Araujia sericifera

Moth Plant at O'Malley, ACT

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Araujia sericifera

15 Jul 2021

Tapirlord

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Tapirlord noted:

15 Jul 2021

Nasty weed we are trying to eradicate from the ACT

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Rather large moth vine infestation by Hindmarsh drive, plants are entrenched among acacia boormani, so anyone trying to remove these has their work cut out for them!! :)

8 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

15 Jul 2021

Thanks Tapirlord an important discovery - have asked about control.

ACTBioSecurity wrote:

15 Jul 2021

Well spotted. It is an eradication target in the ACT. Predicted to spread with climate change.

Mike wrote:

17 Jul 2021

Remove the fruit first. Scrape the stems and paint with glyphosate.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Jul 2021

Thanks Mike will do probably tomorrow if teh rain holds off

Mike wrote:

18 Jul 2021

Picked about 50 fruit and scraped and poisoned 8 plants. I might have missed some among all the acacia stems and other weeds but at least the infestation has been reduced significantly.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

18 Jul 2021

Thanks Mike much appreciated - I was about to go out the door to do the same job but got caught up in a Red Hill matter

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

22 Jul 2021

went to site today and had a good hunt - found and treated six seedlings but there are probably more hidden in bushes and grass growth

Mike wrote:

22 Jul 2021

I knew there must have been seedlings but I was in between Waterwatch sites and couldn't spend much time. It seems as though when mulch gets overgrown it no longer gets maintained.

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