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Weed identification

gavowenwillowsAiqVzJLYgavowenwillowsAiqVzJLY Posts: 2
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Can anybody help identify this weed. 

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It look slike a sucker from a Sumac (Rhus typhina) that is likely to be in the vicinity

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • gavowenwillowsAiqVzJLYgavowenwillowsAiqVzJLY Posts: 2
    Any idea of how to stop them growing, my front garden is over run with them.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    The only time I had a problem with them is when they started popping up in my lawn, but frequent mowing eventually eradicated them.
    Hopefully someone who's had a similar experience to you will be able to come up with some ideas

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    Frequent mowing kills most things, apart from grass and a few hardy wild flowers. It kills mares tail for example.  This doesn’t look like it will survive being chopped down repeatedly, unless it’s still attached to a parent to plant.
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Regular and frequent mowing seems to be the most effective way ... but it does take time for the roots to run out of ooomph even when the parent plant is removed. .  As Emerion has said, if the roots are still attached to a living Rhus then they'll carry on appearing. 

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





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