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Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - marlin - 11-30-2014 Aloha All, Some years ago, Robert Silber gave me the impression he knew about permaculture and what he was talking about. Some hono grass showed up from a bulldozer or backhoe and Robert said, and I quote, "it is great to let grow, it makes good compost"....seven years later and hundreds and closing in a thousand hours later, I have still not be able to get rid of it. Talk about cursing somebody. I am at my wits end and ready to use poison though I loathe the thought I know of no other alternative. I have done plastic, cardboard, putting it in bags, etc. etc. and f**kin' A, no end in site. Anybody have any idea at all? Mahalo Marlin marlin RE: Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - allensylves - 11-30-2014 Someone here posted in another thread to use triclopyr (Ortho poison ivy killer, 32 oz for $19.95 at Ace). Nothing else I tried really worked so I tried it (1 cup/gallon + 1 tblsp Dawn). It is not perfect, but it works quite well. Allen Finally in HPP RE: Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - microage97 - 12-01-2014 Is this the beastie? http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/invweed/WeedsHI/W_Commelina_diffusa.pdf RE: Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - Rene Siracusa - 12-02-2014 It makes good forage for cattle, sheep and goats. They won't get rid of it, but they will help you keep it under control. RE: Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - Hotzcatz - 12-03-2014 It looks similar to what is grown in hanging baskets on the mainland and called "Wandering Jew". Nasty hard to get rid of stuff that will cover hedges if given a chance. From the link posted above: "Not relished by cattle, but they will graze it. Trampling also controls honohono". Hmm, other than out there trampling on it, I suppose you could get goats or something. Another quote from the above link: "Sensitive to hormone type herbicides. HAVO staff controled honohono with foliar applications of triclopyrester at 1%." Not exactly sure where to get "triclopyrester" but if it gets rid of honohono grass, I may have to get some. It is probably the same as the "triclpyr" in the Ortho Poison Ivy killer? I'll go look at Ace. Getting rid of honohono would be a great thing. "I like yard sales," he said. "All true survivalists like yard sales." Kurt Wilson RE: Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - kalakoa - 12-03-2014 I read that as "triclopyr" "ester". RE: Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - allensylves - 12-03-2014 The Ortho is 8% triclopyr triethylamine salt, but it does the job. Ace and Home Depot have it. Garden Exchange has it for $23.99. Allen Finally in HPP RE: Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - bananahead - 12-04-2014 Roundup it It's nasty, even small pieces will reroot ****************************************************************** save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha RE: Hono Grass/Wandering Jew - allensylves - 12-04-2014 Roundup has no effect on my super honohono. Allen Finally in HPP