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New, large fast growing ... weed?
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Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Anybody recognize the critter? DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph |
DigitalVinyl wrote:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Anybody recognize the critter? DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph Kind of looks like a pokeweed I had in my yard last year. If it is, you want to get rid of it. It's a huge, nasty plant that will take over your neighborhood. Make sure to get all of the root or it'll come right back. Pat |
"DigitalVinyl" wrote in message ... http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. I don't think it is poke weed. Poke weed is a nuisance for me, but I don't find it too hard to control. I just keep cutting or stepping it down. Eventually it dies. The plant in the picture look very similar to brugmansia. Maybe it is a datura. I would let it go and see what happens. http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/ |
DigitalVinyl wrote:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Could this be an avocado plant?! Certainly has a tropical look to the leaves. I think I may have tossed a avocado pit or two into compost sometime and mixed it into the soil last fall. Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Anybody recognize the critter? DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph |
you are right, it is an avocado. I have two as houseplants and I was
wondering why it looked so familiar. |
Phytolacca americana, better known as "Poke Weed".
The fruit is a berry and birds drop the seeds everywhere in their poop. "DigitalVinyl" wrote in message ... http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Anybody recognize the critter? DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph |
DigitalVinyl wrote:
DigitalVinyl wrote: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Could this be an avocado plant?! Certainly has a tropical look to the leaves. I think I may have tossed a avocado pit or two into compost sometime and mixed it into the soil last fall. Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Don't think it is an Avocado. An Avocado would not grow that much in 2 days. -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
Definitely not an avocado.
Avocados aren't fleshy with shiny leaves. Its "Poke Weed", Phytolacca americana. "Travis" wrote in message news:9hvre.2516$kj5.599@trnddc03... DigitalVinyl wrote: DigitalVinyl wrote: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Could this be an avocado plant?! Certainly has a tropical look to the leaves. I think I may have tossed a avocado pit or two into compost sometime and mixed it into the soil last fall. Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Don't think it is an Avocado. An Avocado would not grow that much in 2 days. -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
Travis wrote:
DigitalVinyl wrote: DigitalVinyl wrote: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Could this be an avocado plant?! Certainly has a tropical look to the leaves. I think I may have tossed a avocado pit or two into compost sometime and mixed it into the soil last fall. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Don't think it is an Avocado. An Avocado would not grow that much in 2 days. Looks like a milkweed to me. Also looks like something I'd dig out and throw in a garbage bag. Dick |
Dick Adams wrote:
Travis wrote: DigitalVinyl wrote: DigitalVinyl wrote: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Looks like a milkweed to me. Also looks like something I'd dig out and throw in a garbage bag. I also believe it is milkweed. A string trimmer makes short work of it. |
It has the appearance of a pokeweed seedling, if it were returning from
a perennial rootstock the stems would be fatter and somewhat red. |
Milkweeds (Asclepias) have their leaves in pairs or sometimes whorled, not
alternate, Dickhead. Throw it out, maybe. Poke Weed is edible. "Dick Adams" wrote in message ... Travis wrote: DigitalVinyl wrote: DigitalVinyl wrote: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Could this be an avocado plant?! Certainly has a tropical look to the leaves. I think I may have tossed a avocado pit or two into compost sometime and mixed it into the soil last fall. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Don't think it is an Avocado. An Avocado would not grow that much in 2 days. Looks like a milkweed to me. Also looks like something I'd dig out and throw in a garbage bag. Dick |
You go ahead and believe that, Stubby, but you would still be completely
wrong. Fifty lashes with a string trimmer for you. "Stubby" wrote in message ... Dick Adams wrote: Travis wrote: DigitalVinyl wrote: DigitalVinyl wrote: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Looks like a milkweed to me. Also looks like something I'd dig out and throw in a garbage bag. I also believe it is milkweed. A string trimmer makes short work of it. |
"Vox Humana" wrote:
"DigitalVinyl" wrote in message .. . http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. I don't think it is poke weed. Poke weed is a nuisance for me, but I don't find it too hard to control. I just keep cutting or stepping it down. Eventually it dies. The plant in the picture look very similar to brugmansia. Maybe it is a datura. I would let it go and see what happens. http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/ I did grow a datura (flower points downward--they get confused with brughmansia a lot). Although this lacks the furry/slky feel of the leaves. Also my datura had a hairy stem. DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph |
"Cereus-validus....." wrote:
Phytolacca americana, better known as "Poke Weed". The fruit is a berry and birds drop the seeds everywhere in their poop. Checked out some photos online, looks like a match. Even found one showing the tiny leaves sprouting from the crotches. Although almost all the pictures show red stems. The seedling pictures I found look like the smaller weeds I am pulling out in bunches out back. It was a new one this year... hadn't seen that seedling type before. I can't be bothered with cooking it for greens--have to cook them as they are poisonous raw and/or when mature. Out it comes. Thanks to all... "DigitalVinyl" wrote in message .. . http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...af.jpg&.src=ph Found this foot tall...weed? Seems to have magically appeared in about 2 days. I just pulled bolted spinach from the bed on Saturday and Monday evening and never noticed this foot-tall, foot-wide plant was there. Unless it is a volunteer of somethign I can't recognize. Anybody recognize the critter? DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph |
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