Re: growth inhibitor?

From	songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Newsgroups	rec.gardens.edible
Subject	Re: growth inhibitor?
Date	2025-08-03 08:40 -0400
Organization	the little wild kingdom
Message-ID	<5v14ml-a98.ln1@anthive.com> (permalink)
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T wrote:
> On 8/2/25 5:05 AM, songbird wrote:
>>> Purselane loves my garlic path though.
>>    if you want it around it's great, if you don't it is
>> very hard to remove completely.  the seeds can persist
>> for 40+ years...
>
> It is easy to pull out and I occasionally dig it under
> to amend my sold.   And the better of the branches,
> I will occasionally eat.

  it's not easy to pull out here in most gardens as we
have enough clay to make it rather hard.  when i walk
on most of my gardens there's no imprint of my shoes
as i walk.  only a few areas have better soil because
it's been brought in or amended enough to improve it
over the years but that is only a small area (and most
of it is also outside the fenced gardens hahaha...).

> I have found it great as a companion plant to protect
> soil evaporation

  yes, it will provide some shade and cover but i don't
want it all over the place and that is what it does here
if given a chance.

  i am glad it is edible in parts as long as you're not
worried about too many oxylates.  unfortunately Mom won't
eat it and i'm not in the mood that often to eat it either
but i will if i ever have to.  :)

  songbird

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growth inhibitor? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-01 04:36 -0700
  Re: growth inhibitor? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-08-02 08:05 -0400
    Re: growth inhibitor? Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-02 08:20 -0700
      Re: growth inhibitor? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-03 03:05 -0700
    Re: growth inhibitor? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-03 03:03 -0700
      Re: growth inhibitor? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-08-03 08:36 -0400
        Re: growth inhibitor? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-03 20:30 -0700
          Re: growth inhibitor? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-08-04 07:34 -0400
    Re: growth inhibitor? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-03 03:07 -0700
      Re: growth inhibitor? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-08-03 08:40 -0400

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