Jarita Sirois you got it. that is the POINT that DOESNT EXIST. since they are at all problematic. it just means you are feeble without sense. not really a gardener, but more like a troller. patroling the earth, makinh sure nothing grows . thats THE POINT
Jarita Sirois you will have 1000 people but not 1 gardener. 300 busy body know nothings will pull every mint, successfully. they have NO ability at all yet they succeed to pull 1000l% of the mint. omg the strawberriesx have no chance. the busy body prostitute tax collectors. your words prove evil. you are so unontelligent and youre telling someone they dont know anything. how sick. how proud how evil
I harvest the purple tinted blossoms off one of my chives and put them in a jar of vinegar. In a few days I have a gorgeous tinted and scented vinegar for dressings and such.
Is the vinegar purple afterwards ? so many plant colours are lost in the vinegar making process, and purple would be fabulous. I make bright pink vinegar with Carissa bispinosa.
They are hard to mess up unless planted too shallow. The crown needs to be above the soil line. They do ok in cool temps and can handle being a bit dry. They're so hardy I kept several in one fabric pot for a year and a half waiting for a garden bed to plant them in. Also kept some in 4 in seedling pots. After the bed was prepped I transplanted and they took off. 11 plants spread across the entire bed and runners are even climbing out of it. After potting up over 30 runners which all rooted we still have dozens more than we started with.
@@squidbeard492 They can indeed and you can "replace" your lawn just by decently mulching to compete out the weak 4 or so years' old strawberry plants for the younger plants to come up pretty ding plants.
We had mint throughout the grass around the house. My husband said nobody could ever sneak up on us there, because the smell of crushed mint would give them away.
BORAGE (star flower)! I once bought a home with large garden. During the time it was on the market the borage - about 4 plants - went to seed. Up came the wind and the borage went to seed everywhere. It took me three years to tame it.
Luke, I know exactly what you mean about that chocolate mint. I bought one 3" pot of it and planted it in a 3 gallon container on my porch. At the time, we weren't allowed to plant inground gardens here in our apt. complex hence the container. Well, that was fine and dandy for the first couple of years until the management here decided that having a bunch of pots on the porch was "unsightly." They then decided that we had to either have all matching decorative pots or plant in a bed around the porch. I guess I wasn't quick enough that spring to suit them. They sent our office manager over to "rectify" the situation. She took all the pots and containers that looked like they had nothing growing in them and dumped them. Since we'd had a rather cold winter, all of my plants went dormant and most of them hadn't started growing again … yet. Anyway, one of those pots was the one I had the mint growing in. She inadvertently turned the darned thing loose and they've been trying to eradicate the stuff ever since! It went everywhere. There's even a new patch that sprang up in back of the building this spring! Talk about sweet revenge. LOL!
I know it's been several years since Luke put up this video but he's absolutely correct about dill. I grew up in the small town of Summerland which is just south of Santa Barbara, CA along US 101. Sometime in the deep past someone planted mustard, dill and anise. They all bolted. The plants didn't actually take up the garden. Instead, those plants took over thousands of acres of land. All undeveloped land in Summerland was completely covered in dill, anise and mustard. There was almost no native plants left. So when Luke warns about some plants being a bit of a pest he's correct.
I have a designated bed like yours for all of my "spreaders" and it's heavily heavily mulched, so it helps keep the runners from rooting too fast until I can prune.
From my experience with basil, I'd say that pretty much any herb needs a dedicated space in an herb garden or be fully harvested each year. Our basil has even taken over the front lawn of our previous house and we only planted it 4 years ago.
This video was EXTREMELY helpful. The only reason I did not plant 5 of these 7 plants was because I knew we were going to have a few days of really hot weather yesterday and today, and I didn't want them to get toasted in the heat. Very grateful. Thank you! I really like your videos!
Thanks Luke. Also learned the hard way about chives. Just threw out 4 huge deck planters that had become overrun with chives. Total root masses. Couldn't even save any soil. Starting over with chives I just ordered from you. This time the chives go in only one tiny planter and flowers get cut when they emerge. No more chive forest!
Planted raspberries in a submerged bed made of 2x12 lumber after a failed raised bed experiment. So far (2 years) I have no escapees. The top of lumber is 2 inches above soil edge and mounded 4 Inches higher than lumber at center 0f 4 x 16 bed. So far so good
Hi Luke! I stumbled upon your channel and just knew chives would make this list.. I planted chives about 3 years ago and they absolutely took over a whole bed in the side of our house. Some of the chives I've clipped this year are already 3 ft tall!!! I try to clip the flower heads off but it's madness. Anyway, wonderful channel and super informative content. Be well.
