Re: Creeping Charlie
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- Subject: Re: Creeping Charlie
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 04:26:46 -0400
Dee Ann,
No, they're not the same. Problem with chickweed is that it starts
seeding as soon as it starts flowering, I think, and the seeds stay around
for centuries (or so it seems). If you don't get it pulled before
flowering, you will get more next year. Plus, you have to get that central
stem and root out or it just grows back. Does make a nice nitrogenous (new
scientific word?) addition to compost that is largely leaves:-)
I've got scans (not the greatest) of both plants in my current article -
down at the bottom along with a few other contenders for my most hated weed
award. But, you can tell the difference between them from the scans.
Here's the URL if you're interested.
http://suite101.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/19409
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor: Gardening in Shade
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> From: Dee Ann Scheller <dee.ann.scheller@juno.com>
> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 1:41 AM
>
> To those of you who might know
>
> Is creeping Charlie the same as chick-weed? I have had more than my fair
> share of this horrable weed this spring. I started in late March trying
> to eradicate this plant and all of its relatives from my gardens. I
> blamed myself for inviteing it into the beds by adding grass clippings
> that had not been composted after one of the last mowings of the year.
> (the bags were full and I didn't want to drive all the way to the garden
> where the compost pile is located) big mistake! ! I'm properly sorry
> and will never never do it again (as the old song goes)
>
> Dee Ann in s.w. Indiana
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