Perennial weeds
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General characterisitics
Grow for several seasons from strong underground roots and can regrow from any small segments of root that have been separated from the main plant. Because of this feature perennial weeds cannot be easily composted or chopped up and left in the ground (the more you chop em, the more you make). If you have trouble identifying young perennial weeds from seeds you have planted you could even have a think about sowing a small number of weed seeds in sterile compost early in the season (just so you could recognise your enemy!)
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Bellbind
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Bindweed
Bindweeds are annual or herbaceous perennial vines in the genus Convolvulus, in the Morning Glory family Convolvulaceae.
Many of the species are problematic weeds, which can swamp other more valuable plants by climbing over them, but some are also deliberately grown for their attractive flowers.
This species occurs in many temperate regions. They are mostly slender, creeping winding vines. A few are small perennials. They have simple, alternate leaves and wide funnel-shaped flowers.
Convolvulus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix cantabricella which feeds exclusively on Convolvulus cantabricus.
Bracken
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Couch grass
Also Known as: Quack Grass, Twitch Grass, Quick Grass, Scutch Grass, Wheat Grass, Devil's Grass.
The best way to keep it down is to dig out the roots & burn them. Or there is allways weed killer.
Contributors to this site have advised smothering the couch by sowing rye grass after the ground has been rotavated since rye grass seemed to smother nearly all the perennials.
Other methods are: Dig up all the grass and stack it up (upside down) in a really high heap for at least 3 years. Dig up as much as you can and sow turnip seed really thickly, then rotavate in. Cover with high quality woven plastic membrane for 2 years
Apply a glyphosate based weed-killer such as Roundup in Mid May, then scrape off the dead grass after about 3 to 4 weeks and dig and plant veg.
Once the soil was clear I made sure that something is always growing in it. Sowing poached egg plant, (Limanthes dougasii) is good to keep the ground relatively clear of the twitch.
Ground elder
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Horsetail
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Dandelion
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Creeping thistle
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