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Posted: Jun/04/2007 7:29 AM PST
HI i think i posted in the wrong place so im going to post here also. i am new here and need some help. i have many gardens but my problem one is the vegetable one. this year i have some milkweed growing in it and i was wondering if this is harmful to my vegetables since i hear that milkweed is poisones. i dont want to feed my family or donate to the homeless if the vegetables could get harmed by the milkweed. also does anyone know how to get rid of the milkweed without harming the food? any help would be appreciated! thanks |
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Posted: Jun/21/2007 10:12 PM PST
Get yourself a shovel and dig them up..each and every one of them..then check around your property and dig any others that you find. The seeds had to come from somewhere especially if you have a lot of them....I don't believe the plant just growing can poison anything your eating..but if you don't dig it up before it pods..you'll have a thousand times more the trouble. I had a invasive weed too..and I spent one whole summer erraticating it from my yard and areas near by.....Every once in awhile..even this year I saw a few no more than a foot or two..and I git that shovel..a special one that gets deep with little effort and git it ROOT AND ALL !!!!! |
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Posted: Jun/25/2007 6:14 AM PST
It’s a weed that I love to live with. I dedicated an area to it along with the other butterfly weed. As long as the butterflies enjoy it, I’m happy. I don’t see any additional effort in pulling weed in the rest of the garden. To keep things in check as soon as the bloom is finished I cut it off so it would not go to seeds. |
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Posted: Jun/30/2007 9:36 PM PST
I've got ot pull sometimes..Each inch of my garden is rather planned...and these rogue plants come in and kill off or overshadow the ones that I want. In my case its a type of sumac --don't know the actual variation..but around here we call it the town palm tree...and I am not on a caribbean island. These plants became so invasive a few years back that I had to dig 'em up with a spade...they have a phenominal growth rate and trunk width to the point that after a year of growth they destroy the beds and you need a jackhammer to get them out !....after spending hours on one plant to get the root.with a axe and a pick and a shovel..I came to the conclusion that getting them out when they are still young is the best....if you have the space for a certain plant or weed and don't mind it around...I'd let it be...but in my garden beds...they gotta go !!...as I hardly have the room I need or want for the plants that I have now ! |
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Posted: Jul/04/2007 9:43 AM PST
That sounds like staghorn sumac that gets the fuzzy red clusters on them. They aren't poisonous, but can be annoying if they aren't controlled. I have an area just for milkweed, goldenrod,Joe Pye, and New England asters, but it's in my back field. I'd just yank the anything that was in a garden I didn't want it in and dispose of it. If it's something invasive by seed I'd definitely remove the flowers before the seeds drop. |
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Posted: Jul/04/2007 12:43 PM PST
Hey Poecticpony........................NIce to see you !! I never looked up the name of that sumac...so it may well be staghorn sumac...the berries do start green...and go to red ! We have fought a several year war.....erradicating this pest. At this point I have even removed this plant from my immediate surroundings on the street near my home....because of the prolification of the seeds. Prior to that I was still pulling 20 to 30 seedlings from all over the place..especially odd corners and forgotten spaces....worst is if you don't ..because this pest grows enormous heights in a single year if undesturbed...and it twists itself around other garden bushes and trees that you REALLY want....you can't even dig it out..without damaging the others. I.m going to look it up and see if I can learn more about this species..now that I have a better name to it. But for now...when I see it I KILL IT BEFORE IT GROWS !!! |
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Posted: Jul/04/2007 2:08 PM PST
Heres more information thank to poeticpeony.....on the staghorn sumac. http://www.inspire.net/trees/fact%20pages/sumac_st aghorn/sumac_staghorn.html |
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Posted: Jul/07/2007 2:30 PM PST
Someone is into Marley or Clapton, I see! lol Just don't shoot the sherriff! Glad that helped. My biology teacher used to make a lemonade type drink from the fuzzies on them. They do have a lemony flavor, but if anyone tries that do find out that's what it is for sure. EDIT: I checked the link you posted and yeah, that's it. It even says something about the lemonade. |
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Posted: Jul/20/2007 1:06 AM PST
Haven't been in awhile poeticpeony...............yea its a reggae thing !!..what can I say !! I read that too about the drink...and I don't know if its the same article or not...but they said that the Indians used it too ! Gheez !!.just when I was getting used to doin' it in----does that mean I have to save it now !! |
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