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07,08,07, 21:24
Many of the monocarpic weeds can mature in a matter of weeks and produce seed, if the growing conditions are favourable, allowing them to have several generations in a season. These are known as Ephemeral plants due to this transient behaviour. Examples are Chickweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/chickwed.htm), Thale Cress (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/thalecress.htm) and Hairy Bittercress (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/hairybcrs.htm), which are usually categorised as Annuals, although the latter can be a Biennial if it germinates in the autumn.
The two pages Weed Removal (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedremoval.htm) and Weed Prevention (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedprevent.htm) give methods on the treatment of the weeds after they have been identified. There are monogragphs for weed plants listed on the right which include details on their growth habits and methods of eradication. For a quick reference try the Weed Leaf (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedlf.htm) or Weed Seedling (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedseedgs.htm) pages first to identify the weed you're after.
Examples of herbicides (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedkill.htm) to use are included, but usually they can be treated without resorting to chemicals. A squirt of Glyphosate is usually the best solution for deep-rooted perennial weeds growing in awkward places where digging would be difficult, like paths or around the roots of established plants and hedges. Also when removing persistant weeds like Ground-elder (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/ground-elder.htm) spraying the regrowth speeds up the process of eradication.
Not all of the physical manifestations which appear in the garden are dealt with in the weed section of this site. The mushroom-like growths are fruiting bodies of some plant diseases so are mentioned elsewhere (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/disease.htm), or they can be attached to Mycorrhizal Fungi (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/mycorrhiza.htm) which are beneficial to plants.
There are some weeds such as Broad-leaved Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhb.htm), Dandelion which have wind-blown seed and will always return, but most can be eradicated with vigilance and following the correct method of removal. If the really troublesome ones such as Couchgrass, Ground-elder, Horsetail and Bindweed are absent then count yourself lucky and ensure they never arrive. Also it would appear that we are suffering from "Antipodean Revenge", we sent them our criminals and missfits during the Transportation of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, but now we have Least Yellow Sorrel (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/sorrel_least%20yel.htm), New Zealand Bittercress (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bittercress_nzlnd.htm), New Zealand Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/newzealandwillow.htm), New Zealand Pigmyweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/wayward.htm) and Pirri-pirri-burr (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/pirri-pirriburr.htm) to contend with as well as pests like :bigsmile:UPWARD STEMS
Borage (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/borage.htm)
Bracken (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bracken.htm)
Broad-leaved Dock (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/dock.htm)
Corn Spurry (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/spurry.htm)
Cow Parsley (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/cowparsley.htm)
Creeping Thistle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/creepthistle.htm)
Spear Thistle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/spearth.htm)
Marsh Thistle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/marshthis.htm)
Enchanter's Nightshade (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/enchanter.htm)
Fat Hen (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/fathen.htm)
Feverfew (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/feverfew.htm)
Field forget-me-not (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/forget_field.htm)
True Forget-me-not (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/forget_true.htm)
Foxglove (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/foxglove.htm)
Common Fumitory (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/fumitory.htm)
Green Alkanet (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/alkanet.htm)
Groundsel (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/groundsel.htm)
Herb Robert (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/herbrob.htm)
Hedge Woundwort (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/hedgewound.htm)
Himalayan Balsam (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/himalbals.htm)
Horsetail (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/horsetail.htm)
Japanese Knotweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/japknot.htm)
Marsh Cudweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/cudweed.htm)
Stinging Nettle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/nettle.htm)
Common Hemp-nettle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/hempnettle.htm)
Nipplewort (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/nipplewort.htm)
Petty Spurge (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/petspurge.htm)
Pineappleweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/pineappleweed.htm)
Purple Loosestrife (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/loosestrife.htm)
Oilseed Rape (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/rape.htm)
Common Spotted Orchid (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/orchid.htm)
Redshank (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/redshank.htm)
Red Valerian (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/valerian.htm)
Ragwort (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/ragwort.htm)
Sow-thistles (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/sowthistle.htm)
Wall Lettuce (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/wall_lettuce.htm)
*Broad-leaved Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhb.htm)
Marsh Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhrbmarsh.htm)
*Short-fruited Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowherb_short.htm)
Great Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhrbgreat.htm)
Rosebay Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/rbaywherb.htm)
Yarrow (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/yarrow.htm) GRASS-LIKE
*Annual Meadow-grass (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/annualmedgr.htm)
Couchgrass (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/couchgrass.htm)
Soft Rush (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/rush.htm)
Toadrush (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/toadrush.htm)
Field Wood-rush (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/fldwodrsh.htm)
Yorkshire Fog (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/yorkfog.htm)
SCRAMBLERS
Cleavers (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/cleavers.htm)
Hedge Bindweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bindweed.htm)
Field Bindweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bindweedfield.htm)
Bramble (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bramble.htm)
Ivy (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/ivy.htm)
Vetch (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/vetch.htm)
The two pages Weed Removal (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedremoval.htm) and Weed Prevention (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedprevent.htm) give methods on the treatment of the weeds after they have been identified. There are monogragphs for weed plants listed on the right which include details on their growth habits and methods of eradication. For a quick reference try the Weed Leaf (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedlf.htm) or Weed Seedling (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedseedgs.htm) pages first to identify the weed you're after.
