Timeline for What do I do once my weeds turn brown?
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| Jun 8, 2017 at 19:21 | comment | added | stormy | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 19:21 | comment | added | stormy | @Wilberstone Let us get something clear right away. Gardeners do not have egos attached to gardening information. We are all very humble, extremely humble about our knowledge. Not to worry at all. You can enjoy this site. Now, granted, out of all the others I do have a bit of 'foot in mouth' syndrome and can have some rebellious comments. So, what is the saying? Please take me with a bit of salt! I have found it takes too much energy for my kind to be politically correct. I am, however, disturbed a bit about your 'war'. Like I've not heard or do not know something that is obviously | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 13:59 | comment | added | Wilberstone | so, that's enough for now. I'm on my way out to begin the 24-7 rebellion against the Japanese Beetles. Yesterday, while cutting hay, we witnessed the first of the season eating one of our orchard grass plots. So, I'm nigh certain, by this morning, they'll be eating our potatoes, and various fruit trees. What sucks is, we also have an apiary, so, there's little insecticide we're willing or able to do to save our food & hay crops. It's pretty much a matter of hand to hand combat until we finally admit defeat, right about the time they wrap up eating the last of the peaches & start on our corn. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 13:53 | comment | added | Wilberstone | let's lump them into "tree borers" since there's so many Asian Imported beetles shredding our forests now, it's hard to know which Asian beetle destroyed your forest. For us, it was the Asian imported, Citrus Long Horned beetle that wiped out 10's of 1000's of dollars of oak & walnut trees - making me a bit of a pessimist against all these beloved, "free-trade" agreements which are supposedly enriching everyone's lives? NO! As every pisses & moans about our wise president & a fake Conspiracy, he's the only one who's actually asserted sanity against the ongoing destruction of our ecosystem. | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 12:12 | comment | added | Wilberstone | So @Stormy, in hopes of maintaining a civil relationship that I thought I might enjoy on this site, consider a few of the species (not all beetles of course). Japanese Beetles - what more can be said about this little guys productively horny life? We only better know, "as this farmer has personally witnessed" - it destroys ALL known plants and trees in the USA. Corn to peach trees, including gobbling up full sized fruit, Birch to grapes, thistles to Cherries. Simultaneously, the fruit of their loins utterly strips lawns & pastures, usually before the owner notices their new dirt yard, or . . . | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 11:52 | comment | added | Wilberstone | Take note of some of those "Asian" beetles proficiently destroying every known tree, crop, grass, legume, um, you name it, faster than scientists can track them much less decide how they arrived. It behooves us to know, in 2003 it was decided, some 50,000 (mostly Asian) species had invaded the USA. With 100s annually, since. Many horticulturists truly fear for the entire biological survival of this nation. Witness the lack of concern or brains within science's vision in response to this crisis. Over & over they import yet another damaging pestilence insisting it'll cure us of their last cure? | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 11:38 | comment | added | Wilberstone | . . . nonetheless, with the increased varieties in fescue & other "pasture" grasses, we're finding wonderful combinations of said stands are working to universally fill each & every environmental condition found in the typical lawn of the average homeowner. As for, "Asian" beetles, I once again find myself guilty of commentary apparently able to cause a stir due to it's "generalities." You will note the "beetle" is lower case. A sublime, tiny indicator indeed, but nonetheless, indicates the "Asian" prefacing it was merely a matter of a region from which said "many" beetles do come from. . . | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 10:02 | comment | added | Wilberstone | Stormy, you may not use pasture grass, but maybe you're trying to grow a Kentucky-Blue yard somewhere where that it's expected of you? Just so you know, I "am" one of the seed-supplier/growers of pasture fescues'. I didn't want to jump in & make myself out as some sort of know it all, so I kept it to my actual experiences, rather than wisdom from nigh 50 years of husbandry of as many species as I could get my hands on. I'll try to always remember to allude to the "type" of conversation I'm submitting, whether it be friendly chit-chat + experience, or plain ol' professional knowledge. okay? | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 9:54 | comment | added | Wilberstone | Didn't expect all this complaining on a comment on this site that I thought would be full of people tired of that sort of meretricious commentary? Stormy, forgive me for the usage of what I myself consider, unimportant chit-chat. You will notice, I did not say it "was" "knapweed," I said, what many people in our area, call "nap" weed. As in, a weed that is, "nappy" - know what I mean? If you look, you can't miss the intertwining crap that is ubiquitous in all his pics. For the record, it's called, "chickweed," & as many people consistently note, it & it's complex root system is very "nappy." | |
| Jun 6, 2017 at 17:38 | comment | added | stormy | ....but I do agree with you completely where 'man's' involvement with 'nature' is concerned! We are so arrogant. We are so short sighted. A group of people are tasked with 'controlling' some aspect of our environment either botanical or biological and we choose to import an exotic. The exotic always becomes a problem in the end. No controls for the exotic. Our lakes are becoming infested with plants that have no control, with fish that have no control...for instance. Then we actually have to sterilize a lake and start all over again. I do catch and release as the fish are poisonous. | |
| Jun 6, 2017 at 17:32 | comment | added | stormy | ...ruins the flavor of wine. | |
| Jun 6, 2017 at 17:32 | comment | added | stormy | And the Asian Beetle disaster is not in anyway killing every plant/tree in the USA. Maybe we are talking two different insects. These look like Lady Bugs, they actually are good controls for the same insects Lady bugs control; such as aphids, spidermite, whitefly...the biggest headache about lady beetles versus lady bugs is the home or structures where they can stain walls/furniture and they bite. The other biggie problem are grape crops. These beetles do a great job of control but they get so numerous when the grapes are harvested, lots of these insects are processed with the grapes. Ugh | |
| Jun 6, 2017 at 17:15 | comment | added | stormy | ...'catches' the herbicide and translocates it to the roots. Well, we haven't found the type of herbicide he used as yet. There are no plants on this planet we humans 'garden' that do not need fertilizer. Especially mowed lawns. I would never use a 'pasture' grass mix for a lawn. Those mixes do come with a few species most lawn owners would recognize as weeds. A few broadleaf plants such as clovers are often incorporated and the mix is cheap because the seed producers aren't worried about strict conditions. I only buy lawn seed that states 'zero' weed seed. That means strict conditions | |
| Jun 6, 2017 at 17:08 | comment | added | stormy | @Wilberstone Knapweed. What are you seeing that identifies knapweed in his lawn? I am very familiar with it in pastures where the most important thing is to never allow it to flower. You get two years before it flowers. Mowing regularly would never allow this thistle looking plant to seed. One of the species has a large taproot but growing from the roots is not a problem. I have a hard time seeing knapweed a problem in lawns. Mowing would prohibit competition. Broad leaf herbicide is a selective way to kill just broad leaf plants in a grass crop. The extra surface area when damp... | |
| Jun 6, 2017 at 8:00 | comment | added | J. Chomel | Hi Wilberstone, welcome to the site. Interesting post! You could make it even more interesting by avoiding "text walls". Do not forget to aerate your text a little, it makes it more readable. | |
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