Great information! I now have 9 oregano bushes growing in my raised bed garden all from one plant. Giving them a good haircut and making oregano oil as well.
I am really into growing herbs and flowers and dehydrating them to use medicinally or for teas. So all that you are saying makes me envious, not afraid to plant these things. I'm buying my first home soon and I've been making plans as to where my garden should be and what to plant. Fortunately, I've decided to keep my herb garden far, far away from my vegie garden to avoid the headaches. Thank you for your video. It was very enlightening!!
Also loving the new ‘do. Please add feverfew to the invasive list. Can’t think of a use for it other than as a filler and needs to be clipped before heads go to seed. Wondering what the tall plant was next to raspberries? Another raspberry variety? What type of strawberry do you have that is so prolific? Does it fruit once or all season long? Have been too busy in own backyard and missed your informative videos. Great to see you again, thriving and sharing.
Blackberries do the same thing as the raspberries do! I cut down blackberry sprouts all spring and summer. Some of them are several feet away from the main patch. We love them but you do have to keep a watch on them. Great video!
9:14 I love dill, too. And the bees, butterflies and ladybugs lap up the pollen when it flowers. I cut my dill, tie it into bouquets and hang it on my porch to dry. Then I grind it and store it in an airtight container for fall and winter use. It's much more potent dried, so be careful how much you put in recipes.
I have had some in a container for several years now and they have choked up the planter with themselves, but I haven't noticed that they've spread anywhere around/outside of the container.
My husband’s great grandmother had moss rose growing in an old canning pot. We think it was planted in the 1950’s. It stayed in that pot with no soil amendments until about four years ago when my husband started adding new soil. Great grandma has exploded! She is providing an amazing ground cover along with a lot of sweet basil that came back from last year’s plant’s seed.
I ripped out all the oregano from my garden, that grew there by tumbling out of a large pot on my deck, or so I thought, and it came back and now I keep it off to one side and treat anything out of that area as a weed. It's so hard. The hummingbirds love the flowers!
Excellent excellent vid great info. I intuited to put mint in its own container. I’ll keep my eye on my oregano. The raspberry... yeah - she’s fighting with my grapevine for king of the patch
I cannot seem to grow dill, Which is my favourite herb, and camomile. But what I find invasive aside from the other ones you mentioned are Jerusalem artichokes, lily of the valley, periwinkle, lilacs, lady’s mantel, trumpet vine, Veronica, blackberries. I planted a paw paw tree and it grew large over the years. The fruit was good, sort of custard like but it never stored well. Then that tree started sending runners all over my yard. I chopped the tree down, covered the stump. Still pulling runners out of the ground three years later. Now if my blueberries did the same, I would be happy lol.
rhubarb! I bought my house last year and the plants had already taken over from neglect and I have rhubarb growing literally everywhere. My yard, the beds, in cracks. And I'm having a heck of a time getting rid of it.
Dig out what plants you don't want and compost (or give to friends). Take the flower stalks off when young in spring before they go to seed (added benefit of keeping the plants strong. Eat your rhubarb (NOT the leaves)! Give it to friends. This helps set back the plant a bit, and makes them put energy into making more leaves. I just had my second harvest of rhubarb to days ago, cut it up, and into the freezer it went.
Rhubarb punch, pie, jam, and dont be afraid to harvest large swaths and donate the stalks to food banks or shelters. Some communities might even have the ability to come jarvest for you if you advertise on facebook or talk to yoir local farmers market
Free food! I made some rhubarb muffins from an online recipe and it was super good. They taste so sour when fresh but give baked goods a nice tart flavour.
Alyse R .Or sell it. When I look at the prices in the grocery store, I am so happy to have it in my backyard. I moved 7 years ago and it has taken that long for me to have good established rhubarb in my new home.
The key to getting rid of established rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, and other plants that can propagate through the root balls is to make sure you are removing the whole root without splitting it. My family has raised rhubarb for generations and each time the next generation wants a plant, we dig it up, split the root into 2 and replant them. P.S. my grandma makes AMAZING rhubarb bars.
Jerusalem artichokes and horse radishes can also take over. Oregano is such a vigorous plant where I live (south Alabama), that it can survive in the hottest part of the summer (with watering) and it still keeps its leaves even down in the low 20's or with snow on top of it. It's my only year round garden plant.
