Help Identify Disease Taking Over Whole Garden
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pls help identify...they're taking over :)
Comments (34)Realtor told my sister that her rose garden, perennial beds, blueberry patch, vegetable garden - all hindrances to selling because people worried about upkeep. She's 81 and did it all single handed but the purchasers have found they can't keep up with it and it has mostly gone back to weeds or is mowed. When we sold my parents' home, the first thing the buyers did was yank out the double lilac hedge along the road - now they get all the dust and noise from the traffic which, presumably, was what they wanted! They also mowed down all the roses and ditto the perennial beds. Lawn was what they wanted and cropped weeds was what they got. They did leave the Hopa crab in front which still stops traffic every spring but they mowed into oblivion the mat of grape hyacinths under it. Just as my neighbors carefully mowed a big swatch of primroses down by the stream until they had eradicated every one. Those primroses needed no care - just not to be mowed. But they had to go anyway. The same neighbors tried to eradicate the crocus in the front lawn but most of them were too small to hit the mower blades. What's with this obsession with grass?...See MoreHelp! What is this taking over my garden.
Comments (9)Looks like a variety of spurge to me. I hate this stuff. A problem with this stuff is that it is a perennial, plus it produces lots and lots of seeds that remain in the soil for years sometimes before sprouting. It loves bare soil....See MoreHelp identify mystery "grass" taking over my lawn
Comments (13)Another option is Gordon Ornamec 170, it's cheaper than 2 bottles of the Bayer and will last you many years. It's also good for other tough weeds like quackgrass and dallisgrass. https://www.amazon.com/Ornamec-170-Herbicide-32-oz/dp/B008MZQE6O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470488280&sr=8-1&keywords=ornamec+170 Yes, you will need to apply a pre-emergent. I recommend prodiamine, it will control this and most other weeds....See MoreHelp! Potentially infested/diseased aloes (maybe whole collection) :\
Comments (11)This is what I fear when people talk about using the dunk method to water their plants. I imagine that one could spread infection from one pot to another. Aloe mites will spread by many methods, why help them. They are mostly spread by wind, but I imagine water could spread them and many other things like bacteria, mold root mealies. That said, I used a common dunk method with pesticide in it , hoping the pesticide would control the any weird bugs. I did not dunk any plant in there that I was treating for Aloe mite (2) or any visible infection. They are WAY on the other side of the building. I treat them with by cutting off the sore and treating with Seven and keeping an eye on them for a year. So far , so good. If the aloe is not to valuable or hard to get, I toss it. Not worth the risk. I treated the healthy looking plants with healthy plants in their dunk and sick mealie plants with sick mealy brethren....See Morewestes Zone 9b California SF Bay
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