Sounds good Sjoerd. You are a problem solver for all issues. Glad to have you on the stew with such great suggestions.
Bless your heart, D2D...what a kind thing to say. BTW...if you feel that the Tagetes plants are too large for your space, perhaps you would want to try one just to see if you get favopurable results. Anyway... as spring rolls on I will let you knwo how it worked on the ground elder, the bindweed and if the mean grass came back.
It seems the tagetes minuta has a variety of names including stinking marigold, Muster-John-Henry, khaki bush and khaki weed, but is most commonly called Mexican Marigold. It is an herb; and it does have weed-fighting capabilities against Ground elder, celadine, ground ivy, couch grass and BINDWEED, nematodes and some snails due to root secretions that are produced 3-4 months after planting. Excellant information can be found on www.pfaf.org (Plants For A Future) that will give necessary basics if you're thinking of growing this: it may not be compatable with all flowers/veggies. I found one catalogue that does have the seed available in the U.S., it is Horizon Herbs (www.horizonherbs.com) out of Williams, Oregon. One laughable fact I came across about the plants are that they resemble marijuana, could cause a bit of a stir with local authorities til identity is proven! Oh well..anything to kill BINDWEED!
Thank you weeds and seeds for the warninig regarding the marijuana tip because I am in the master of divinity program and I think my seminary would not be happy with one of its students growing any suspect plants. I have been out of the loop for a while because of my ineptness with technology so I did not see this great response. Appreciate the info.
I have lived here since 1987, and it was totally trashed when I moved here-- neck deep in all kinds of weeds, most of which I do not even know the common names, much less any latin ones, broken jars, tin cans, car parts, used medical supplies, scrap metals... all kinds of nasty trash. I have cleaned it up and done lots of house repairs [more on the to-do list for sure], and transplanted, planted, pulled weeds and whatnot... The weeds grow faster than I can pull them, but I still pull them or mow them or smother them... Now I can feed many of them to my horse... Some of the "weeds" I actually like, such as violets, oxeye daises, pinks, etc.. We can all say with John Paul Jones of the American Revolution, "I have not yet begun to fight!"....