Examples of herbicides (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedkill.htm) to use are included, but usually they can be treated without resorting to chemicals. A squirt of Glyphosate is usually the best solution for deep-rooted perennial weeds growing in awkward places where digging would be difficult, like paths or around the roots of established plants and hedges. Also when removing persistant weeds like Ground-elder (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/ground-elder.htm) spraying the regrowth speeds up the process of eradication.
Not all of the physical manifestations which appear in the garden are dealt with in the weed section of this site. The mushroom-like growths are fruiting bodies of some plant diseases so are mentioned elsewhere (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/disease.htm), or they can be attached to Mycorrhizal Fungi (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/mycorrhiza.htm) which are beneficial to plants.
There are some weeds such as Broad-leaved Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhb.htm), Dandelion which have wind-blown seed and will always return, but most can be eradicated with vigilance and following the correct method of removal. If the really troublesome ones such as Couchgrass, Ground-elder, Horsetail and Bindweed are absent then count yourself lucky and ensure they never arrive. Also it would appear that we are suffering from "Antipodean Revenge", we sent them our criminals and missfits during the Transportation of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, but now we have Least Yellow Sorrel (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/sorrel_least%20yel.htm), New Zealand Bittercress (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bittercress_nzlnd.htm), New Zealand Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/newzealandwillow.htm), New Zealand Pigmyweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/wayward.htm) and Pirri-pirri-burr (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/pirri-pirriburr.htm) to contend with as well as pests like :bigsmile:UPWARD STEMS
Borage (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/borage.htm)
Bracken (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bracken.htm)
Broad-leaved Dock (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/dock.htm)
Corn Spurry (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/spurry.htm)
Cow Parsley (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/cowparsley.htm)
Creeping Thistle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/creepthistle.htm)
Spear Thistle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/spearth.htm)
Marsh Thistle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/marshthis.htm)
Enchanter's Nightshade (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/enchanter.htm)
Fat Hen (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/fathen.htm)
Feverfew (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/feverfew.htm)
Field forget-me-not (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/forget_field.htm)
True Forget-me-not (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/forget_true.htm)
Foxglove (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/foxglove.htm)
Common Fumitory (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/fumitory.htm)
Green Alkanet (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/alkanet.htm)
Groundsel (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/groundsel.htm)
Herb Robert (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/herbrob.htm)
Hedge Woundwort (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/hedgewound.htm)
Himalayan Balsam (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/himalbals.htm)
Horsetail (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/horsetail.htm)
Japanese Knotweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/japknot.htm)
Marsh Cudweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/cudweed.htm)
Stinging Nettle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/nettle.htm)
Common Hemp-nettle (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/hempnettle.htm)
Nipplewort (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/nipplewort.htm)
Petty Spurge (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/petspurge.htm)
Pineappleweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/pineappleweed.htm)
Purple Loosestrife (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/loosestrife.htm)
Oilseed Rape (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/rape.htm)
Common Spotted Orchid (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/orchid.htm)
Redshank (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/redshank.htm)
Red Valerian (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/valerian.htm)
Ragwort (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/ragwort.htm)
Sow-thistles (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/sowthistle.htm)
Wall Lettuce (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/wall_lettuce.htm)
*Broad-leaved Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhb.htm)
Marsh Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhrbmarsh.htm)
*Short-fruited Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowherb_short.htm)
Great Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/willowhrbgreat.htm)
Rosebay Willowherb (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/rbaywherb.htm)
Yarrow (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/yarrow.htm) GRASS-LIKE
*Annual Meadow-grass (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/annualmedgr.htm)
Couchgrass (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/couchgrass.htm)
Soft Rush (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/rush.htm)
Toadrush (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/toadrush.htm)
Field Wood-rush (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/fldwodrsh.htm)
Yorkshire Fog (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/yorkfog.htm)
SCRAMBLERS
Cleavers (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/cleavers.htm)
Hedge Bindweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bindweed.htm)
Field Bindweed (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bindweedfield.htm)
Bramble (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bramble.htm)
Ivy (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/ivy.htm)
Vetch (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/vetch.htm)