WHAT PHONE APPS ARE AVAILABLE
FOR WEED IDENTIFICATION?
• EDDMaps (invasive tracker app)
• Picture This: Apple app free or cost for premium+ services
for iPhones and iPads only
• Plant Snap: Apple only – free or cost for premium+ services
• Pl@ntNet: Apple, Google Play or online
• Google Lens App from Google Play, also works
on Android phones
• iNaturalist App from Google Play works on
Android phones as well
WHERE CAN YOU PURCHASE
HORTICULTURAL VINEGAR?
JoAnne did a quick search – looks like you can buy online and
at some “Big Box” stores. Check with your local hardware and
garden supply stores as well.
TIPS ON USING HOT WATER
AS A WEED KILLER:
Hot water and any contact herbicides need to be used ONLY on
the plants that you want to kill. You must be careful with boiling
water, as it will kill roots on plants like nearby, desirable plants.
I HAVE WHAT I BELIEVE IS PRIVET,
OR CHINESE PRIVET.
The birds and bees seem to like it, with some bird nests.
Isn’t privet invasive? Should I remove it?
YES! Chinese privet (Ligustrum Sienese) is extremely invasive
in our area. As Cobb Master Gardener Becky Blades put it:
“Never leave privet for the birds!”
Chinese Privet
MY PRIVET
WITH NESTS
(NOTE: we assumed birds nests)
is blocking where I want to grow a food
garden, but I don’t want to disturb pollinators.
I don’t have many sunny spots to work with.
The best solution for this situation is to remove the privet when
the birds have left the nest, establish your vegetable garden
and surround it with native and non-invasive pollinator plants!
Here is a list of great substitutes that make the birds, bees,
vegetables and Mother Nature happy!
I HAVE TOO MUCH BLUE GRASS
(POA ANNUA). OTHER THAN HERBICIDE,
ANY IDEAS TO REMOVE?
Annual bluegrass can produce 2,000 seeds per plant. It is easy
plant to pull if you start as soon as you see any growing. It is a
winter weed, which can be seen from September/October
through May. Conditions that are favorable for annual
bluegrass may include compacted soil, high fertility soil, moist
fertile soil, poorly drained soil or too much shade. Annual
bluegrass seeds can sprout as low as ½ inch above the ground.
pre- and Post emergent treatment can help in controlling it.
Blue Grass
MAY 2021 | COBB LIFE 21
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