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Plant or weed?

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  • 31-05-2015 1:47pm
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    brightkane
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    Anyone ideas before I rip it out?!


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    endacl
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    No idea. What are you talking about?


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    Red Hare
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    You need to post a pic! :)


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    brightkane
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    Sorry on phone and pic failed due to size. Didn't know the thread went ahead. Will get onto a pc and attach. Doh!


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    brightkane
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    Here we go


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    brightkane
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    Here we go


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    celticbhoy27
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    Looks like a weed. Willowherb perhaps


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    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Have it all over my drive, can't shift it, annoying stuff. Weed killer does the job, then its back days or weeks after.


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    brightkane
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    Drat. I shall exterminate. Thanks folks.


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    NIMAN
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    On the subject of weeds, how did nature decide that they can grow so well, yet when I plant flowers or plants they often take ages to grow or die off?

    Yet weeds can grow in a millimetre of soil !!


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    tampopo
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    Yeah, I consider it a weed. On the plus side, it's easy to yank out. Grab near the base.


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    celticbhoy27
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    NIMAN wrote: »
    On the subject of weeds, how did nature decide that they can grow so well, yet when I plant flowers or plants they often take ages to grow or die off?

    Yet weeds can grow in a millimetre of soil !!

    To be honest I think its we're the problem. If things like dandelions were rare species we'd prob think they're beautiful and sew them in our beds and borders. When something thrives with little input from ourselves there's an element of snobbery which exists.


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    MOTM
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    brightkane wrote: »
    Here we go

    A weed. Look forward to long years of it thriving everywhere. It's a pain.


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    galljga1
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    My favourite 'weed' is the plain old daisy. A lawn full of daisies in bloom, what can be wrong with that?
    Buttercups under a whitethorn/beech hedge? Totally natural.
    Wild flowers in a meadow. Sadly, a sight you see less and less.
    Don't get me wrong, I have a few beds in which no 'weed' is allowed grow but I think we get carried away trying to have the perfect garden.


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    mikeymouse
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    Looks like Japanese knotweed to me.
    If it is you've got a problem, it will knock that wall if it is not eradicated.
    http://invasivespeciesireland.com/toolkit/invasive-plant-management/terrestrial-plants/japanese-knotweed/


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    tampopo
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    it's definitely not JK.


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