HERB - herbs - heeelp there's a monster

[Lynette K LaFontaine]

Thank you.  It has a name.  Few try  to get rid of it hmm!  It produces
flowers!  I'll have to look closer.  It is prized!..  Hawaiians make leis of
it!
Well that is very interesting.  Which brings me to an other question I
thought about just before finding your answer.
My philosophy is a weed is just a plant out of place.   What might it be
good for.   Frankly I don't find to particularly attractive hanging itself
all over my other plants and sucking their life.  However, If I can be
convinced of some benefit, decorative or other wise I might be more
tolerant.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan McEwen <jmcewen at hawaii.edu>
To: <herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: HERB - herbs - heeelp there's a monster


>
> >I have a parasite invading my herbs.  It looks like orange string.  It
> >seems to have no root and does not seem to attach anywhere.
>
> This sounds like dodder, a parasitic weed.  I'm at home and all my
> horticulture books are at work, so I haven't got a solution for you at
> this moment.  In Hawaii, this is used to make a lei and is prized.  I
> don't know of  too many people who try to get rid of it.
>
> At the very least, remove it when you see it. It does produce flowers
> (inconspicuous ones) and seeds, so by removing it at least you will keep
> it from reproducing as well as keeping it from removing nutrients from
> your plants.  I'll post further info when I get back to my office on
> Tuesday.
>
> Catriona Stewart
>
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> Jan McEwen, Urban Horticulturist, Urban Garden Center, Pearl City, Hawaii
> UH/College of Tropical Agriculture/Cooperative Extension Services
> SCA: Catriona Stewart of the Glens, Barony of the Western Seas, Caid
> Internet:  jmcewen at hawaii.edu
>
>
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