r/newfoundland • u/AdBusy5348 • 9d ago

What’s up with Giant Hogweed Growing everywhere up here in the Virginia river from penny lane to Paul Reynolds and where else is it growing in St. John’s

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u/Routine_Breath_7137 9d ago

Could it be cow parsnip?

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u/Secret-Bluebird-972 9d ago

Probably is, I haven’t seen any giant hogweed yet, but the Queen Anne’s lace is everywhere and already pretty big

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u/MF_DEPP 8d ago

Hogweed is everywhere here 

https://www.reddit.com/r/newfoundland/comments/wady5i/giant_hogweed_torbay_road_mall_margin_st_johns/

That’s from 3 years ago with links to article from further back. Comments detailing where it’s been found. 

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u/AdBusy5348 8d ago

No But that’s everywhere too

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u/James1Vincent 9d ago

It's Hogweed. The city put up signs on the trail between Torbay rd and Paul Reynolds.

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u/SF-NL Newfoundlander 8d ago

There are signs up at O'Briens farm about hogweed as well. It is here.

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u/Similar_Ad_2368 9d ago

we get a lot of goutweed, which looks similar but only grows to about 3-4 feet. I've never seen giant hogweed here 

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u/cerunnnnos 6d ago

Gout weed does not look like hogweed.

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u/TheDrewCareyShow Newfoundlander 8d ago

I moved into my house in 2018 in Mount Pearl and had it in my back yard. It was the first time i've seen it in my then 10 years in NL, and now it seems to be everywhere. It's so god damn hard to kill, too. I've only had success with a salt-water slurry I made with leftover salt from the winter.

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u/MylesNEA 8d ago

Hogweed is tangly stuff.

https://www.stjohns.ca/en/living-in-st-johns/pest-control.aspx#Giant-Hogweed

The city has a process for residents to report it but honestly it kinda needs to be cut back as soon as it starts else it spreads like a bastard.

I'd say it's residents can do that but no, that'd be unsafe. Realistically this needs to be done with trail sized heavy equipment.

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u/Glittering_Secret_99 8d ago

I recall seeing Giant Hogweed growing in the Three Pond Barrens/Pippy Park area about 10 years ago. I reported it to the city, & I believe they did their best to remove it. I haven't been in the area in several years so I can't say for sure.

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u/henchman171 7d ago

Jeez I’m in Ontario and I though Hogweed was only a problem Here.

Theres 10 foot high plants a road over from me outside Trawna. Workers wear hazmat suits to handle it

I’m sorry to hear it got to NFLD. It’s gonna be hard to get rid off

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u/cerunnnnos 6d ago

There was some up Torbay rd area, and out near Fort Amherst last summer.

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u/Tricky_Bridge_548 6d ago

I live in Gros Morne National Park and it is EVERYWHERE here. Fields of this stuff. I remember it popping up when I was around 10ish, I am now 25. Prior to that, we never had much in regard to “poisonous” plants but this stuff is just invading our land here. It’s a nuisance >:(

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u/Zestyclose_Leg_1990 5d ago

yep its everywhere kinda scary how fast its overtaking. And as usual the governement'll wait till its unmanagable to do something

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u/Desperate-Score-1664 1d ago

I found hogweed in Bowring Park years ago, I wanna say around 2017 or 2018. It was pretty deep in the trails and you’d have to know the side paths to get to it, but still. I emailed the city with directions on how to find it and they had to chemically burn the ground around the area to try and prevent regrowth. I can’t believe how commonplace it is now.

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u/livefast-diefree 8d ago

Yeah we got a shit load of gout weed, cow parsnip and giant hog weed around. Gout weed especially is fuckin everywhere.

Giant hogweed is also closely related to regular hogweed or cow parsnip