Comments on: Mother’s Day Mustard Pull http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-67909 Kathy Purdy Tue, 11 May 2010 02:10:31 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-67909 It's just the seeds you have to worry about. If you don't kill them, you will have garlic mustard everywhere you spread compost. It’s just the seeds you have to worry about. If you don’t kill them, you will have garlic mustard everywhere you spread compost.

]]> By: Tim http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-67908 Tim Tue, 11 May 2010 01:48:12 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-67908 Can it be composted safely without making the compost toxic? Can it be composted safely without making the compost toxic?

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-67789 Kathy Purdy Fri, 07 May 2010 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-67789 I learned that somewhere along the line. Just haven't bothered to try yet. Just think, if it became my family's favorite vegetable, we might eat it to extinction! I learned that somewhere along the line. Just haven’t bothered to try yet. Just think, if it became my family’s favorite vegetable, we might eat it to extinction!

]]> By: Stone http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-67788 Stone Fri, 07 May 2010 13:16:56 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-67788 Who knew... it's edible: http://www.environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4999 Who knew… it’s edible: http://www.environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4999

]]> By: Palema http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-67661 Palema Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:16:35 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-67661 I have a kind of mustard that has sulfuric yellow flowers. I bought it from a garden center, where it nestled among other vegetable and herb starts. It self sows. Very prolific! I have a kind of mustard that has sulfuric yellow flowers. I bought it from a garden center, where it nestled among other vegetable and herb starts. It self sows. Very prolific!

]]> By: Jane http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-67647 Jane Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:32:31 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-67647 DO NOT PULL GOUTWEED! You will only make your infestation worse. It spreads primarily by underground rhizomes, and they are stimulated to grow faster and farther by having the aboveground part of the plant pulled. I'm a Goutweed war veteran, and I have to tell you that you cannot dig it up successfully, either, because it will regrow from a small fragment of rhizome left in the soil, and they break easily. Sorry to say, Round-Up is literally the only recourse. Anything else you do will only make it worse. If the goutweed patch is still confined, you could try covering it and a 2-foot margin on all sides with several layers of black plastic for a couple of years. Sometimes that works. DO NOT PULL GOUTWEED!

You will only make your infestation worse. It spreads primarily by underground rhizomes, and they are stimulated to grow faster and farther by having the aboveground part of the plant pulled.

I’m a Goutweed war veteran, and I have to tell you that you cannot dig it up successfully, either, because it will regrow from a small fragment of rhizome left in the soil, and they break easily.

Sorry to say, Round-Up is literally the only recourse. Anything else you do will only make it worse.

If the goutweed patch is still confined, you could try covering it and a 2-foot margin on all sides with several layers of black plastic for a couple of years. Sometimes that works.

]]> By: Michele Owens http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-2713 Michele Owens Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:20:07 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-2713 I've wondered for years what this weed was called. It likes moist spots at the edges of woods. The really dastardly thing about it is that it sets seed so early in the season--right when you're just getting to work on your vegetable garden or mulching your flower-beds and don't want to be interrupted by any weeding jobs. I’ve wondered for years what this weed was called. It likes moist spots at the edges of woods. The really dastardly thing about it is that it sets seed so early in the season–right when you’re just getting to work on your vegetable garden or mulching your flower-beds and don’t want to be interrupted by any weeding jobs.

]]> By: Annie in Austin http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-1547 Annie in Austin Mon, 22 May 2006 02:37:17 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-1547 Update: today we went to see the last steam locomotive made for Union Pacific, built in 1944. The train was passing through Austin from San Antonio and had stopped so that RR fans and families with kids could see it up close. As we walked away from the station along the tracks, I noticed a huge stand of garlic mustard! First time I ran into it here. Annie Update: today we went to see the last steam locomotive made for Union Pacific, built in 1944. The train was passing through Austin from San Antonio and had stopped so that RR fans and families with kids could see it up close.

As we walked away from the station along the tracks, I noticed a huge stand of garlic mustard! First time I ran into it here.

Annie

]]> By: Nancy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-1474 Nancy Fri, 19 May 2006 16:05:07 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-1474 I am another cold climate gardener, with areas of our land zone 3 or even 2. A new plant that just started coming up everywhere last year is yellow bedstraw. I'm not sure what to do other than keep mowing it down. Another one that arrived via some plant a few years ago is the horrible goutweed. I work at pulling it out constantly. And then when the town groomed our road, suddenly we started getting yellow thistle. They are the bane of my gardening life. : I am another cold climate gardener, with areas of our land zone 3 or even 2. A new plant that just started coming up everywhere last year is yellow bedstraw. I’m not sure what to do other than keep mowing it down. Another one that arrived via some plant a few years ago is the horrible goutweed. I work at pulling it out constantly. And then when the town groomed our road, suddenly we started getting yellow thistle. They are the bane of my gardening life. :

]]> By: Palema http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/05/14/mothers-day-mustard-pull/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Palema Fri, 19 May 2006 11:22:25 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=588#comment-1469 Ok. But you could do triage on the writing tasks, same as on the weeding, as I saw in your article in the new issue of a href="http://www.hortmag.com/" title="Horticulture magazine website">Horticulture magazine -- nice piece, by the way! It's what reminded me to return to your website! In other words, you need not wait til you have the perfect essay, but just drop us a few lines now and then..... Ok. But you could do triage on the writing tasks, same as on the weeding, as I saw in your article in the new issue of a href=”http://www.hortmag.com/” title=”Horticulture magazine website”>Horticulture magazine — nice piece, by the way! It’s what reminded me to return to your website!

In other words, you need not wait til you have the perfect essay, but just drop us a few lines now and then…..

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