weed?

[Sir loin]

My new grass seeds have a lot of this in it . Is it a weed or a new nitrogen fixing high yielding clover . Probably the former. This is a five year ley with white clover in it we have never seen this before so wondered if we have sown it!!

 

[davidroberts30]

Chickweed

 

[Sir loin]

Chickweed

I thought chickweed had pointed leaves

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Little Mouse-eared Chickweed, by the looks of it.

Depending who is talking, it's either something you beat back with chemicals that set back your new clover, or a useful plant with medicinal value for humans and ruminants alike .

We grow it to help treat my wife's psoriasis, it's either that, or methotrexate (chemo drugs)

 

[davidroberts30]

I thought chickweed had pointed leaves

Dont argue

chickweed - Google Search

 

[davidroberts30]

Little Mouse-eared Chickweed, by the looks of it.

Depending who is talking, it's either something you beat back with chemicals that set back your new clover, or a useful plant with medicinal value for humans and ruminants alike .

We grow it to help treat my wife's psoriasis, it's either that, or methotrexate (chemo drugs)

Was going to say just mow it

 

[Sir loin]

Was going to say just mow it

I intend to, do not want to take out my clover.

 

[davidroberts30]

I intend to, do not want to take out my clover.

Hopefully the grass will stunt/smother it

 

[Sir loin]

Hopefully the grass will stunt/smother it

To cold here at the moment, grass has stopped dead in its tracks.

 

[davidroberts30]

To cold here at the moment, grass has stopped dead in its tracks.

Too dry here, grass is shrivelled

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Get it sprayed

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Nah, that won’t get ya high

 

[Kiwi Pete]

To cold here at the moment, grass has stopped dead in its tracks.

I'd wait until you get a bit of warmth/growth, then give it a tidy-up with the mower.

Otherwise it'll possibly get away in front of the grass, again; it grows right through the winter in our herb garden (raised planter on a concrete patio), so obviously doesn't need much heat to fire up

 

[CPF]

 

[Jimfandango]

We get it here too. Maybe in future plant grass without clover, clear it up in the first year, then drill clover afterwards.

 

[Lewis]

Seems like it's everywhere this year . Predominantly silage fields . Even fields that where sprayed for docks last year and overseeded with new grass seed in the autumn.

Neighbours fields all in a similar state.... My fileds it seems to be where soil is shallow and where burns in the summer it's growing the worst.

Wondered weather its thrives on compacted soils or high p/k soils as grazing fields are free of it

 

[CPF]

 

[Nearly]

Chick

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Easy to kill but clovers the problem