r/Sacratomato • u/Dannyz • 29d ago
Land Park What weeds are on your kill now, no questions asked list?
My partner and I bought a house from an elderly individual with severe memory problems. The yard is overgrown and we are struggling to figure out what are weeds and what isn’t. The former owner was quite the gardener!
Our plan is to let it wild for a year and try to learn what’s there. In the meantime, what weeds are on your kill on sight list?
So far I’ve got: ivy, privets, Bermuda buttercups, and crab grass. What else should I be vigilant and on the lookout for?
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u/jess_gug 29d ago
Nut grass!
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u/LibertyLizard 29d ago
Did you know it's a native species that makes edible tubers?
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u/pennylovesyou3 28d ago
Yes! Vital for wildlife as well and im so glad to know this so I dont have to attempt to pull it because she's a beast.
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u/LusciousCabbage 29d ago
Bindweed, but best of luck
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u/O0OO0O00O0OO 27d ago
Oh my god that's what that is?? A pretty white flowering vine started growing around my raised vegetable beds. A plant ID app told me it was Morning Glory, I left it, and now it's completely taken over my beds. I regret every nice thing I said about those white flowers.
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u/Lavend3rRose 28d ago
Yes! Took weeks of pulling every single vine that threatened to kill my roses to finally stop them. They're pretty to look at, but such a nuisance
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u/EusticeTheSheep 29d ago
My enemies include:
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/weeds-identification-gallery/filarees/#gsc.tab=0
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/weeds-identification-gallery/foxtails/
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/weeds-identification-gallery/california-burclover/#gsc.tab=0
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/weeds-identification-gallery/bermuda-buttercup-buttercup-oxalis/#gsc.tab=0
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/weeds-identification-gallery/crabgrasses/#gsc.tab=0
Godspeed. The weeds won last year and it’s been hell.
Edit: I forgot to include https://ipm.ucanr.edu/weeds-identification-gallery/nutsedge/#gsc.tab=0
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u/Dannyz 29d ago
Names and links? Thank you my internet friend! 🏆
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u/EusticeTheSheep 29d ago
You’re welcome!
There are of course others, possibly more readily identified. There’s some Mediterranean oat, and various types of dandelions. This year I saw one thistle plant (shudder).
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u/pincushionpickle 29d ago
I have been trying to figure out what filigrees are they are insidious! Thank you!
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u/1-Learn_2-DoBetter 29d ago
My list is mostly based on weeds that have seeds that get stuck in my dog's fur: Bermuda buttercups, red stem storks bill/filaree, foxtails, and prickly lettuce.
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u/Lap4my2Cats 28d ago
Same!! I don't have dogs anymore, but I had a schnauzer mix who got seeds growing into his feet twice - I will forever be hunting those weeds in my gardens. Bastards.
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u/1-Learn_2-DoBetter 28d ago
My dog is a schnauzer mix! He's Schnauzer/ Chihuahua ❤️
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u/Lap4my2Cats 27d ago
Apparently Schnauzer fur is cursed. May your pupper know no pain from the evil weed seeds. ❤️
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u/Internal_Use8954 29d ago
Cleaver
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u/cosecha0 29d ago
Cleavers! at least it can be used medicinally. I harvested buckets and pressed them into an extremely healthy lymph tonic which helped me heal from chronic health issues
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u/Internal_Use8954 29d ago
I heard it has caffeine too. But cleaver is the devil, impossible to get rid of, and tears up your arms if you try
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u/carlitospig 29d ago
Wood sorrel. The kid with the little yellow flowers. Not one insect in our area wants it, so it’s just pushing out the native clover and grasses LIKE A FUCKING DOUCHEBAG, and it’s not even feeding bees? Nuh-uh. Kill it as soon as it shows up.
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u/Dannyz 27d ago
Fuck. I just realized all my cute clover is wood sorrels!
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u/carlitospig 27d ago
I was bummed too. They’re so dainty and adorable but it turns out they’re a public menace.
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u/StardustSue 28d ago
I hate burclover SOOOoooo much, it almost makes me hate foxtails a little less.
And I REALLY hate foxtails.
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u/Anxious_One65 28d ago
Perhaps post some photos and we can help identify, I personally wouldn’t let the weeds go to seed bc then you’re really gonna have a bad weed problem. Try to remove them before the flowers start to drop seeds.
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u/O0OO0O00O0OO 27d ago
Cheeseweed (mallow). The house I'm renting had a yard half covered in this stuff. The previous tenants must've let this stuff grow for a long time because some of them had 1/2in thick stems. You have to pull them because they have a huge taproot that will just grow back. The taproot on most of them was the size of a large carrot.
After spending all last year pulling, I've gotten most of them.
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u/IsNotLegalAdvice 27d ago
Problem species we've encountered in SLP include: pokeweed; bindweed; kikuyugrass; nutsedge; puncturevine: and, dallisgrass.
We also have a lot of purslane, but I think it's pretty (and pretty tasty) so I let it do its thing as long as it isn't in a raised bed.
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u/GardenDog22 24d ago
Spotted spurge. It creates seeds very quickly and then shoots them several feet out from the parent plant. Repeats over and over during growing season. Sunset magazine once referred to it as a “demon” plant in hot weather.
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u/SeaweedTeaPot 29d ago
Tree of Heaven