What's your most hated weed?

[smstonypoint]

Chinese privet is Number 1 on my list. Japanese privet and kudzu would have tied for that honor if I had them present on my farm. I do have trumpet creeper and multi-flora rose and those two finish in second and third place, respectively.

Steve

 

[deerseeker001]

Burdocks are hard to kill and spread like wildfire.

 

[Furu]

Two that I'm currently battling are Himalayan blackberry and scotch broom. The blackberry succumbs pretty readily to Crossbow herbicide with only a few spot applications afterward for lingering volunteers.

The scotch broom is a tangled mess that's well over six feet high. I'm stumbling into it with a brush saw in the afternoons after work and piling the pieces high for burning but some of the plants are at least 2 inches thick at the base requiring daily sharpening of the saw blade. After cutting, there's the little stumps to deal with that will put a hole in my tractor tires very easily.

While I agree that Himalayan blackberry is a weed that is obnoxious to say the least I think that Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is for me the worst.

Not only is Tansy ragwort toxic but it is classified as a required control Class B noxious weeds. That means if you have it and the government does not think you are doing enough to control it they will come in and control it for you and then bill you for the cost of doing so.

 

[JDgreen227]

While on the subject of invasive species, I have a bumper crop of Autumn Olives growing on my back 5 acres, they are a HUGE problem in this area because they grow so fast and reproduce so quickly. Rather than cutting them down, I use a tractor to yank the entire plant out but the roots still fuel regrowth.

 

[Mickey_Fx]

While I agree that Himalayan blackberry is a weed that is obnoxious to say the least I think that Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is for me the worst.

Not only is Tansy ragwort toxic but it is classified as a required control Class B noxious weeds. That means if you have it and the government does not think you are doing enough to control it they will come in and control it for you and then bill you for the cost of doing so.

Don't have much of a weed problem where I'm living now but when I lived in Oregon, Tansey made the top 2 list. Fortunately, cattle don't much care for it unless it is all they have to eat. Kept it under control with cinnabar moths. They only eat the blooms of the Tansey plant.

On a day to day basis, really hated Pig Weed. All but impossible to control in the garden. It grows where there is no vegetation. Had to weed a couple times a week to try and control it but it was a loosing battle. Good rain in the spring and in about 2 days, the whole garden plot was a blanket of green pig weed. Heavy producer of seeds and seeds can lay dormant in the soil for more than a decade. Unfortunately, spring rains are quite common.

 

[stuckmotor]

Wisteria has choked out many of my pine trees.

 

[Knight9]

I have to go with Chickweed. Hits my garden hard.

 

[Wooddust]

Horse acid or høymole is well-known two names of this plant that I struggle with. up to 9000 seeds on each plant and each of the seeds can survive 50 years in the Field

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That is same as or very close to what we call Sour Dock.

 

[lostcreekranch]

We built out house, at the ranch, in a "just right" clearing in a grove of oaks in one of our pastures. We didn't have to take down a single tree.

The pasture is mostly Coastal Bermuda but with a lot of Bahia grass. Granted the Bahia is not a weed (like it in the other pastures) but, I would sure like to get rid of in the 7-8 acres around the house. I can mow one week and with all the rain we have had the Bahia stems are 12-15 high in a week making the "yard" look like crap.

Anyone have any ideas!

Thanks

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[Arkaybee]

NUTGRASS is a real big problem in many locations. It has an underground NUT that remains there when you pull the above-ground portion and the plant regrows.

There are two varieties-- YELLOW and PURPLE. The yellow variety has a single yellow/golden nut and a yelllow seedhead. The PURPLE variety has a black nut underground and it forms strings of nuts connected by a thread. The seed head is dark and is more difficult to control. I say control because the concensus seems to be that you can't get rid of it, just control it.

A few years ago one of the California universities hosted a conference about NUTGRASS and found that it is the NUMBER ONE weed in size of its economic impact.

In other words bad stuff and you want to avoid it with all diligence.

The undergound growing runner has a sharp tip on it and can pierce roots of other plants.

I have seen it grow through the plastic liner of an above-round pool.
I have also had it grow through a cantaloupe melon I was growing.

Arkaybee