Message from @V.Balboa - PA

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2018-07-24 13:45:22 UTC  

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2018-07-24 13:45:59 UTC  

Flowers: 50-150 white, small, many borne in large, loose umbels at tops of stems. Blooms late June through August.

2018-07-24 13:46:04 UTC  

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2018-07-24 13:46:54 UTC  

Stems: often purple-mottled, up to 4-in in diameter, hollow and ridged.

2018-07-24 13:47:01 UTC  

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2018-07-24 13:47:24 UTC  

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2018-07-24 13:50:09 UTC  

Physical/Mechanical Control: Hogweed is difficult to control due to its toxic effects on the skin. A small number of plants can be hand dug, but care should be taken to remove most of the root and to protect skin and eyes.

Repeated mowing does not kill the plant and causes resprouting, but it may weaken the plant if done consistently and persistently enough to starve the roots. Chemical Control: Foliar treatments with glyphosate (trade name “roundup”) or triclopyr ( trade name “garlon”) have been effective. Glyphosate is considered the most effective herbicide and should be used in spring and early summer when plants are less than three feet tall. A follow-up application in midsummer may be necessary. Use caution around desirable species since glyphosate is non-selective.

2018-07-24 13:52:30 UTC  

If anyone has questions concerning invasive plants, native plants, identification of plants feel free to ask any time, I do this for a living and I want to help make everyone more aware of this beautiful green earth, and our responsibility as it’s stewards.

2018-07-24 17:44:29 UTC  

@horticult Is there any place on-line to track Hogweed's spread?

2018-07-24 17:47:59 UTC  

Unfortunately there is no one specific place to track the spread of invasive plants, this website puts out alerts on all invasive species and they update when it’s spotted in new areas. https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/index.shtml.

2018-07-24 17:49:37 UTC  

City or state parks services are the best resource to find out if a new invasive species has been spotted in your area.

2018-07-24 17:50:38 UTC  

Unfortunately most invasive occur on residential land, and oftentimes the landowner is not informed of the potential ecological threat.

2018-07-24 19:23:10 UTC  

Snake head fish have been a huge problem too..also from Asia

2018-07-24 19:26:53 UTC  

Silver carp too.

2018-07-27 06:16:53 UTC  

It's like Kudzu, those Asians are killing us. Yikes.

2018-07-27 12:27:59 UTC  

The State bird of South Dakota is the Chinese ring necked pheasant and killing it is a major tourist attraction for us here.

2018-08-06 04:12:40 UTC  

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2018-08-06 04:12:48 UTC  

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2018-08-06 04:13:00 UTC  

My grape's

2018-08-06 04:19:03 UTC  

I have a great book on viticulture if your interested in it

2018-08-06 04:19:58 UTC  

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2018-08-08 04:05:43 UTC  

@V.Balboa - PA that's awesome

2018-08-10 03:04:18 UTC  

nice!!!!

2018-08-30 10:49:49 UTC  

Anyone have methods to get tomatoes to be less acidic? Mine are coming in overly acidic and tart. The problem is in all 4 varieties I planted so I don’t think it’s just the variety.

2018-09-15 12:50:07 UTC  

Dam I wish I would have saw your post earlier @Prestor John Add more Garden Lime to your soil

2018-09-15 14:29:33 UTC  

@V.Balboa - PA thanks. Next year my tomatoes will be on point!

2018-09-15 16:10:07 UTC  

No problem just Remember to save All your leaves this Fall

2018-09-15 16:10:20 UTC  
2019-01-12 00:42:37 UTC  

Spinach sprouted!

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2019-01-27 14:08:53 UTC  

Nice but How are you growing them in the Winter ?

2019-01-27 14:34:15 UTC  

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2019-01-27 14:35:07 UTC  

This is my Garden area don't forget to rake and bag all the leaves that you can for spring

2019-01-27 14:35:27 UTC  

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2019-01-27 14:35:59 UTC  

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2019-01-27 14:37:45 UTC  

because when the weather breaks I till them into the soil and pile the rest into a large pile to decompose into Leave compost which is The Best Compost you can have

2019-01-27 14:38:38 UTC  

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2019-01-27 14:39:13 UTC  

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2019-01-27 14:39:39 UTC  

the results speak for themselves

2019-01-27 15:33:01 UTC  

it will turn your soil into a subsistence known as "Black Earth"

2019-01-27 15:33:22 UTC  

which is soil that is super high in carbon

2019-01-27 18:00:24 UTC  

Loamy goodness.