HERB - Dodder

[Lynette K LaFontaine]

Thanks with the Info you have provided me I've been able to deduce from the
Web how it got here.  It frequently infects alfalfa seed.  Alfalfa is the
main commercial crop here.  We have horrible winds.  and vast expanses that
have nothing blocking the way.  To say nothing of birds who eat seeds and
redistribute them. I also discovered they get rid of it with crop burners.
Not a problem here I can just burn it again.  This also explains why I was
able to get rid of it in one bed.   If it  were a fungus originating in the
soil cooking it would not have worked in either bed.  I'm going out right
now and look at this thing close.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan McEwen <jmcewen at hawaii.edu>
To: <herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 11:26 AM
Subject: HERB - Dodder


> Silly me...I forgot about the Web!  I found a few URLs pertaining to
> dodder (BTW, genus is Cuscuta).  I'm afraid that the only feasible way for
> homeowners to get rid of it is to physically remove and destroy it; just
> got keep doing this until it is gone.
>
> http://ag.arizona.edu/hypermail/arid_gardener/1148.html
>
> http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/TRA/dodder.html
>
> http://cygnus.tamu.edu/Texlab/Multicrop/dodder.html
>
>
> Catriona
>
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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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