Your video popped up on my feed... nine months later.... but cilantro is taking over my garden! More so than the oregano and the chives. I’m going this week to trim those flowers! Thank you for sharing, this is information that I’ve not heard before: Yes I am a new gardener-second year.
I use oregano for coughs colds and infections. You can make a tea with the leaves . My oregano plant is my go to herb for all respiratory infections which makes it very useful I’m my garden.
And #9: Sweet potatoes. Mine grew out of the container and started trying to take over my back yard 😳 Wouldn't be a problem if we owned the property, but it was INTENSE
Loved the video. I planted 1 plant of lemon balm 20+ yrs ago & now I have a lemon balm patch that actually had to fight grass & won! These plants came up 50ft from where I planted them. I couldn’t bear to mow them down & they smelled lots better than grass so the balm won out, Ground cherries have become a small problem but only because the last 2 seasons the berries were eaten (while still inside the husk) by a fly-type pest. The ground cherries are sprouting everywhere. I liked it for awhile because I didn’t have to bother growing starts. Now I will have to prevent them from fruiting to eliminate the pest. What a shame, I love those berries.
Something people do around me is put extra plants, like runners, in boxes on the side of the road with a grab one free sign. I just got a papaya tree that way. We are putting some tomatoes and peppers in solo cups outside of the school
I planted most of these as productive understory under my fruit trees. I planted golden marjoram (instead of oregano) under my roses cuz it's beautiful and spreads but ive never had chives or dill spread here. Fennel, yes but dill, no. Perhaps we're too dry. Don't you have to replace strawberries every three years or so? I use the runners to replace 1/3 plants each year
My chickens over powered my mint. I thought maybe it’ll be a good plant to plant in my coop so my chickens can have a food source. At first the mint took off and when I took the cage off of it the chickens destroyed them in a week, it never came back.
Great informative video!!!!! Took notes for my next garden next year in a new location. Truly love your videos. Always learn something new!!!! Thank you!!! Me and mine wish you and yours all things great and good!!! Take care, be safe, all my best and God bless!!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 🤠🐩🖖✝️
Neither of these plants survive the harsh Pennsylvania winters I get so I plant a LOT. And I LOVE basil. I use three quarts of dried basil each year. And use it all.
I planted some kale and chard in a large planter together, and the little green cabbage white butterfly caterpillars came in and completely decimated the kale in less than a week. All that remained were some green spikes of stems sticking a few inches out of the dirt. My desperate research said that onions and garlic can help repel pests, so I planted one of my extra garlic chive plants next to it, and draped the long greens over the kale, and it got rid of the infestation overnight. Now my kale is very slowly making a comeback. I just have to keep the chives under control, which is no small task. That stuff takes root solidly! I learned the hard way about this mint in my first garden, back in my childhood. Even if you put it in a pot, if the drainage holes are in contact with soil in the ground, it WILL spread. At least mint is reasonably easy to pull out. So yes, you're right. This stuff is wonderful to have, but you do have to keep on top of it. I have yet to find any way to make gardening easy. It seems the focus of this video is edible plants, so maybe this isn't the right place to mention, but many of the bulb flowers will also take over. Gladiolas are super-agressive! It is also back-breaking work digging up those bulbs.
I have mint in 2/5 of my garden. The roots are like thick ropes that shoot far beyond their plants, intertwine like mats, and send up new leaves and stalks in regular intervals. I am slowly digging up the roots foot by foot with a pitch fork. I choose to enjoy this exercise because I have to do it.. As for all your other invasives, I never have trouble with chives or any herbs, or strawberries. Cold winters here in NH kill many herbs and strawberries. Dill never spreads in my garden.. Oh , yes my black raspberries and raspberries have a mind of their own. But at least I can cut down the dead canes and use the new ones, and they don't harm anything. Comfrey can be a headache. Have fun gardening!
About 33 years ago I met my first invasive...it was the Vinca! I was so distressed to realize I was going to have to mean it to keep these guys under control. Yes, keep under control, OMG, reminding me of current events!!! Reminder to self, God is in control 😺
chives in cottage cheese is good too. Chives can be dried as well. On strawberries you really want to remove the old 'mother' plants, in the middle of your bed and put the new runner plants in their place.
Basil. One year my dog got into the garden and ran through everything. The next year I had basil plants popping up everywhere, including my strawberry patch. At least I was able to make a lot of pasta sauce.
I planted chamomile 3 years ago in a window box. It got decimated by aphids. I thought nothing of it. Moved, didn’t empty the window box when I moved just picked it up and put it in the truck (fatal mistake) Then I noticed in the DEAD OF UPSTATE NY WINTER the Chamomile. I thought hurray cool! This was 3 years ago. I have never planted chamomile since yet I find chamomile in my garden everywhere.
