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Old 23-06-2008, 10:31 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Identify these weeds

On Jun 23, 3:56 pm, enigma wrote:

weed A is a variety of goldenrod. pulling it works for
eradication if you don't want it there.
weed B is a tulip tree.. not a weed in most cases, but if you
don't want it, cut it down. it'll come back from the roots a
couple times, just keep cutting the sprouts.
weed C is grapes. again, keep cutting it back & it'll
eventually die.
are you sure that's a wild raspberry?


First, thanks for the excellent reply! I have a few more questions.

So, those are grapes? Excellent! Can we eat them?
If I let the sapling go, it will grow into a tree?
Those are some type of berries. We picked them and ate them last year.
My neighbor said they were raspberries. However, I went out again and
noticed another plant that has different leaves but what looks like
raspberries already in bloom (right term?) - see the updated web page.
So now I'm not sure what we have.
Lastly, I found another "plant" - guess I can't tell a weed from a
plant - that I posted some pics of for ID.

I was mostly interested in ID'ing these plants to know what to
eliminate. But I guess I should keep them all. Would it be beneficial
to keep all these plants? The "fruit" plants all seem to be growing on
the part of my property that gets the most sun - the rest is heavily
forested - so I don't think they will be invasive.

Thanks again!
John