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Invasive celandine question

11 years ago

Hi y'all. I have a question about invasive celandine -- Chelidonium majus -- not Styllophorum diphyllum. I am pulling heaps of the former from my back hill. If I let it rot in place, do you think it will still disperse its seeds? I know some plants do....

Thanks!

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gardenbear1
11 years ago
If it hasn't bloomed yet you might be OK, I've been fighting these for 12 years and now I jut pull them out where I don't want them, the seeds blow all over so it can be hard to get rid of them.
prairiemoon2 z6b MA
11 years ago
I have a lot of these in my garden too. There almost gone. Sometimes I allow them to flower but pull them before they set seed. Right now I just pull them whenever I run across one and not that many this year. If they haven't set seed, I can't see how they would disperse it.
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11 years ago
If they have flowered I would remove the flowers and put them in trash bags to dispose. Then you can compost the rest.

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