I have also planted plants in their container, with the bottom removed, if they need a damper/wetter environment than the plants surrounding it. I have to say I get hundreds of tomato plants in my gardens because the seeds survive composting, freezing, everything. Since the tomato leaves are easily recognizable they can be easily pulled.
Lemon balm. That's in the mint family. I also used straw from a road side stand to mulch. It had nettle seeds, and dock seeds in it. Dock is horrible. Nettle is pretty bad too with the risomes.
Morning Glories! The seeds come up all season long and grow like topsy. And, of course, bamboo. Bamboo and morning glories are very difficult to get rid of.
Only if you arent tryinf to also grow an annual garden. I'm still gonna plant a whole section of mostly this kind of plant... But AWAy from my vegetable garden so i can have an easier time weeding it. Ive got a 10' or so gap between where i plan to plant these and my annual veg garden... That i will be mowing carefully now that i know
Also... Pick a different "weed" next time. Amaranth is a delicious grain that makes a useful replacement for wheat in flours and can also be used to make medicines. Not exactly something that ought to be killed.
I have mint in in the garden. Planted it to hopefully ward off something. It could double for a wig! I need a whole garden of mint. I should go into the mint business. Lol
You hit all the main ones. We had a plant in flower bed from previous owner. It smells like oregano but was fairly low growing. I ripped out the best I could as it had formed an impenetrable mat. It's still popping up! The chives I just clip the flowers b4 seeding out. I didn't do the garlic chives last year because the bugs liked it and it was attractive, But I think the asparagus will have company soon. I had a lot of trouble starting dill! I let it do it's thing by the asparagus bed and wonder if they will come back as I need it for canning and dried use. As long as none of them form a mat I'm not worried. I've heard lemon balm can be similar to mints...we will see. Flowers--DO NOT PLANT STEPPABLES OR ANY SEDUM FOR GROUND COVER--It will take over the Whole lawn and it isn't phased by weed killer. Those roots sneak into the surface of grass and its like creeping Charlie. Vince Minor is another. How some plants are allowed to be sold I have no idea--ie. Purple Loostrife.
I should have your problem. Things that don't grow at all for me are dill, chives and chamomile! I do grow oregano and don't mind that it spreads so easy. I just pull it out and cut it back around things I love. That very characteristic you hate keeps my weeds down. I have no problem with letting the over achievers dry in the sun and then adding them to the compost to make mulch. Regarding mint; I must be nuts, but I like it when my Egyptian mint spreads. It gives me a reason to pull it up and enjoy the scent! Other mints that are more wiry I only grow in pots! ;) Glad I found you this morning! Subscribing.
Another non-stop and aggressive plant is New Zealand Spinach. They have been growing in my yards for probably 15 years. I pull them up and they come back. They spread from yard to yard. They are certainly a green that can be used in multiple ways, both raw and cooked, however, they and their endless creepers create much work every year to keep at bay. Thought I’d add my two cents. Cheers (San Diego County).
I planted 1 lemon balm in my yard 6 years ago, and it’s seeded itself everywhere! 😣 I don’t really fight it anymore. I just dig it up where I definitely don’t want it and wack it with the weedwacker before the flowers set seed
Fennel! Like dill it goes every where but I grow bronze fennel allow it to grow in grass and anywhere it wants bc if it grows somewhere you don't want it pull up when bulb is med size and it's great to eat.
You mention selling mint seedlings at the market, which is a good idea. But be aware that to sell/distribute any perennial plants in Michigan, including herbs or fruits you need a license and inspection. Just something to be aware of for anyone who may want to do that.
If you want a real answer I could provide one to you but based on your reply I'm not sure you care. But here goes nothing...plants that can survive winter wherever they are planted have the potential to harbor pests and disease. If plant material only stayed within a small region, we probably wouldn't have to worry, but plants come from all over the country and the world. Heard of Emerald Ash Borer? Dutch Elm Disease? Gypsy Moth? These are all pests that have been introduced from other countries and can easily move on nursery stock. We've lost most of our Ash in Michigan, many of our Chestnut and Elm. There's Asian Longhorned Beetle nearby that would decimate maples. What's left then in our forests? They're not only beautiful but also bring in tons of money through tourism. If you're a blueberry farmer in Michigan (we have quite a lot of them) you probably don't want your crop to become infected with virus because a homeowner got an infected plant in from out west. If you grow fruit, you probably don't want your crop decimated by Spotted Lanternfly that was brought in on a tree dug up from great aunt Meemees property in Pennsylvania. It may seem dumb for something like mint plants, but there are real important impacts that can be made by carelessly moving plant material that many people just don't think of. Other things to worry about...sudden oak death, oak wilt, Hemlock woolly adelgid, those cover many of our large tree species here in Michigan. Idk about you but I don't want to lose the forests I rely on for fun and relaxation. So, that's why "Big Brother" gets involved.
