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Have it in my German Bearded Iris beds pretty heavy hate the stuff myself. My mother in law likes to feed it to her chickens in the spring as it’s one of the earliest plants to green up. Latter in the summer it seems to just go dormant and you don’t see it any longer until the next spring.
I don't think you do. It seems relatively harmless. Its a winter annual (I think) and really provides little competition for the clover. It grows fast, flowers quickly, produces seed for the next cycle - and gets out of the way - if it is what I think it is...
Purple Dead Nettle is one of those beneficial weeds that can be both eaten and used for medicinal purposes. I had some of it growing around my house a few years ago and looked it up to ID it. I'll see if I can find the bookmark.
Oh it can help identify Phosphorous levels in your soil by how much of the plant is purple.
Purple dead nettle is not just a weed. It's an easy to forage edible and medicinal herb that may be right outside your door. Both delicious & beneficial!
Grows about 6 inches around the apple trees, so no complaints there.
There is more of it in my clover plot this year. Wasn't sure where to go with the clover plot. Milpa garden or let it go till late summer and hit it with rye / oats and more clover seed. Sprayed the plot last august and put clover and tillage raddish. One spot was really doing well with raddish, clover didnt grow there and had a bald spot. Tossed some clover and fertilizer on that spot 2 weeks ago while I was seeding a drainage channel I cleaned up and some rleased chokeberry trees from the yard edge.
Grows about 6 inches around the apple trees, so no complaints there.
There is more of it in my clover plot this year. Wasn't sure where to go with the clover plot. Milpa garden or let it go till late summer and hit it with rye / oats and more clover seed. Sprayed the plot last august and put clover and tillage raddish. One spot was really doing well with raddish, clover didnt grow there and had a bald spot. Tossed some clover and fertilizer on that spot 2 weeks ago while I was seeding a drainage channel I cleaned up and some rleased chokeberry trees from the yard edge.