Dock

blackhobbescat · « **on:** November 13, 2007, 18:40 »

Down on the plot the other day soing some more clearing, and dug up a dock. No word of a lie, the root was 2/3 the length of my fork!!! :shock: If only the carrots grew like that! I have never seen such an enormous plant, it just shows how neglected the place is!

I wish I had my camera with me for proof, but alas, I'm not that organised!

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #1 on:** November 13, 2007, 18:43 »

And if you leave any root in... back it will come

Trillium · « **Reply #2 on:** November 13, 2007, 18:54 »

When I moved here I found a few dock plants like BHC has. From a small cap, I poured several drops of undiluted Roundup on the freshly cut stump and haven't seen them since. Not something I recommend with all weeds, just the mega rooting ones.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #3 on:** November 13, 2007, 18:56 »

Good tip Trillium

WG. · « **Reply #4 on:** November 13, 2007, 19:19 »

A dochan that size will have been producing seed for years hence. Expect a nice crop of dock seedlings to follow. :?

Fenland Girl · « **Reply #5 on:** November 13, 2007, 20:14 »

My plot is covered with dock

But I have managed to clear quite a lot of it by out relentlessly digging it out - and my chickens go absolutely mad for it!! They run round and round their pen when they see me picking handfuls for them!

blackhobbescat · « **Reply #6 on:** November 13, 2007, 22:03 »

I must admit that the soil is amazing, having been worked for so long (prior to the recent neglect). They seem to come up intact, without too much effort. If I was finding dock like these in my garden, then I would have had a hernia by now trying to dig them out, as we are in a very clayey area (hence the name "Red-ditch").

DellDGM · « **Reply #7 on:** November 13, 2007, 23:13 »

What is dock?

muntjac · « **Reply #8 on:** November 13, 2007, 23:15 »

Quote from: "DellDGM"

What is dock?

its burdock ....

WG. · « **Reply #9 on:** November 13, 2007, 23:19 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

Quote from: "DellDGM"
What is dock?

its burdock ....

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex

Burdock is different http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdock

DellDGM · « **Reply #10 on:** November 14, 2007, 06:52 »

thanks - I didn't know what burdock was either but the wikipedia links helped

Rampant_Weasel · « **Reply #11 on:** November 14, 2007, 10:03 »

the roots on weeds are surprisingly large, when i first dug my patch in my garden - it was just lawn b4- some of the weed roots were the full depth of my spade.

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Dock

Trillium

WG.

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