>
>Cheryl, sorrel, or sourgrass - is it a weed that has long thin white roots
>running underground and popping up new plants  where you break the root -
>comes up all summer?

Hi Claire,
that's the beast!

>
>I had a visitor last summer who ID'd this "sourgrass" and said it was good to
>eat.  I think it is a chenopodium related to another bummer called "Good King
>Henry" and in most herbals.
>
>If we have the same weedy plant, it is a native of acidic soils and you only
>helped it along.  The plant is killed by liming the area where you want it
>gone, say a planned vegetable bed.  My visitor thought it good stuff for some
>kind of soup and added it is an indicator plant of acid soils.  It must have
>loved the vinegar fix.

I do exactly that - lime the soil where it is growing.  In fact, it 
is on my to do list for the garden; there is an area where sorrel is 
growing and the lime is in the garage!
Cheryl
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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