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Wandering Dew!! Blues!!
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Posted by dwcapper5 N.S.W (My Page) on Sun, Mar 31, 02 at 6:05
| I have an organic vegetable garden that has now been invaded by Wandering Dew!! Can anyone help me in puting this weed to rest. The garden may survive with it, but my Jack Russell ( MONTY ) now has the itches to prove it's well and alive in my garden.
Many people have told me that this plant will cause problems with dogs. Please help me with trying to get rid of it from my garden as my dog now is scratching like hell??
Do I spray or is it a job for " get down on your knees and weed like hell!!
Please, someone reply soon as Monty is at his wits end.
David. |
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Hi David. You might try a glyphosate spray (Round Up) on it with some positive results, use it on actively growing leaves as per instructions.
John |
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| I agree with John, There is no other way. If you start pulling it out even the smallest little piece will regrow. Best to treat with Round up or Zero (same thing only different strength.) If you dont want to spray then apply it with a paint brush. The glyphosate wont harm the soil or surrounding plants as long as it doesn't come in contact with their leaves. Good luck. Mountain Girl |
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Best to use a Spray Fix or even Pulse with your Roundup, both a Yates product. Pulse is better it helps break down the structure of the plant and the poison will travel through the plant's system better. Spray early morning or evening as the plants absorb the spray better as it is usually actively growing at those times.
Heather |
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| Round Up, Zero, heavy gloves and a strong pull. Try painting it with Blackberry poison, or turps, or boiling salted water - anything! Start from the outside, pulling up every vestige, and work your way inwards until it's gone. BTW it's Wandering Jew, although perhaps this is not particularly politically correct these days. |
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Hi,
My vet said that he used diesel painted onto the leaves to kill W.J. He told me that this worked for him. |
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| I was once told that if you fertilise wandering jew it acts a a killer.? |
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| You will have to spray it regualarly for a long time. My mum had some at her place about 2 years ago, I drenched it with Roundup but it didnt die off completely and is still coming through now! I sprayed it every 2 weeks for a while then once every month or two. It just keeps coming back but its under control if I keep poisonig it. Less and less comes back. Hopefully it will eventually stop! |
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I used to work as a bush regenerator and it is a nightmare to get rid of. We had our best luck when we used Roundup with a surfactant as was suggested by John and others. The cheap option is just to add a few drops of detergent to your Roiundup mix - this helps the Roundup to stick and also penetrate the waxy leaf surface. But sometimes the best option is to just hand weed it out, carefully and methodically.
Good luck
Cherry |
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| What's the best way to dispose of it after pulling up? Got to be careful where you dump it! |
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| Leave it on concrete until it is shrivelled up. As part of the Parks and Gardens trade course you have to do pressings of weeds. I remember my teacher saying "No Wandering Dew". He reckons it started growing in the Herbarium box one time when it was left over the holidays. |
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| Just been reading the Tropicals Forum - they're growing it on purpose! They say it looks nice! |
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If you have to go the herbicide route, another option is Starane. (If you have questions about toxicity, there is information on Google under "starane msds")
Alas poor Monty...
Rose |
Here is a link that might be useful: environmental weed control
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