{"id":1824,"date":"2016-11-28T05:07:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T05:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fsccmn.com\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2016-11-28T05:07:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T05:07:58","slug":"st-johns-wort-in-flower-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/?p=1824","title":{"rendered":"St John&#8217;s Wort in Flower Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1825\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1825\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1825 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fsccmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Hypericum_perforatum_07_St_Johns_wort-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hypericum perforatum, St Johns wort\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Hypericum_perforatum_07_St_Johns_wort-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Hypericum_perforatum_07_St_Johns_wort.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St John&#8217;s wort, photo by J Miles &amp; M Campbell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>St John&#8217;s wort (<em>Hypericum perforatum<\/em>) is a weed which is in\u00a0flower from now until around the end of January. Its bright yellow flowers make it easy to identify and now is a good time to control it.<\/p>\n<p>St John\u2019s wort spreads by seeds and lateral roots. A single plant increases in size by growing outwards from the roots in concentric circles. It spreads rapidly in both agricultural settings and conservation areas, can outcompete other species and is difficult to control once established.<\/p>\n<p>Council is currently inspecting for it around Bemboka, Coolagolite, Mogilla and Warrigal Range, but there are also isolated patches in other localities. For control information and identification landholders can\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au\/Weeds\/Details\/135\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">read the DPI information sheet<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0call Bega Valley Shire Council on 6499 2222 or visit their local agricultural produce store. Council\u00a0can also come out and help if you&#8217;re having trouble identifying it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St John&#8217;s wort (Hypericum perforatum) is a weed which is in\u00a0flower from now until around the end of January. Its bright yellow flowers make it easy to identify and now is a good time to control it. St John\u2019s wort spreads by seeds and lateral roots. A single plant increases in size by growing outwards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,4,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827,"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions\/1827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsccmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}