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Lovely Smell by the river!

  • 14-09-2014 6:40pm
    #1
    Feckthis
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    Wierd question but there was this nice smell by the river today on the farm. Smelt like an air freashiner. I think it was coming from this plant?!
    Anyone know what it was?


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  • #2
    swifts need our help!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭swifts need our help!


    That's Himalayan balsam which is an invasive weed that escaped from gardens


  • #3
    Feckthis
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    swifts need our help! wrote: »
    That's Himalayan balsam which is an invasive weed that escaped from gardens

    There is plenty it by the river so must of been a big garden :D


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Do the countryside a favour and pull out any you come across. It is shallow rooted and easily pulled.


  • #5
    Feckthis
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    Felicity Stocky Tire wrote: »
    Do the countryside a favour and pull out any you come across. It is shallow rooted and easily pulled.
    Will do.! Was just reading up on it. It's all getting pulled when I get the chance now.


  • #6
    baaba maal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭baaba maal


    But only (I think) before it sets seed? Otherwise you might disperse the seeds even further than they would have gotten.


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  • #7
    Day Lewin
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    The seeds come in little balloons that burst open with a POP! and scatter the seeds. Kids love them. Lots around the Dodder in the Milltown area.
    That's one thing that helps this plant to spread like wildfire - it is a pest that covers riverbanks - try to discourage it, pretty though it is!!!


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