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    Default Weed ID

    Can anyone help ID this weed and whats the best product to get rid of it. It has just started to pop up in one of my mates lawns and we'd like to knock it on the head quick. Sorry about the pic quality,there off my phone.

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    Question Re: Weed ID

    The picture is a bit fuzzy, um maybe a type of clover, I use Searles lawn weeder or lawn perfect for that kind of thing

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    Default Re: Weed ID

    Is it a bit like a succulent if so could be pig weed hard to tell though.

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    Default Re: Weed ID

    It is called Red Caustic Weed. Use broadleaf weeder or paint with roundup

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    Default Re: Weed ID

    here you go Courty. thought you might find this interesting
    http://www.herbiguide.com.au/Descrip...ustic_Weed.htm

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    Default Re: Weed ID

    Thanks guys,will attack it next week.

    "Medicinal used by Aborigines for snake bite and genital disease. Bushmen used the milky sap as an aid to healing".

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    We have a few snakes around here but not likely to need it for that but may be able to sell it to the youngsters in town for the other though
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    Default Re: Weed ID

    Quote Originally Posted by courty
    Thanks guys,will attack it next week.

    "Medicinal used by Aborigines for snake bite and genital disease. Bushmen used the milky sap as an aid to healing".

    Glenno
    We have a few snakes around here but not likely to need it for that but may be able to sell it to the youngsters in town for the other though
    Just bottle the stuff Courty. Could be a good little earner on the side. You could become the local castic weed dealer

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    Default Re: Weed ID

    Yep red caustic weed.. Proliffic seeder so get onto it asap.otherwise it will spread like wildfire

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    Yeah sure is Red Caustic Weed(Chameasyce drummondi) from the Euphorbiace family.The family of milky sap.And also a Prolific seeder which has no seed dormacy and gernimates quickly,so get to that weed ASAP before it takes over especially being so close to spring..

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    Quote Originally Posted by courty View Post

    "Medicinal used by Aborigines for snake bite and genital disease. Bushmen used the milky sap as an aid to healing".

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    Hmm.... if it counter acts snake bite and is callled red CAUSTIC weed aint no way I would put it near my genitals
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    Is anyone able to ID this weed? I usually see it in garden beds but this time it's invading quite a large area of lawn. It has white look like little white bulblets on the roots too.

    Need to spray the lawn for broadleaf weeds but wanting to check this out first.
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    Default Re: Weed ID

    Looks like vetch, part of the pea family, fairly easy to pull out by hand.

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    Thanks so much. Common Vetch it is. Not one I knew. Definitely a pea-type flower. Does pull out okay but this is covering a huge area and I don't bend too well from the hips anymore to do hand weeding. Was worried about the little bulblets staying behind and reshooting?

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    Sounds like a useful plant actually but a shame it's become a lawn and garden weed. The bulblets I described are actually the nitrogen fixing nodules.

    http://www.pasturepicker.com.au/Html/Common_vetch.htm

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    Metsulfuron seems like the answer.

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