Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

nafex - [NAFEX] cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge

nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Michele Stanton" <6ducks@gmail.com>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge
  • Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:28:16 -0400

Where I live, this plant is a bad weed.  Once you get it, it’s there.  It laughs at Roundup.

 I ran across a reference to Cyperus esculentus var. sativus; I’m unclear on whether they are one and the same or not.

I don’t recall seeing tubers when I weeded.

 

If the cultivated variety has any of the weedy tendencies, or worse yet, if they are the same plant, I’d avoid them like the proverbial…

 

Michele in SW Ohio

Zone 6a

 

 



  • [NAFEX] cyperus esculentus yellow nutsedge, Michele Stanton, 03/15/2010

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page