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What is this weed and best way to get rid of it?

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  • Desi_in_LondonDesi_in_London Posts: 731
    Someone will doubtless correct me if I am wrong, but looks like groundsel to me ( senecio something) - annual weed which spreads by fluffy seedheads ( bit like dandelions) so  I assume pull it out before it gets to that stage. Seems to be everywhere on the pavements outside so am sure a matter of time before it gets to me!
    Kindness is always the right choice.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It's Groundsel, quite easy to pull up. Best not to let it seed or you'll have them everywhere.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • gondorgondor Posts: 135
    Not sure what it is, but I have loads of these, and the seeds are similar to the fluffy white dandelion seeds. I just pull them out. Which I am sick of, but I won't be using weedkillers.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    You need to hoe or pull it out the minute you recognise it cos if it sets seed you'll have weeds for years and years.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2021
    Groundsel ... pull up the bigger ones, hoe out the smaller ones ... give the ones with developing seedheads to the family budgie ... at least that’s what we did when I was small .... waaaaay back when ....

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    or leave a little patch for the Cinnabar caterpillars maybe? They will totally decimate them.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    I’ve picked about 300 of these out of my gravel over the last two weeks. I’m getting them out when they’re about two inches so hopefully I’ll get on top of them at some point. It’s my new early evening ritual. 

    Helps me to de-stress after a day at work. 


  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    The word Groundsel took me back years and I mean years! I haven't seen any in a very long time but when I was young we used to have to look for it and bring it home as the canary loved it! Thanks for the memory!
  • FritillaryFritillary Posts: 498
    Goldfinches like shredding up the seed heads as well. :)
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    @Fritillary That could be the reason I have so many of the darn things (weeds) in my garden.


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