Re: Wild Morning Glory Problem
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- Subject: Re: Wild Morning Glory Problem
- From: h*@mars.ark.com (Heather Hallworth)
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:52:53 -0700
Pulling morning glory out is supposed to be the worst thing you can do.
Seems to
multiply. The latest idea for controlling it is to cut it right at soil level.
If you keep cutting it as soon as it reappears after a while it dies out because
the roots are getting no food. I have not tried this because I have no morning
glory but do know people who have successfully used this method.
Heather on Vancouver
>Has anyone heard of wild Morning Glory? It's growing like crazy on my
property and taking over perennial and vegetable gardens. They wrap around
and seem to almost choke the life out of other plants. I think they spread
primarily through root branching. They almost seem to grow right out of the
crowns of some of my favorite plants.
>
>In the late summer they finally bloom and also (I think) grow thorns on the
thicker parts of their stems.
>
>I introduced it to my yard by taking in free soil from a neighbor's yard.
>
>I'm trying to get rid of it using Brush B Gone, but I wondered if any of
you had experience with this intruder. I'm not using the herbicide near my
vegetables and I'm trying to be careful to avoid harming my ornamentals.
>
>Zone 5/6 Connecticut
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><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Has anyone heard of wild Morning Glory? It's
>growing like crazy on my property and taking over perennial and vegetable
>gardens. They wrap around and seem to almost choke the life out of other
plants.
>I think they spread primarily through root branching. They almost seem to grow
>right out of the crowns of some of my favorite plants.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT size=2>In the late summer they finally bloom and also (I think)
grow
>thorns on the thicker parts of their stems.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I introduced it to my yard by taking in free
>soil from a neighbor's yard.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I'm trying to get rid of it using Brush B
Gone,
>but I wondered if any of you had experience with this intruder. I'm not using
>the herbicide near my vegetables and I'm trying to be careful to avoid harming
>my ornamentals.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Zone 5/6 Connecticut</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
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