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I have taken a picture of the weed in my garden that is driving me crazy, and I can't for the life of me find anything on the internet that looks like it! Unfortunetly, the purpose of my garden is to provide a safe place for my rabbits to play, so I cannot use weed killer. So this certain plant keeps coming back no matter what I do! I also want to eventually plant cabbages and lettuces outside so want to keep the soil in the best condition without chemicals. I don't really have a problem with this particular plant being in my garden providing it if safe for my rabbits if they decide to nibble on it. But without knowing what it's called I don't know whether I can leave it to my rabbits to chew away at, or keep fighting it off!

Please help

On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:48:04 -0400, Terri Louise
wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/34a27ux

I have taken a picture of the weed in my garden that is driving me
crazy, and I can't for the life of me find anything on the internet that
looks like it! Unfortunetly, the purpose of my garden is to provide a
safe place for my rabbits to play, so I cannot use weed killer. So this
certain plant keeps coming back no matter what I do! I also want to
eventually plant cabbages and lettuces outside so want to keep the soil
in the best condition without chemicals. I don't really have a problem
with this particular plant being in my garden providing it if safe for
my rabbits if they decide to nibble on it. But without knowing what it's
called I don't know whether I can leave it to my rabbits to chew away
at, or keep fighting it off!

Please help

Rabbits know which plants to eat the same way other animals know.

Terri Louise wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/34a27ux

I have taken a picture of the weed in my garden that is driving me
crazy, and I can't for the life of me find anything on the internet
that looks like it! Unfortunetly, the purpose of my garden is to
provide a safe place for my rabbits to play, so I cannot use weed
killer. So this certain plant keeps coming back no matter what I do!
I also want to eventually plant cabbages and lettuces outside so want
to keep the soil in the best condition without chemicals. I don't
really have a problem with this particular plant being in my garden
providing it if safe for my rabbits if they decide to nibble on it.
But without knowing what it's called I don't know whether I can leave
it to my rabbits to chew away at, or keep fighting it off!

Please help

What does it smell like?

David

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:14:51 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Terri Louise wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/34a27ux

I have taken a picture of the weed in my garden that is driving me
crazy, and I can't for the life of me find anything on the internet
that looks like it! Unfortunetly, the purpose of my garden is to
provide a safe place for my rabbits to play, so I cannot use weed
killer. So this certain plant keeps coming back no matter what I do!
I also want to eventually plant cabbages and lettuces outside so want
to keep the soil in the best condition without chemicals. I don't
really have a problem with this particular plant being in my garden
providing it if safe for my rabbits if they decide to nibble on it.
But without knowing what it's called I don't know whether I can leave
it to my rabbits to chew away at, or keep fighting it off!

Please help

What does it smell like?

Weed!

In article ,
brooklyn1 wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:14:51 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Terri Louise wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/34a27ux

I have taken a picture of the weed in my garden that is driving me
crazy, and I can't for the life of me find anything on the internet
that looks like it! Unfortunetly, the purpose of my garden is to
provide a safe place for my rabbits to play, so I cannot use weed
killer. So this certain plant keeps coming back no matter what I do!
I also want to eventually plant cabbages and lettuces outside so want
to keep the soil in the best condition without chemicals. I don't
really have a problem with this particular plant being in my garden
providing it if safe for my rabbits if they decide to nibble on it.
But without knowing what it's called I don't know whether I can leave
it to my rabbits to chew away at, or keep fighting it off!

Please help

What does it smell like?

Weed!

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Terri Louise said:



http://tinyurl.com/34a27ux

I have taken a picture of the weed in my garden that is driving me
crazy, and I can't for the life of me find anything on the internet that
looks like it! Unfortunetly, the purpose of my garden is to provide a
safe place for my rabbits to play, so I cannot use weed killer. So this
certain plant keeps coming back no matter what I do! I also want to
eventually plant cabbages and lettuces outside so want to keep the soil
in the best condition without chemicals. I don't really have a problem
with this particular plant being in my garden providing it if safe for
my rabbits if they decide to nibble on it. But without knowing what it's
called I don't know whether I can leave it to my rabbits to chew away
at, or keep fighting it off!

Does it eventually flower? What do the flowers look like?

Are the stems sort of square?

Does it have a strong scent when you crush the leaves?


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Pat in Plymouth MI

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nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles

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You don't say where you are, but could it be this

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POPE3

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You don't say where you are, but could it be this

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POPE3

I'm reluctant to offer a positive identification (I'd guess at some form
of willow-herb), but it's not Persicara maculata (I presume that
Polygonum persicaria is the same thing).
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Stewart Robert Hinsley