Noxious Weed in Summit Park
WANTED: Bad Weed In Our Neighborhood!
Do you recognize this weed?
Garlic Mustard is that awful weed we’ve recently seen in Summit Park that produces those needle-like seeds; always stuck in your socks, your carpet and your pets fur.
Good News: Summit County has received a state funded grant to help control this weed in our area
See Link and Take Action Garlic Mustard
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this weed covered large areas of our lot last year…is there a way to get rid of it ?
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Call-Jack Marchant (Summit County Weed Supervisor) at 435-640-4188 (jackmarchant@summitcounty.org)
Control:
␣ For mature plants, hand pulling in the spring before seed
production is the most effective form of control for small
infestations.
␣ Dispose of the stems and flowers from the site, as pulled
plants left on the ground can still produce viable seed.
␣ For rosettes, hand pulling is not recommended, as the stems
tend to break off at ground level and the plants re-sprout.
␣ Mulching with several inches of mulch such as wood chips
has been shown to be a highly effective control method. The
edges must be monitored.
␣ For large infestations, spraying in the spring or fall with
gyphosate (such as roundup) has shown to be the most effective form of control. Garlic mustard overwinters as a rosette and is one the last remaining green plants late in the fall and first to show green in the spring. Treating with glyphosate at this time is the most effective and least harmful to other plants as most other plants are still dormant. Products containing 2, 4-D (such as Crossbow or Weed-be-gone) do not significantly control garlic mustard.
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This is around our place too. We need to get on this big time this spring. if the state is willing to cough up the money to address this problem, we should take advantage of it. Thanks HOA for the info.