HERB - herbs - heeelp there's a monster

[Lynette K LaFontaine]

----- Original Message -----
From: Lynette K LaFontaine <LKLC at prodigy.net>
To: <herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: HERB - herbs - heeelp there's a monster


> 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
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> > 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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