{"id":6917,"date":"2010-06-04T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=6917"},"modified":"2010-06-01T13:21:30","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T19:21:30","slug":"getting-rid-of-garlic-mustard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/getting-rid-of-garlic-mustard\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Rid of Garlic Mustard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Well, there is one<\/em> good thing about all this rain.\u00a0 It’s making it easier for me to get rid of all the garlic mustard!\u00a0 I live on a wooded lot, and for years we’ve left a good-sized portion of it “natural” –meaning we don’t do anything to it.\u00a0 This definitely cuts down on lawn mowing.\u00a0 But right about now — after having spent the last few days crawling through the woods (in my dorky green rain suit) pulling out entire crops of this very invasive weed, I’m wishing I had more to mow and less to pull!<\/p>\n

You’ve probably already seen the articles in local papers about garlic mustard and had a chance to check out your own yard.\u00a0 But just in case you haven’t, this may be helpful:<\/p>\n

1) Garlic mustard is a biennial,\u00a0which means it has a tw0-year life-cycle.\u00a0 There are no flowers the first year, and the\u00a0scalloped-edged leaves form a cluster 2-4 inches high.\u00a0 The second year, the plant ranges from 12-48 inches high, with little white flowers and heart-shaped leaves. The distinct onion or garlic odor\u00a0that the plant emits when crushed helps to distinguish the plant from other woodland plants.<\/p>\n

2) Garlic mustard is a rapidly spreading woodland weed that can displace most native wildflower species within ten years.<\/p>\n

3) Hand pulling, roots and all, is considered an effective method of eradication for minor infestations.\u00a0 It is important that the pulled\u00a0plants be bagged and removed from the area as the\u00a0seeds remain viable for five years.<\/p>\n

There are other removal options available, such as\u00a0controlled burns; plus researchers are currently investigating the use of\u00a0 biological controls.\u00a0 Also, there is controversy over the use of\u00a0 herbicides,\u00a0as they\u00a0may\u00a0damage nearby\u00a0desirable plants.\u00a0 One website\u00a0I found particularly helpful was from Michigan: http:\/\/www.ipm.msu.edu\/garlicMge.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, there is one good thing about all this rain.\u00a0 It’s making it easier for me to get rid of all the garlic mustard!\u00a0 I live on a wooded lot, and for years we’ve left a good-sized portion of it “natural” –meaning we don’t do anything to it.\u00a0 This definitely[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reference"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1Nz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6917"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7000,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6917\/revisions\/7000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}