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Can someone please help me identify a weed? [View all] Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 OP
I can't. But if you don't get an answer here ... Jim__ Jul 2021 #1
I am not sure Jerry2144 Jul 2021 #2
It's good commonsense to wear long sleeves, garden gloves marybourg Jul 2021 #3
I'm not a botanist. But this looks like Eyeball_Kid Jul 2021 #4
Oh, THAT Kind Of Weed WHITT Jul 2021 #5
LOL Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 #23
It isn't Hogweed KentuckyWoman Jul 2021 #6
I think it is pokeweed. Which if it is is not toxic. flying_wahini Jul 2021 #7
Pokeweed has very different flowers - and it IS toxic. Mariana Jul 2021 #14
Pokeweed is toxic H2O Man Jul 2021 #15
Not necessarily toxic to livestock CommonHumanity Jul 2021 #30
I thought people ate pokeweed. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 #35
They do, but only the young shoots and leaves in the spring. Mariana Jul 2021 #36
NOW they tell me. Let me get off the computer and call 9-1-1. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 #37
Even then, it's dangerous to eat it raw. Mariana Jul 2021 #38
Poke is poisonous. kentuck Jul 2021 #43
I feel like I've seen that around my part of the country too Rorey Jul 2021 #8
It looks like a wild amaranth to me. nt. Mariana Jul 2021 #9
I thought so too. Related to quinoa I believe. CentralMass Jul 2021 #32
Get some Tecnu, or equivalent, then pull all you want jmbar2 Jul 2021 #10
Looks like pigweed jcgoldie Jul 2021 #11
Yeah, I googled pigweed Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 #18
It might be pokeweed. Here's a link to a botanical description: CottonBear Jul 2021 #12
Not poke weed CommonHumanity Jul 2021 #33
At first I thought it could be stinging nettle Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 #13
I think it's an amaranth. Some of them get that tall. nt. Mariana Jul 2021 #16
Amaranth sp. msdogi Jul 2021 #17
most def amaranth. most def not poke. mopinko Jul 2021 #19
That's an app called Picture This that does a good job Chautauquas Jul 2021 #20
Thanks everyone Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 #21
get some goats to do the work and have a beer jcgoldie Jul 2021 #22
Googled "rent a goat" Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 #24
unfortunately no! jcgoldie Jul 2021 #26
I remember calling them horseweeds... kentuck Jul 2021 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author drray23 Jul 2021 #27
Did you plant your seeds from China? berniesandersmittens Jul 2021 #28
looks like amaranth, or pig weed. Kali Jul 2021 #29
Nope! That is not cannabis! YoshidaYui Jul 2021 #31
Where do you live? Have you tried your local agricultural extension service? mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 #34
that is mullein rampartc Jul 2021 #39
I don't think so. Ms. Toad Jul 2021 #41
Amaranth. Big ones yonder Jul 2021 #40
https://identify.plantnet.org/ Amaranthus Retroflexus L / Red Root/ Thorny Amaranth Meowmee Jul 2021 #42
Is this it? kentuck Jul 2021 #44
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