Re: Weeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Josh!
I think Glenn is correct, purple loosestrife is not
a thistle.The pinkish purple flowers grow in shape of
"spikes". First let's identify what you have! I have
pictures and info on loosestrife that I will e-mail
you as soon as I find it. Hang in there!
--- "Joshua D. Jackson" <joshj16@juno.com> wrote:
> Jim Kilbert,
> It sure sounds like purple loosestrife. It was
> growing in an area
> where the high water table was one - two feet below
> the surface, that
> was until my dad dug a pond and now it is every
> where he put the soil.
> The area is at a slight grade and I am conserned if
> I apply Roundup too
> much I will have no soil by the time l kill the
> thistle. Do you have any
> ideas as to what I should do? I also was wondering
> if purple loosestife
> and Canada Thistle are the same? Thanks for the
> hope you have been so
> far.
>
> Grow 'em big!
> Josh,
> Central Ohio
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:52:06 -0700 (PDT) jim kilbert
> <kilbertsrus@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Hi Josh!
> > Sounds a lot like purple loosestrife,the
> scourge of
> > the earth. In Civil War times it was used for
> > medicinal purposes, but is now taking over many of
> our
> > wet lands, destroying habitat for native wildlife.
> Is
> > it growing in a damp area? If it is "the scourge",
> you
> > should pull up or remove and burn all flowers
> before
> > they go to seed. (They have "tough" roots! I have
> had
> > limited success with round-up, but you have to
> keep up
> > with them. Here in Pa., they are expirimenting
> with a
> > beetle that eats nothing but these plants. Don't
> let
> > them takeover!
> > "kilr"
>
>
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