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Dealing with Dangerous Dodder
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- Dodder is a plant that seems to fit right into a horror movie. It feeds off other plants, and can survive for long periods without sustenance. Which also makes it hard to kill...
0:00 - Doddering it is not
0:38 - Dodder is a parasite
1:00 - Dodder can smell other plants
1:36 - Why it is so hard to get rid of
1:50 - How to get rid of it
#parasitic #dodder #weeds
I was able to take it out of my stems with welding equipment.
Ok! That's an interesting solution? How'd that work?
@@growinggardeners The dodder vines separate themselves from the stems with the application of heat.
@@dgvanz1155 I hadn't heard of that before...What was the dodder growing on? Was the host badly affected by the heat in the process? How long term were the results?
@@growinggardeners I got it out early in the invasion, it was wrapped around the stems of two tomatoes and one weed, maybe it didn't have enough time to fuse. The host was not afected by the heat due to the use of a welding pen whi. It hasn’t been a week yet, but the tomatoes look ok, and there is no sign of a new batch of dodder.
@@dgvanz1155 That's really good to know! Keep us updated...
I feel really calm listening to you speak. A very underrated channel. Wishing you the very best
Thanks Chris, I appreciate that! 🙂
I just excised a small patch of my yard that had this nasty pasta all over it. It was growing mostly on bermuda grass but there were a few broadleaf plants mixed in. Nasty stuff.
I've seen it infesting plants out in the wild, but in all my years of gardening I had never encountered this plant in my yard. When I saw it this morning in an area I hadn't inspected in a while, I just about freaked out. That plant didn't last long.
Ugh! It is a horrible plant! Just keep an eye out for any re-growth that may recur from any small bits left behind.
Thank you so much for the positive point of view, I am fighting it in my garden' tried pulling' tried neem both didn't help... i now am intending to pull all my plants, very sad... 10 days are long enough to wait? thank you
Hi 'Living My Mark', I'm sorry that you're having such a hard time with this weed! I think the trick is to cut back quite aggressively to make sure that you get all traces of the plant out. Also, make sure that you put down plastic in the area that you are working to make sure that any small pieces don't get a chance to root. Good luck!
Hello, what is the name to the tree behind you at the beginning of your vedio? It looks so beautiful. Thank you.
Hi QC, Its called a Calpurnea aurea or Wild Laburnum...its a beautiful small tree for a garden. I did a video on it previously - ua-cam.com/video/qIn0G-b3BZg/v-deo.html
What part of the world are you in?
I seriously couldn't keep up with it in 2 raised gardens, though attempted to. Cleared it out twice a day and it managed to hang on all of last season. I attribute it to a bagged organic soil, as my local farm also suggested the same. Well, made a tough last season tougher as far as crop yield goes. Threw all the soil in the woods and moving forward. It really is a nasty little invasive species and hit my heirloom tomatoes I sowed from seed very hard.
Sorry to hear you've had such a hard time with it! Its a terrible weed! Sounds like you've had a very frustrating last year?! Did you get any tomatoes in the end?
@@growinggardeners last year was not a banner year as it was, a lot of rain, the sunnier end started late in the season and then the nights cooled. Instead of sunripened beautiful tomatoes, had harder, underdeveloped heirlooms. It happens...weather in New England can be hit ir miss, but the dodder wasn't helping things along, at all. It got all weaved into my Basil as well.
@@DroneEvil1 That sucks! Hopefully this next season will be better...
If it's native I'd like it in my garden, something unusual.
I think it originated in the tropical parts of the Americas, but planting it may be a choice between the rest of your plants and dodder?
In India we call it Amarbel... It legitimately destroys fruit orchids here..
Thanks for your comment Aditya...Its a crazy plant! I've seen images of it completely covering trees...fortunately I've never seen an infestation like that personally!
Evil! It is parasitic,but it is potent medicinal plant too.
Thanks Fathima, I have heard that, but it seems as if it is still in the early stages of research into its medicinal uses. But it is supposed to be useful for everything from eczema to depression. It always amazes me how many things in nature are not just good or bad but a mixture of both...
If you have more info on that, medicinal value, I'm VERY interested!!! We even have this in Egypt in Bahariya Oasis.
According to PermaCulture Teachings, these things that grow in our yards is meant to be a cure for us... or our land w it's healing properties... let me know!!!
@@Oasis_Desert_Rose
Dodder,cuscuta
Afthimoon in Urdu language. I'm a BUMS graduate.In unani system of medicine it got great medicinal values,it's even used in treating melancholia .whole plant is dried, powdered and used or we can make a decoction.it is said to be a resolvant ,and poses expectorant properties.
@@fathimasalma3471 salams Sister! I collect it and dry it, untill I can know exactly how to use it. I'd be very interested in what you know!