I usually have to trim it every 2-3 weeks, cutting it down to the roots and using weed killer on the rest. But soon after, these stubborn weeds just grow back. They also make my skin itch like crazy if they touch it! Any advice? Thnks
Elephant ear or something. Bigger issue is the constant storage of water there. Until you fix that, you will have a hard time removing them. Hard to kill below the water line.
grass probably wont grow in that pool of water so consider leaving it.
What replaces this?
I don’t know, that’s a tough spot and that provides cover and is happy there. I would just mow a nice straight symmetrical border and be happy.
If it is elephant ear, I plant those every year in my yard and then dig them up in the winter, store them in my basement and plant them again. So you got free elephant ears. Maybe it’s all perspective.
They were put there because that spot stays wet I bet.
@Freeman
Looks like this! It grows in my ditch, and just a hassle to weed wack it. It’s all down the ditches down my street but done don’t have it.
Sam said:
@Freeman
Looks like this! It grows in my ditch, and just a hassle to weed wack it. It’s all down the ditches down my street but done don’t have it.
Read up on traditional Hawaiian culture and the connection they have with Kalo / Taro… if I had that growing naturally in my front yard, I’d be pretty stoked.
Kalo is indisputably the most important plant in Hawaiian culture. Besides being the staple food source, it is also the center of spiritualism, mythology, and social structure. In Hawaiian culture, the kalo plant is literally the elder brother of mankind.
@Rowan
Egyptians revered cats as literal magic. Think about that the next time you have strays shitting in your sandbox.
If it really is taro you can just dig up like the top couple inches of soil since that’s where the taro spud will be.
If the plan is to just have grass there, you’re going to have a bad time. Combination of the super wet conditions and the constant new supply of various weed seeds from that culvert will make your life difficult. Possibly you could hardscape that area with some drainage rock.
Looks like arrowhead plant to me.
Kinda looks nice? If it was me I’d keep it.
Taro root plants??? Where are you located? Taro roots are a delicious root vegetable that they sell in grocery stores.
Devon said:
Taro root plants??? Where are you located? Taro roots are a delicious root vegetable that they sell in grocery stores.
Even not knowing it’s taro it’s clearly something out there intentionally.
I used to have ivy similar to this, I used a dethatcher to pull it up, then I hand pulled the roots out, put a weed barrier over the area and topped with earth, top soil and grass seed, moved 3 years later but it seemed to have worked, just took a ton of time and effort.
Better drainage so water can drain away efficiently, if this is council/city property there’s not much you can do but if you can connect the inlet and outlet of the pipes and bury them I’d do that.
Not sure, but many leafy weeds can’t take 5% glyphosphate + some mix of triclopor.
As someone who has just started and is looking at getting rid of some creeping charlie, everything I’ve read has pointed towards products containing triclopyr for dealing with broad leaf weeds as the best grass friendly solution.
I ended up going with Tzone which contains 2-4d, dicamba, sulfetrazone, and triclopyr, just applied very recently so not sure how well it will work on my yard.
Getting rid of the sitting water/proper drainage will likely make this easier to deal with as well.
It has a root that looks either like a carrot or baby potatoes from where the foliage is growing. You’re going to have to dig it out.