Comments on: Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/ Gardening for the People. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christy http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-20949 Christy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:31:19 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-20949 Garlic mustard is a nasty little thing... Even if you like the taste of it, I'd encourage everyone to just pick it all. Don't leave any for next year - the seeds are so small and so prolific it's very likely they'll end up yards away from where they are now. That's how the problem spreads, actually choking out native vegetation. Worse yet, the seeds can be viable for 7 years! So if you let a plant go to seed this year, expect to be pulling up its descendents for 7 years. My Master Gardener teacher couldn't emphasize enough how bad a threat garlic mustard is to native habitat. Eat it, but don't leave it! :) Garlic mustard is a nasty little thing… Even if you like the taste of it, I’d encourage everyone to just pick it all. Don’t leave any for next year – the seeds are so small and so prolific it’s very likely they’ll end up yards away from where they are now. That’s how the problem spreads, actually choking out native vegetation. Worse yet, the seeds can be viable for 7 years! So if you let a plant go to seed this year, expect to be pulling up its descendents for 7 years.

My Master Gardener teacher couldn’t emphasize enough how bad a threat garlic mustard is to native habitat.

Eat it, but don’t leave it! :)

]]> By: Katie http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-20316 Katie Fri, 30 May 2008 09:02:18 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-20316 It sounds so tasty, but I guess I should be glad I haven't seen any growing around where I live. It sounds so tasty, but I guess I should be glad I haven’t seen any growing around where I live.

]]> By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-20287 Gayla Thu, 29 May 2008 13:34:44 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-20287 <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Garlic_Mustard_close_800.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here's a picture of it flowering.</a> Here’s a picture of it flowering.

]]> By: Jill http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-20286 Jill Thu, 29 May 2008 06:18:30 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-20286 Have just come across your site and love it to bits ... full of stuff that I'm passionate about. I live a very long way from you - at the most southern tip of Africa, but growing tips and shared experiences are welcome in every form. I think I have this garlic mustard cropping up all over my lei-water (a way of watering the whole villiage that goes back hundreds of years) which would explain why it gets into woodlands. However, to be sure its the same plant, could you post a picture of the flowers to help me make a definite identification? Many thanks Have just come across your site and love it to bits … full of stuff that I’m passionate about. I live a very long way from you – at the most southern tip of Africa, but growing tips and shared experiences are welcome in every form. I think I have this garlic mustard cropping up all over my lei-water (a way of watering the whole villiage that goes back hundreds of years) which would explain why it gets into woodlands. However, to be sure its the same plant, could you post a picture of the flowers to help me make a definite identification?

Many thanks

]]> By: yvette http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19895 yvette Thu, 15 May 2008 02:28:49 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19895 no worries, that makes sense! i will try the forums. keep up the good work. no worries, that makes sense! i will try the forums. keep up the good work.

]]> By: arza http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19884 arza Thu, 15 May 2008 01:13:45 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19884 Hm... okay on more research it might be ground ivy? Hm… okay on more research it might be ground ivy?

]]> By: arza http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19883 arza Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:27 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19883 I have a similar looking plant in my front yard and I'm wondering if anyone can identify it... The leaves look very much like those pictured above, but are smaller. The root system of of my mystery plant is like clover (it spreads laterally, creating a network close to the ground's surface). It flowers later in the spring/summer (pink? small flowers in little clusters). The plants smells a bit minty. I just spent an hour pulling a huge amount out of my yard. It's smothering everything it can. Any guesses? I have a similar looking plant in my front yard and I’m wondering if anyone can identify it…

The leaves look very much like those pictured above, but are smaller. The root system of of my mystery plant is like clover (it spreads laterally, creating a network close to the ground’s surface). It flowers later in the spring/summer (pink? small flowers in little clusters). The plants smells a bit minty. I just spent an hour pulling a huge amount out of my yard. It’s smothering everything it can.

Any guesses?

]]> By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19877 Gayla Wed, 14 May 2008 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19877 Yvette: I didn't answer your question because it was off-topic for this article. If I answer this way things get too confusing making it hard for others to find the answers down the road. I also need to state for the record that I can't answer every question that comes through whether posted in this section or emailed privately. I try to answer as many as I can but to be honest I get so many questions it would be impossible for me to answer them all... especially given that I also need to set aside time in each day to earn a living and pay my rent! That's why I recommend that people post urgent questions to the forums... lots of voices who sometimes have much quicker answers! Yvette: I didn’t answer your question because it was off-topic for this article. If I answer this way things get too confusing making it hard for others to find the answers down the road.

I also need to state for the record that I can’t answer every question that comes through whether posted in this section or emailed privately. I try to answer as many as I can but to be honest I get so many questions it would be impossible for me to answer them all… especially given that I also need to set aside time in each day to earn a living and pay my rent!

That’s why I recommend that people post urgent questions to the forums… lots of voices who sometimes have much quicker answers!

]]> By: yvette http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19876 yvette Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:38 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19876 should i post my q in the forum? should i post my q in the forum?

]]> By: tammigail http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19874 tammigail Wed, 14 May 2008 16:23:14 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/05/12/garlic-mustard-alliaria-petiolata/#comment-19874 Gayla Trail you rule the school! We have so much comfry in our courtyard at the Co-op ... and now I have a use for some of it! Thanks! Gayla Trail you rule the school! We have so much comfry in our courtyard at the Co-op … and now I have a use for some of it! Thanks!

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