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| I just wanted to warn those who are thinking about planting Chinese Lanterns..DON'T !
I planted a small plant last summer from a 3" pot. In less than a year, it covered an area of about 15 square feet. It took me 2 1/2 hours today of digging and hacking to remove the rooms...9" deep. This one plant spread so much and so deep that the roots filled a garbage bag.
After removing 9" of soil and the roots
A portion of the roots
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| yep, been there - sympathies - but hey, you acted fast - well done (or your house would have been next, and small animals and children). |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 30, 12 at 8:17
| been there.. done that.. regretted it.. lol ... good plants are shared with good friends.. this plant is shared with peeps you dont like.. lol ... ken |
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| When we first went into business, we sold our plants at market. One day, a customer approached my husband and asked him the best way to deal with mint. My husband told him we had planted chinese lantern, and that had killed the mint. The customer thanked him, began to walk away, paused, turned and asked how he would deal with the chinese lantern. "Oh, that's easy," my husband said. "Move." We did eradicate both, but it took some effort. Now if someone could tell me how to handle garlic mustard... |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 30, 12 at 11:20
| nina.. thats hilarious ... thx for the chuckle ... personally made every one of those mistakes ... ken |
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| What, no more goutweed stories. I screamed at my favorite nursery, that they didn't put up a warning sign. |
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- Posted by hostaholic2 zone 4 MN (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 22:31
| Also been there and done that. I have a friend who begged me for a start. I repeatedly said no, eventually she wore me down and I gave her one plant and told her that under no circumstance should she plant it in one of her good beds and NOT to put it in good soil or water it. I told her to plant it in a bucket with the bottom cut out and sunk in the ground and to never, ever allow seeds to drop.She was sure she could control it and didn't listen to me. Well you know how that turned out. We are however still friends. |
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| I have a friend who grows this (and bishops weed) without any problem! Her lanterns are in a raised bed (about three feet high) that surrounds half of her house, a solid raised bed built of stone and cement, and they have grown there contained for years and years. It has actually tempted me to try some in pots on the patio, because I use these in fall arrangements and they are spectacularly beautiful. But I resisted. I kept telling myself that there would be no spreading from roots, as they would be in pots, and no spreading from seeds because I would cut them for bouquets and arrangements, but I didn't convince myself. I knew that I'd have one day - and that would be all it would take, lol - one day where I wouldn't get to cut any, or even more likely, one stinking stem that I wouldn't cut, and it would find a way to spread. So I have to be content with enjoying them in my friends yard. That will do for me. I have enough trouble with other stuff without purposely introducing lanterns. Dee |
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- Posted by hostaholic2 zone 4 MN (My Page) on Mon, Sep 3, 12 at 22:41
| I have to admit that I do grow a few. I have had them for nearly 20 years and they have not spread. But they are in absolutely c**p soil and NOTHING else I've tried will survive there. But I still keep a very close eye on them. |
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| If they haven't spread in 20 years. they are obviously not a problem. And the lanterns are glorious. |
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