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Post by Lou78W on Jun 5, 2011 14:34:07 GMT
If it is hogweed it will take quite a few doses of weedkiller to get rid of it  ...i t can give you horrible disfiguring burns/blisters  You are thinking of 'Giant Hogweed' Lou. The ordinary hogweed will only affect susceptible people. In fact as kids we used it for peashooters. here in my wildlife garden it is growing well and smothered in insect attracting flowers. i don't seem to be affected much by plants apart from the obvious Nettles. Have to wear long sleeves too when getting to grips with Leylandii and also picking runner beans.  Ah of course.....she didn't say it was the giant one....silly me  |
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Post by Geranium on Jun 5, 2011 19:00:52 GMT
I had a disaster today, and I've no idea how it happened. I found three of my beautiful cream lupins snapped off. The others are bent over, too - we haven't had any wind or rain, so I'm puzzled, and upset about it too. |
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Post by Lou78W on Jun 5, 2011 19:02:42 GMT
Oh dear ....a fox?....a badger?...a stray dog?.....such a shame for your lovely lupins |
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Post by Cherry on Jun 5, 2011 19:22:43 GMT
I do have giant Hogweed. I can't dig it out, so I cut it off with the spade, making sure it is before the flowers have set seed. It is helping.
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Post by Lou78W on Jun 5, 2011 19:50:27 GMT
I assume the "chopping" of it weakens the plant ? is it a problem in the area generally?
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jun 5, 2011 20:16:43 GMT
I do have giant Hogweed. I can't dig it out, so I cut it off with the spade, making sure it is before the flowers have set seed. It is helping. I'm afraid it will take more than that to get rid of it, if you cut it off near to the roots and fill the stalk with weed killer or creosote it has a fair chance of killing it. |
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Post by Geranium on Jun 5, 2011 20:18:30 GMT
Oh dear ....a fox?....a badger?...a stray dog?.....such a shame for your lovely lupins No idea, Lou. Not Henry, anyway. It was before he went out. |
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Post by Rosie on Jun 6, 2011 17:28:29 GMT
I do have giant Hogweed. I can't dig it out, so I cut it off with the spade, making sure it is before the flowers have set seed. It is helping. I'm afraid it will take more than that to get rid of it, if you cut it off near to the roots and fill the stalk with weed killer or creosote it has a fair chance of killing it. It is really nasty stuff, i think i have said before that graham got burnt with it and his arms, hands and face got splashed, luckily it just missed his eyes |
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Post by merlin on Jun 6, 2011 18:16:28 GMT
I do have giant Hogweed. I can't dig it out, so I cut it off with the spade, making sure it is before the flowers have set seed. It is helping. I'm afraid it will take more than that to get rid of it, if you cut it off near to the roots and fill the stalk with weed killer or creosote it has a fair chance of killing it. I'm not certain but here the council will get rid of it for you. Might be worth a call. |
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Post by Rosie on Jun 9, 2011 18:26:51 GMT
Aren't councils meant to control hogweed?? I have heard that some mortgage lenders will refuse a mortgage on a property if there is Japanese Knotweed on the site |
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Post by Cherry on Jun 9, 2011 18:59:32 GMT
I doubt I would get help from the council here. Farms are different to houses in suburbs.
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...it can give you horrible disfiguring burns/blisters 
