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how can I get rid of chick weed?

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starry

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how can I get rid of chick weed?
« on: July 19, 2012, 15:39 »
I  inherited the blooming stuff from some horse manure, it's in 2 beds and its getting on my nerves I put weed killer down in April and the darn stuff still came back, its awful you cant pull it up as it just tears at the roots  :mad: 
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Kirpi

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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2012, 15:50 »
Just pull it and leave it where it is - it rots down quickly and feeds the soil.

It is also edible.
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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2012, 15:52 »
And chickens love it!  :)
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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 15:52 »
yes    dig it in,,good green manure,,sort of lol   its fine
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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 16:41 »
Keep hoeing it off, it's not the same plants coming back, it's more seeds germinating  :(

I have loads this year as well  ::)
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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 17:47 »
Not being cursed with any of the really nasty weeds like marestail and bindweed I rate chickweed as the most annoying of my collection - as starry says it easily snaps off rather than pulling out in one piece, and it seeds like lightning if you turn your back for a moment!  :mad:

Slices off pretty easily with a sharp hoe but only when the surface is dry (ha ha!)  :nowink:
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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2012, 17:49 »
That's the problem though isn't it Jay?  When the surface is dry, most of the weeds die off lying on the ground, but in this weather they re-root so easily.

Chickweed is easy to pull up though if you find where the root is as it creeps along so much.
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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2012, 17:59 »
You might like to read this....

http://paulkirtley.co.uk/2011/difference-between-chickweed-and-yellow-pimpernel/


Before you eat any chick weed
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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2012, 18:46 »
I think anyone who could potentially confuse chickweed with Yellow Pimpernel has probably already choked to death on a marrow believing it was a tomato!

(Always best to be safe than sorry, though.)  :)
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starry

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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2012, 21:36 »
well I just found this on the ole www.
Folklore
 Chickweed water is an old wives' remedy for obesity.
I could be set to make my fortune   8)

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allot2learn

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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2012, 23:40 »
I'm thinking about liquid feeds now but I presume that chickweed could be used in much the same way that we we use nettles or comfrey to make a liquid feed, but which veg would it be good for?  :blush:
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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2012, 09:02 »
I believe that comfrey's, and presumably also nettle's 'USP' is that they are deep rooted so they can reach and store nutrients unavailable to more shallow-rooted plants, so on that basis I wouldn't expect chickweed to have any more 'goodness' in it than any other annual weed.
OK to compost though (unless it's already run to seed!  :ohmy:)
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allot2learn

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Re: how can I get rid of chick weed?
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2012, 09:15 »
Quote from: JayG on July 20, 2012, 09:02
I believe that comfrey's, and presumably also nettle's 'USP' is that they are deep rooted so they can reach and store nutrients unavailable to more shallow-rooted plants, so on that basis I wouldn't expect chickweed to have any more 'goodness' in it than any other annual weed.
OK to compost though (unless it's already run to seed!  :ohmy:)

That makes sense. Thanks Jay.
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