Anyone know what weed/plant these are?

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  September 2022

  Horseweed,  there seems to be a lot of it about this year.  Must like hot dry climate. 

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• solace656YGGqEe7b Posts: 3

  September 2022

  Is it easy to get rid off, how do I go about doing it?

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  September 2022

  Just pull them up,  I don’t think they are very deep rooted.  Hopefully it hasn’t shed seeds yet,  so you’ll be ok,  may  not even see any next year. 🤞🏻

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  September 2022

  This is what you don’t want to happen,   Hundreds of seeds in one head.
  
  

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• solace656YGGqEe7b Posts: 3

  September 2022

  
  
  Thank you, would you say that these are all horsetail? or a different type of weed?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  September 2022 edited September 2022

  Horsetail and Horseweed are two very different plants. 

  
  

  Horsetail = https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/horsetail 
  
  Horseweed = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/158639/i-erigeron-canadensis-i/details 
  
  A clearer photo would help us to identify any other weeds you have there. 😊 

  
  

  Take no notice of the unhelpful remarks. Probably taken too much home brewed cider 🙄 

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

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