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Does anyone recognise this plant?

Dave19Dave19 Posts: 17

hi everyone, can any name this plant? A few have popped up where a large ribes used to be. Thanks!

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  • SussexsunSussexsun Posts: 1,444

    The dreaded marestail.

    To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.

  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093

    ooh, unlucky

    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • SussexsunSussexsun Posts: 1,444

    When dinosaurs walked this earth they would have been treading on maretail and when we are all dead and buried our great x1000 children will still be trying to eradicate it from their gardens?

    To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.

  • Dave19Dave19 Posts: 17

    Ok thanks sounds great image

  • granmagranma Posts: 1,933

    Yes it remains from the stone age days, but I've heard several times that its also a very use full plant.apart from being a menace it was used as a effective pan scourer. . ,(though I've forgotten what magic the plant contains .)

    through away your pan scrubbers  .a hand full of this works wonders!!!!!! !.......... (so they say!!!!)

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,088

    Not much point trying to dig it up as each teeny bit of root just makes more plants and they go down very deep anyway - far deeper than you or I can dig.   Just keep hoeing the tops and gathering up every scrap.  You can then leave it on a paved area to dry out completely before binning or you can do as M-U suggests and make a stinky tea for your veggies.

    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
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