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HopeHoops

(47,675 posts) Sat Mar 24, 2012, 09:18 AM Mar 2012

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Tip: Do NOT plant heracleum mantegazzianum

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Tip: Do NOT plant heracleum mantegazzianum (Original Post) HopeHoops Mar 2012 OP

plant it? Hell, I can't even say it ... zbdent Mar 2012 #1

Herra-cleum-manti-gazi-ah-num - also know as "The Giant Hogweed" HopeHoops Mar 2012 #2

ok, i had to google it shanti Mar 2012 #3

Oh my, you deserve the full treatment. 1972 Genesis... HopeHoops Mar 2012 #4

I'm not sure, but that might be illegal here Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #5

Yes, it is illegal in PA - we have a Department of Hogweed Eradication (no joke). HopeHoops Mar 2012 #6

Well, I wish I had know about the DOHE Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #7

Oh, they'll come do it for you. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #8

zbdent

(35,392 posts)

1. plant it? Hell, I can't even say it ...

Reply to HopeHoops (Original post)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 09:26 AM

Mar 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

2. Herra-cleum-manti-gazi-ah-num - also know as "The Giant Hogweed"

Reply to zbdent (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 09:37 AM

Mar 2012

shanti

(21,718 posts)

3. ok, i had to google it

Reply to HopeHoops (Original post)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 10:36 AM

Mar 2012

as i'd never heard of it before. it is considered a "noxious weed". sounds nasty, but do people actually plant it purposely?

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

4. Oh my, you deserve the full treatment. 1972 Genesis...

Reply to shanti (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 11:23 AM

Mar 2012

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

5. I'm not sure, but that might be illegal here

Reply to HopeHoops (Original post)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 01:26 PM

Mar 2012

in PA. But really, who would intentionally plant this? And where would anyone find it to buy for your garden?

I am coping enough with noxious weeds here that I never planted, or wanted. I don't even know how the hell they got here, but my bane of late has been garlic mustard. It is not as huge and toxic as hogweed, but it is prolific. At least it can be eaten!

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

6. Yes, it is illegal in PA - we have a Department of Hogweed Eradication (no joke).

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 08:00 AM

Mar 2012

It is a beautiful ornamental.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

7. Well, I wish I had know about the DOHE

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:35 PM

Mar 2012

before I donned my armor to get rid of that wayward plant!

Now I know.

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

8. Oh, they'll come do it for you.

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:34 AM

Mar 2012

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