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What is this weed? SW Michigan
Andy Johnson
Posts: 14
posted 1 year ago
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Hi, I have a stubborn weed in my blueberry field. I would like to know what it is so I can find better ways of managing it. Maybe there is even a use for it. Does any one recognize this thing? The picture doesn't show it but in the fall it gets a cluster of bulb like formations at the top kind of like a chive/onion. It doesn't smell like anything and is VERY hard to pull out or cut.
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Joylynn Hardesty
Posts: 275
Location: Officially Zone 7b, according to personal obsevations I live in 7a, SW Tennessee
21
posted 1 year ago
The foreground has some dead remains that remind me of bulrush. Is the area frequently wet?
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Scirpus+microcarpus
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Scirpus+microcarpus
Tyler Ludens
pollinator
Posts: 9742
Location: Central Texas USA Latitude 30 Zone 8
183
posted 1 year ago
Possibly Nutsedge Cyperus esculentus?
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/pests-and-problems/weeds/yellow-nutsedge.aspx
http://www.eattheweeds.com/cyperus-esculentus-rotundus-for-lunch-2/
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/pests-and-problems/weeds/yellow-nutsedge.aspx
http://www.eattheweeds.com/cyperus-esculentus-rotundus-for-lunch-2/
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Mike Turner
Posts: 329
Location: Upstate SC
7
posted 1 year ago
Soft rush or common rush (Juncus effusus) native throughout the world in damp locations.
Tyler Ludens
pollinator
Posts: 9742
Location: Central Texas USA Latitude 30 Zone 8
183
Andy Johnson
Posts: 14
Joylynn Hardesty
Posts: 275
Location: Officially Zone 7b, according to personal obsevations I live in 7a, SW Tennessee
21
posted 1 year ago
"...is VERY hard to pull out or cut"
"Any other uses you can think of"
With the stubborn roots, it will help prevent erosion. I have used rushes as mulch, but I don't have many plants.
There are references of using rushes for baskets. Try cutting it with pruners.
"Any other uses you can think of"
With the stubborn roots, it will help prevent erosion. I have used rushes as mulch, but I don't have many plants.
There are references of using rushes for baskets. Try cutting it with pruners.
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You could use them to make rush lights, an alternative to candles. They are made by soaking the rush in heated animal fats and then hanging them up to dry/harden. I first saw it done on the show Tales from the Green Valley I don't remember what episode it was so here is a you tube link to full playlist
You can also see rush lights being made here.
Not as good as a candle but better than nothing.
You can also see rush lights being made here.
Not as good as a candle but better than nothing.
"You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result”
Andy Johnson
Posts: 14
posted 1 year ago
Wow, that is one creative use!
Craig Dobbelyu wrote:You could use them to make rush lights, an alternative to candles. They are made by soaking the rush in heated animal fats and then hanging them up to dry/harden. I first saw it done on the show Tales from the Green Valley I don't remember what episode it was so here is a you tube link to full playlist
You can also see rush lights being made here.
Not as good as a candle but better than nothing.
Wow, that is one creative use!
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