Thanks for the video! I wasn't aware of the name of the plant but I remembered the plant from my days in Michigan and walking through the plants on the deer trails. Yes, they were on every part of the clothing, the socks too! I remember them around other wild flowers like asters, etc. I don't know how we knew, but bluejeans seem not to get as many on them as other materials. They were always pretty in a wild sort of way. George from Florida
I help out with invasive species romoval in prairies and Oak barrens sometimes, and I'm usually picking these seeds off of me afterwards. Now I know what they are! I think I'll start keeping them 😊
Glad I could help you out. Know that there really are a lot of different types of tick trefoil out there. And most have the sticky seeds. So it could be any number of plants
Perfect timing on this video, just bought some seeds!! This plant is a great alternative to Purple Loosestrife that I see people selling, Yikes! So invasive
This, ipomoea pandurata, lobelia inflata and allegheny blackberries are the natives I have identified in the field that I have yet to move into the yard/garden here in the ridge and valley region of VA. I love how many of our natives overlap as my family originates alternatively between here and PA. I always felt like I belong both to the Susquehanna and the Shenandoah valleys.
Thank you ! I know there are people out there reading about so many plants that aren't all that common. It can be hard to get good info beyond growing conditions on some of them.
Hi Joe, I read your article about building tomato cages and want to say there's a better way. All you need to do is get rebar mesh and cut it into pieces. Then bend those pieces so they're a hollow cylinder. A gardener on our street has made dozens of cages this way and he gave some to us. They also can support any vining plant you can think of.
Thank you for the tip. I have actually modified my design a bit, and it is holding up well. But when you say rebar mesh, you are talking about actual rebar? Like 1/2" diameter?
@@growitbuildit No, this is more like the thickness of the metal plant cages you buy at a garden center. The mesh he uses is about a milimeter thick. I see construction workers using this kind when pouring concrete for a floor.
Great video! May I ask if you saw birds eating the seeds and if so, which ones? How much of the seed tends to be eaten? I ask because I'd like to grow native plants that will feed seed eating birds.
I personally never observed any birds eating seeds. But I've seen them missing from the plants. Most of the references though state that it is primarily game birds that eat the seeds, probably after they begin to fall down in winter
I've found that most of my Japanese beetles left once my Microprairie got established. But thanks for the tip on molkspore - I'll share that with others
