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Sun, Jul 24, 05 at 13:55
| This Spring we had a large load of rich black soil hauled into our garden. The veggies have grown like crazy...so has Pig Weed..at least that is what I have been told it is. These weeds are upright some 3 feet tall, with a strong long tap root and they have thorns all along the stem which makes them really mean to pull up. |
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| Don't let them go to seed. Amaranth sets millions of seeds which can live in the soil for several years. Pull it as soon as you see it and in a few years you 'may' get rid of it. George |
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- Posted by sazji NW Turkey (sazji@yahoo.com) on Sun, Sep 11, 05 at 16:20
| On the other hand, it's delicious. :) |
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| I agree. Pig weed is much better than spinach. Easy to identify with a dusty look on the back of the leaf. Best for eating if it's under 6" tall. |
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| Pig Weed, "Amaranthus" species, is often a edible plant and many people do use it as a cover or green manure crop. As you have discovered this is one of many reasons why purchasing "soil" from some place else is often a bad idea although yo udid get one major benefit and that is a source of organic matter to put into that soil. Do not pull them out of the soil but instead till them in. |
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