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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: telboy on November 15, 2010, 12:32:43

Title: ID please.
Post by: telboy on November 15, 2010, 12:32:43
Some sort of grass I think. Worth keeping?


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Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: Fork on November 15, 2010, 12:39:19
Cant help with the name but something very similar shoots up in my veg patch now and again and I just dig it out and get rid!
Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: Palustris on November 15, 2010, 12:40:48
If the leaves are blue-green and round then it is one of the rushes. Can be abit of a seed weed in damp soil.
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Post by: BarriedaleNick on November 15, 2010, 12:59:49
I have a similar grass in my back garden - cant help with a name but it seeds madly and we have it popping up all over.

It is quite attractive but I would remove the seeding stalks!
Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: ACE on November 15, 2010, 13:06:41
Quote from: telboy on November 15, 2010, 12:32:43
Some sort of grass I think. Worth keeping?


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Nope.
Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: telboy on November 15, 2010, 13:59:11
Thanks all!

It's going.
;)
Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on November 15, 2010, 18:59:46
It's one or other of the rushes from the look of it, and it could indicate a problem with waterlogging.
Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: Uncle_Filthster on November 15, 2010, 21:30:43
Soft-rush (Juncus effusus) by the looks of it
Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: valmarg on November 15, 2010, 21:32:01
Don't know its proper name, but we call it marsh grass.  It is a problem in damp areas.  We apparently have a high water table. ??? ::)  Between moss and that we do have a problem.  Definitely a no no.

valmarg
Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: daveyboi on November 19, 2010, 07:20:26
Whatever it is actually called it is a nightmare to get rid of once it gets established and grows through tarmac easily.

I have also noticed that a similar plant seems to grow in some peat based composts.
Title: Re: ID please.
Post by: Uncle_Filthster on November 19, 2010, 18:25:01
Quote from: daveyboi on November 19, 2010, 07:20:26
Whatever it is actually called it is a nightmare to get rid of once it gets established and grows through tarmac easily.

I have also noticed that a similar plant seems to grow in some peat based composts.

Could be any one of a number of rushes in peat based compost, although soft-rush is still common on upland mires and bogs.  Their seeds remain viable for a very long time too.