Green bristles (setaria, mice) are an annual plant from the family of cereals, or bluegrass. The grass has a small, fibrous root. It is able to quickly deplete and clog the soil cover. Many members of the family act as fodder plants. They were known to people in ancient times, there are many varieties in the plant world such as chumiza, gomi, mogar. The genus of grass has about 120 species, one of which is the bristle.
Appearance
Gardeners and gardeners strive in every way to get rid of a weed plant called green bristle. The description of this herb is known to anyone who wishes to grow a good crop of vegetables. The weed has dense spike-shaped flowers of a cylindrical (less often - lobed) shape. Spikelets in the form of panicles are located on shortened legs. Closer to the base, they have serrated bristles.
Green bristles bloom in July and August. The seeds of the plant ripen in late summer and have an amazing vitality. The ability of seed germination is maintained in the plant for 10 years.
Preferred habitat
The grass is able to take first place in survival among its spring weed counterparts, spreading on millet crops and resembling millet grains. Due to this similarity, the plant is also known as millet. You can see green bristles almost everywhere: in the beds, gardens, forest edges, along the roads. It clogs with its seedlings varieties of late crops. The plant is resistant to adverse environmental conditions, tolerates dry periods. Propagation of grass occurs with the help of seeds.
Agrotechnical weed control measures
Agrotechnical measures to prevent weed propagation include:
- Finishing treatment, in which the seeds are not able to sprout.
- Technologically correct care for planted crops.
Green bristles are able to clog their sprouts:
- Cereal planting.
- Legumes planting.
- Technical plantings.
- Vegetable crops.
- Planting forage crops.
Useful properties of bristle green
The chemical composition of the plant has not been thoroughly studied, but the leaves of the herb contain oxalate magnesium. Chinese and Tibetan medical practices use the plant as a diuretic.
In folk medicine, green bristles are not so often used, the healing properties of which some people use to relieve bruises and bruises, making compresses out of it. Seeds are used to treat eye diseases.
Interesting Facts
- When harvesting hay forage, grass, falling into the feeder, can provoke diseases in animals. The disease is expressed in inflammatory processes of the oral mucosa. Spreading into the respiratory tract of the animal, the bristle provokes purulent inflammatory formations. Cows that consume grass lose their milk yield, and ulcers and curd-like plaque caused by grass bristles are found in their oral cavity.
- This grass is very fond of cats. Some owners of furry creatures specially planted bristle seeds on the windowsills for their pets to pamper their pets with green vitamins in winter. In summer, cats love to relax in the weed.
- If a cat or dog gets sick, they independently find grass and eat its green leaves.
- In agriculture, the struggle against plants is carried out with the help of herbicides. On vegetable beds it is uprooted. The land is also treated with special herbicidal preparations.