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- The vetch: Attractive flowering plant or annoying weed?
- Prevent seed formation
- Wicken can also thrive lying
- Bird pecking is ecologically valuable
- Tips
The Zaunwicke proliferates very strong and is thus annoying quickly
The vetch: Attractive flowering plant or annoying weed?
Vanilla peaches with their widely bright flowers in beautiful colors are among the most popular cottage garden plants. Relatively easy to care for and easy to cultivate, they adorn numerous green spaces. Unfortunately, Wicken have become overly self-sufficient and can become a real plague in situations in which they feel comfortable.
Prevent seed formation
So that it does not get that far, it is recommended to consistently remove everything that has died down during the entire flowering period. From each flower a flat pod matures, in which there are six to eight seeds. Once dropped on the ground, the seeds usually survive the Central European winter unscathed and start to germinate in spring. The vetch is vigorous and within a short time the small plantlets reach considerable stature heights.
This can be used. In places where you want to cultivate Wicken every year, you can let the pods ripen and provide for the independent sowing of the plant.
Wicken can also thrive lying
Both the fence vetch and the wildly alert poultry vines not only thrive but also like to grow lying in the grass. Since these plants are relatively undemanding, it can happen that they overgrow almost unnoticed garden corners almost completely. Therefore, tear off wicks that grow out of the bed regularly.
There are special weedkillers for vetches on the market, which prove to be very helpful in case of overgrowth. However, like all chemical weed killers, use them wisely.
Bird pecking is ecologically valuable
However, it must not be concealed that the seeds of the Vogelwicke contains a lot of protein and is an important food source for many birds. Also numerous wild bees, bumblebees and other insects appreciate this wild Wickenart, as it forms over weeks a lot of nectar. If this vetch spreads out in a corner of the garden where it does not bother you, you should see the plant as a decorative crop from the ecological point of view.
Tips
Often the very annoying garden winds are confused with vetches. However, vetches have butterfly flowers while the winds form white, funnel-shaped flowers. The proliferation of winds is difficult to curb because these plants multiply not only by seed but also by root shoots.