@Joe Smith oh definitely. Many of the plants we are familiar with are not native. I have no issues with plants not being native unless they are seriously dangerous or destructive (think Japanese Knotweed and Giant Hogweed). But some of the exotic pests and diseases that have made their way to the US can and have destroyed forests which is why there is a level of regulation to attempt to stop that from happening, or if it's too late to do that, at least contain the movement. In my opinion a certain amount of oversight is a good thing. Appreciate your comment though. I'm just trying to offer some logic behind it rather than just say "I'm right, you're wrong".
Yep... last year a lot of folks complained the bare roots they bought were rotten. I bought from 3 sources, different labels, and all of them were bad.
Thyme is another one that becomes a Bush if you don't keep an eye on it........i have all of these except chamomile and have just learned to keep them maintained and I love them all
The difference between a gardener in America who know s what they are doing and an Irish gardener who doesn''t, is remarkable. I grew mint - it had full sun, was tall and straggly and I loved when the roots grew into the grass because of the smell when I mowed the lawn. It did not take over, in fact I nearly killed it. I moved house, planted a herb patch that was quietly growing in what turned out to be a shady area. About 2 months ago somebody power-washed some concrete and blew the muck all over the herbs(!), making them very sad-looking. They were resilient and now I have mint, sage and golden oregano growing in beautiful mounds and they are crowding out the parsley that took the brunt of the power-washing. Having watched your video, I will keep an eye on them. I did not know that chives grew as a bulb as such, until yesterday when I happened to pull one up! I was taking out the seed heads and was surprised and your video was an eye-opener.
My brother in law a few years ago "Did me a favor" by tilling up my garden for me. Except he didn't realize that my well tended patch of chocolate mint wasn't just weeds. And his tiller distributed mint over something like a 30' square by the time he was done. *facepalm* I've never had any problem like he describes with chives though. I've got a patch of chives in one corner of my garden, and it has never really spread. I don't see random chives popping up all over like he describes, it mainly just stays in its spot.
I plant all herbs in there own separate pot. I also bring them inside in winter and put them in front of my patio doors. It's Feb. and they are still producing just fine.
I agree about the oregano! Our oregano survived, not only being completely submerged in sea water during superstorm sandy, but completely choked out all its herb friends AND spread to a container on the far end of the yard! Another one not listed that I’ve found invasive is marigolds.
Near our family home there is some woodland filled with wild blackberry brambles and let me tell you.... cascading canes everywhere and so many fruit throughout mid to late summer, more than enough for the whole neighborhood, but they are aggressive. I've seen them pop up in people's yards and near other buildings too. There are whole thickets of them. I am aware blackberries and raspberries propogate slightly differently but it is good to keep in mind if you're planting either of them down in limited spaces that they can be work to contain and spread quickly throughout each season. Great video and informative. I feel like we should take note of the more invasive species in relation to sustainable living and feeding large communities too.
I do a crazy thing in my garden called weeding. Because of this, no plant can grow unchecked by seed here. It's 100% foolproof. As for mint, I plant it along a fence and let it grow into the lawn, where it's awesome when I mow.
I have had a mint planted next to my fence for years, I think it's spearmint. I keep the runners cut back and it has never become invasive. However I had a vinca vine in a pot with flowers, it grew down to the landscaping bed, rooted., and it is EVERYWHERE. Can't get rid of it.
I was not surprised that mint is mentioned first lol! I planted 1 spearmint plant in a 3x3 raised box and in 1 year overtook the box as expected. It would be a nightmare anywhere else 😂
My black raspberries were taking over the world (or trying to anyway). I ended up getting a bunch of food grade 5 gal buckets, drilled drainage holes at the bottom and tip rooted a bunch of canes. This spring I cut the new canes off the mother plant and have started trying to get the original plants out of the garden. I know it will be an ongoing battle, probably for the next several years, but at least I have gotten a start on it. I will be sacrificing having much of a berry harvest this year, but there are lots of places around me that I can pick wild ones!
