Re: what's eating my mallow and comfrey and "smart weed"
- Subject: Re: what's eating my mallow and comfrey and "smart weed"
- From: C* I*
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:11:20 -0400
>In a message dated 6/14/02 7:24:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:
>
>
>> Among my 50 cent a pot purchases a year ago was "Dwarf Smartweed"
>> Let me say that if this is a dwarf, I don't want the full sized one!
>> Anyone have any thoughts on what this is? Needless to say, this is
>> moving too!
>
>Cheryl, your critter could be either deer or groundhogs; they both eat my
>plants the way you describe. I don't know how you'd tell the difference.
>
>As for dwarf smartweed, the weed we call smartweed here in the Cincinnati
>area is not particularly tall but it's very invasive and hard to get rid of.
>I'd be reluctant to trust it to stay either dwarf or contained.
Its moving to where it can fight it out with the bramble berries,
KWANSO daylilies and other thugs - if I wasn't already dressed for
errands, I'd do it NOW.
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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