I (foolishly) let a plant with thorns and sharp leaves get rather large next to my house. Now I'm finding it tough to tear it all out because it's so well established. Can anybody help me identify the plant so I can try to figure out if I'm killing enough of it so that it won't come back? I live in Colorado. A picture of the plant is
here and a close up of the yellow flowers/leaves is
here.
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posted by warble
on May 13, 2013 -
6 answers
So, about a year and a half ago, we bought a house! Awesome. For the first time, I have a back yard and a front yard and a lawn and...
stuff, and I don't know, maybe because I'm old and boring now, I've started to give a crap about making my lawn look nice. Something is really starting to piss me off...
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posted by kbanas
on May 11, 2013 -
25 answers
I've recently moved from renting an apartment in a complex to renting a privately-owned duplex. It has a little (8 ft by about 15 ft) yard-ish thing right now that I would like to transform into a real yard. The owners won't pay for it, but would be fine with whatever I do to it. The problem is, right now the yard is completely overrun with weeds; everything else gets choked out by them. I don't know what kind of weeds, there's a variety of them. The other problem is that I live in Phoenix and the ground is very hard and dry so pulling the weeds by hand is going to be... difficult if not impossible. I've seen previous yard questions, but I am a special desert-dwelling snowflake and a little bit of a hippy, so I'm looking for more ideas than the "poison the whole thing" that I see in some of the other questions and also Phoenix-specific advice.
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posted by Weeping_angel
on May 5, 2013 -
20 answers
Weed or flower filter: I was on vacation for a week or so and now there is a bunch of stuff here that I can't identify. HELP!
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posted by gwenlister
on Jul 7, 2012 -
10 answers
What is this plant (or weed) growing in my back yard? It has multiple, thick stems with tiny thorns, green leaves that turn light green/reddish as the plant gets bigger, and a big root system with roots that are woody and slightly rubbery. It does not have any tendrils or flowers and left to grow, it begins to resemble a small tree.
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posted by lbo
on Jun 14, 2012 -
10 answers
I could really use some help identifying some plants that have popped up in my garden.
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posted by wwax
on May 3, 2012 -
14 answers
Am working on a project to photograph some weeds in my area as pictorial reference for allergy patients. I can find pictures of specimens, but I must use original work. When I go out weed hunting, I cannot tell the difference between mustard or golden rod or ragweed (for example). Any ideas for a field guide, including a budding botanist? This is for Southern California.
posted by Don92705
on Oct 17, 2011 -
5 answers
We've recently moved into a new place with an empty lot. The previous tenants used parts of the lot to garden, but it's now overgrown with a mix of food plants and weeds. Over the past month, we've had
this plant popping up. It looks sort of spinachy, but we don't want to start mixing it into salads unless it's actually edible. Can anyone identify it? Closer look
here.
posted by tau_ceti
on Apr 29, 2011 -
15 answers
What is the best thing to do about all the weeds in my yard? There's hardly any grass remaining.
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posted by rahnefan
on Apr 14, 2011 -
6 answers
I was given an electric Toro weed trimmer. It powers up and the motor seems to function fine, but it's missing the part required to hold the wire. What do I need to attach to it? Some part, some cap, a thingy, a doohickey? Not even sure what to search for or ask for at the hardware store.
Here are pictures of its business end. Can you tell me what I need to buy to make this work?
posted by Mo Nickels
on Sep 4, 2010 -
7 answers
Please help me identify the plants - flowers, weeds, veggies, herbs - in the garden of the house we just bought. There are several plants that I don't recognize, so I'd really appreciate any clues you might have!
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posted by misskaz
on Aug 7, 2010 -
18 answers
My Ryobi string trimmer doesn't feed well. Should I just buy a new head for it or try one of those alternative string trimmer heads?
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posted by mecran01
on Aug 25, 2009 -
7 answers
Asking for my sister: "On the show Weeds, Nancy is always wearing an awesome gold and emerald snake ring on her middle finger. Does anyone know where to get one?"
posted by BuddhaInABucket
on Aug 18, 2009 -
1 answer
Resources for information about field bindweed (
Convolvulus arvensis, perennial morning glory) other than how to kill it?
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posted by epersonae
on Jun 1, 2009 -
9 answers
Is there an alternative to harmful herbicides that will kill weeds but not harm backyard wildlife?
My yard is full of weeds. It looks awful. We're having an awful time getting rid of the weeds because there are just too many to manually pull each out. So my husband wants to use a "Weed and Feed" or some similar weed killer on our entire lawn to kill the weeds, then start seeding grass.
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posted by feeshbitZ
on Mar 14, 2009 -
32 answers
Japanese knotweed is extremely difficult to kill with herbicides such as round up and the like, does anyone have any other ideas or herbicides in mind?
I have a commercial property that has a bad case of this stuff that I can't get control of. I have at least 1000 square feet of this invasive plant and it keeps spreading. I useually run over it with a skid steer loader and knock it down and crush it but it comes right back. Round up does not seem to do anything and I look ridiculous with a little spray bottle of Round Up up against a towering wall of this weed.
Any help?
posted by CFMartin
on Aug 30, 2008 -
15 answers
Short of agent orange, what are my defoliating options? I have a large open lot (45 x 100) in a major city. I need to spray something, lay something, chant something or light something that will insure that I do not have a repeat of last years 7' high weed-forest.
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posted by aleahey
on Apr 9, 2008 -
20 answers
What was the final song on the most recent episode of Weeds? It played during the end credits.
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posted by zoomorphic
on Oct 30, 2007 -
8 answers
Help someone who knows basically nothing about gardening control a never ending growth of weeds
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posted by gfrobe
on Jun 2, 2007 -
22 answers
I have a flower bed in the backyard that has become a weed bed due to gross neglect and needs to be tamed . . .
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posted by vraxoin
on Jul 28, 2006 -
11 answers
I recently seeded a new lawn, about 50x150 feet, in buffalo grass seed. the entire thing is now sprouting in bindweed. is there anything I can do to get rid of bindweed without killing the seedlings? I have been hand pulling them, but it takes approximately 20 hours each weekend. I'm open to any suggestions.
thanks!
posted by pamohearn
on Jul 27, 2005 -
4 answers
Due to a surprisingly large amount of rain in the past few months, my lawn is absolutely bursting with weeds. What do I do?
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posted by oissubke
on Apr 30, 2005 -
23 answers
What's the best way to render a (small) patch of ground (semi-) permanently vegetation-free? [mi]
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posted by cadastral
on Sep 12, 2004 -
21 answers
I need an environmentally safe weed killer. My house is overrun with weeds and I live 100 yards from a water source for 2 million people. I could RoundUp and not worry but my conscious is heavy, but the weeds are gaining ground daily.
posted by stbalbach
on May 24, 2004 -
24 answers
