SC - Pickin' Poke
Jenne Heise
jenne at mail.browser.net
Tue Mar 27 07:32:03 PST 2001
> The only way I've seen poke killed is by kindness. Cultivate around the plant
> and give it lots of fertilizer. Make sure you trim it often and pull or cut the
> seed pods off before they ripen. It's my understanding the seeds have to be
> through a bird's digestive tract before they will germinate, so you have an idea
> of how poke is spread. (grin)
Actually, it also spreads off the main root. *sigh* I chop down the ones in my yard early
and often, and dig up the roots. I'm unreasonably sensitive about having a plant with
poisonous berries in my yard.
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Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise jenne at mail.browser.net
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