Comments on: Time to pull the Garlic Mustard http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/ Which side of the leash do you want to be on? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:41:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: lovethflowers http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8993 lovethflowers Tue, 27 May 2008 20:02:02 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8993 We bought our 3 Acre lot in Brookfield (mostly woods) when we saw it covered with Spring Beauty, violets, Bloodroot, anemone, hepatica, trillium, soooo beautiful in spring, but when I learned about the invasive Garlic Mustard coming very strongly into the area, I had to do what I needed to do to protect the flowers. One of the first years I pulled out 92 garbage bags of it out of the woods & clearing, & have finally given up on the back acre or so. Every plant you miss has a potential of 150 or so more plants, and the seeds are viable for 15 years or so---NOT GOOD!! Start early, pull them at the bottom of the stem, where you find a node, and force it out with your finger to be sure to get the root. I go out every 2 weeks or so to check for new growth. I've been doing this for maybe 10 years, but its become rampant in Brookfield. We bought our 3 Acre lot in Brookfield (mostly woods) when we saw it covered with Spring Beauty, violets, Bloodroot, anemone, hepatica, trillium, soooo beautiful in spring, but when I learned about the invasive Garlic Mustard coming very strongly into the area, I had to do what I needed to do to protect the flowers. One of the first years I pulled out 92 garbage bags of it out of the woods & clearing, & have finally given up on the back acre or so. Every plant you miss has a potential of 150 or so more plants, and the seeds are viable for 15 years or so—NOT GOOD!! Start early, pull them at the bottom of the stem, where you find a node, and force it out with your finger to be sure to get the root. I go out every 2 weeks or so to check for new growth. I’ve been doing this for maybe 10 years, but its become rampant in Brookfield.

]]> By: mkelover http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8054 mkelover Tue, 01 May 2007 20:42:50 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8054 I blame George W. Bush for the spread of Garlic Mustard. It must be his fault and a direct result of global warming and big oil. I blame George W. Bush for the spread of Garlic Mustard. It must be his fault and a direct result of global warming and big oil.

]]> By: Mortified West Allis Resident http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8053 Mortified West Allis Resident Tue, 01 May 2007 20:14:20 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8053 Just be careful you don't rip out the beautiful and perfectly native Rocket Lulgaria...the spring leaves of the rocket plant look almost identical to that disgusting garlic mustard...Good Luck--I nuked the patch in my yard two years ago and so far it hasn't come back!!!!! Just be careful you don’t rip out the beautiful and perfectly native Rocket Lulgaria…the spring leaves of the rocket plant look almost identical to that disgusting garlic mustard…Good Luck–I nuked the patch in my yard two years ago and so far it hasn’t come back!!!!!

]]> By: Tom Gaertner http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8051 Tom Gaertner Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:02:55 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8051 Wouldn't it be easier to nuke the stuff while it's actively growing - with let's say - a 6% solution of glyphosate? I've been putting some serious hurt on reed canary grass for the last few years and I'm actually gaining the upper hand. The herbicide treatment is less labor-intensive (allowing for much more coverage) and depletes the seed bank just as effectively. Either way, the garlic mustard scum must die. Wouldn’t it be easier to nuke the stuff while it’s actively growing - with let’s say - a 6% solution of glyphosate?

I’ve been putting some serious hurt on reed canary grass for the last few years and I’m actually gaining the upper hand.

The herbicide treatment is less labor-intensive (allowing for much more coverage) and depletes the seed bank just as effectively.

Either way, the garlic mustard scum must die.

]]> By: Lori Lowling-Kwiat http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8049 Lori Lowling-Kwiat Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:14:02 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/time-to-pull-the-garlic-mustard/#comment-8049 Jim: I had no idea. I just looked that up at Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin [ http://www.ipaw.org/invaders/garlic_mustard/gm.htm ]. It's all over my backyard (in MASS) - I thought it was kinda pretty when it bloomed. DOH. Jim:

I had no idea. I just looked that up at Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin [ http://www.ipaw.org/invaders/garlic_mustard/gm.htm ].

It’s all over my backyard (in MASS) - I thought it was kinda pretty when it bloomed. DOH.

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