The pokeweed likes to be in a sunny and warm place, but also feels comfortable in partial shade. The soil should be slightly moist and rich in nutrients, then the pokeweed is an easy-care and easy-to-propagate garden plant.
Which location is best for pokeweed?
The ideal location for the pokeweed is a sunny to partially shaded place with humus-rich, slightly moist soil. Be sure to remove wilted inflorescences to prevent uncontrolled reproduction and spread of the poisonous plant.
If you let your pokeweed do its thing, it will exterminate itself and will then be difficult to fight. Therefore, you should remove wilted inflorescences before fruits and seeds develop. This will also prevent children from putting the tempting but poisonous berries in their mouths. By the way, all parts of the pokeweed are poisonous.
The most important things in brief:
- Location: sunny and warm or partially shaded
- humous, slightly moist soil
- very prolific
- hard to fight
- effective against snails
Tip
If you don't want your garden to be overgrown by pokeweed, you should remove wilted flowers before fruit forms and the plant can self-seed.
