We live on a working farm, in central Iowa. We have an area, west of our vegetable garden that has an infestation of horseweed. My brother, who farms the land for us, says it's horsweed. I've also googled horsweed, and it sure looks like horseweed. It's grows tall, is very easy to pull out(thank goodness) but there are hundreds of them! Last summer, we pulled every stinkin one of them, only to have the teeny tiny ones that we didn't get pulled, grow up to be just as bad as what we spent hours pulling. In the fall, the weed dies off, becoming a tall, dry, lightweight woody stem, that once again pulls out of the ground easily. I just spend a couple of hours pulling out what was dead from last year.
As I mentioned, I've googled horseweed, looking for a way to get rid of it forever. I can't find anyting relating to a home garden. All I can find is how much a problem it is for a field. I'm assuming that's how it made it into our yard in the first place.
Any ideas of what to try? It takes over my peony bushes, asparagus, and what not in there, plus I'd like to further develop the bed. I just don't want to have to spend hours and hours pulling it up, only to have it come back in a couple of weeks.
Thanks!
Lori
As I mentioned, I've googled horseweed, looking for a way to get rid of it forever. I can't find anyting relating to a home garden. All I can find is how much a problem it is for a field. I'm assuming that's how it made it into our yard in the first place.
Any ideas of what to try? It takes over my peony bushes, asparagus, and what not in there, plus I'd like to further develop the bed. I just don't want to have to spend hours and hours pulling it up, only to have it come back in a couple of weeks.
Thanks!
Lori
