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06/03/09, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: KS
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Help with weed identification please!
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06/03/09, 02:51 PM
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Lost in the Wiregrass
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: S.E.Alabama
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well i cant tell you what the real name is on thoughs but i remimber them well from when i was in kansas, and yes the top and bottom is edible to chickens goats and rabbits, the one in the middle is probably too but i just remimber that the goats never wanted much to do with it if they had other things to eat on,
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06/03/09, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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The top one looks like prickly lettuce and if so it is fine for rabbits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_serriola
The middle one looks like garlic mustard and my understanding is it is not a desirable food for rabbits... If that's what it is, it will smell garlicky when crushed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic_Mustard
I don't know the third one at all... likely it doesn't grow this far north.
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06/03/09, 03:23 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Huron County, Ontario
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prickly lettuce or some type of thistle plant is the first one. Highly favoured by my buns.
the second looks like nasty weed that we have up here....don't want it. rabbits don't like it. It gets dug and tossed FAR away from my place.
the third I have no clue.
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06/03/09, 03:32 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: KS
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Thanks so much.The first one we have in spots.The second only under the bushes in the shade but the third is everywhere.I thought the third one was pigweed or ragweed but when I looked it up it didnt look the same to me.
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06/03/09, 03:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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The third one is definitely not what we call pigweed OR ragweed... but common names vary regionally. One reason it is best to use botanical names as well as common names.
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06/03/09, 04:20 PM
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Original recipe!
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: NC foothills
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The first one is wild lettuce and the buns love it, but use it sparingly because it is very juicy and can give them loose poops.
The second one is violets. I don't know if they eat it or not as I like my violets and don't rip it up.
Not sure about the third one.
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06/03/09, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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Cece, plant #3 may be GIANT ragweed. I've never seen it here, but the excellent site that NJMama posted  has this picture for Giant Ragweed:
http://www.aragriculture.org/forage_...nt_ragweed.htm
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06/03/09, 06:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: KS
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Wow that is a great site, I look at it and a couple more and its definitely Giant Ragweed.I googled it and came up with some more pics that look just exactly like it...Thanks for all the help.
Am I right that ragweed is a no no for buns?
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06/03/09, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cece6
Am I right that ragweed is a no no for buns?
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That's certainly what I have always heard. I wouldn't chance it.
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06/03/09, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
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I am no help on the plants BUT.......is that an Italian Greyhound in the picture?
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06/03/09, 07:24 PM
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The last one is giant rag weed, seeds are ate by wild quail. A patch of it will choke everything else out.
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06/03/09, 07:39 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: KS
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Well this giant ragweed is all over so I believe it will take over.I guess I will start pulling them tomorrow.
And yes that is an Italian greyhound, her name is Gracie and she had to stick her nose into my business as usual(hoping it was something to eat no doubt).
We have two iggies and they are the greatest little dogs.
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06/03/09, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cece6
Well this giant ragweed is all over so I believe it will take over.I guess I will start pulling them tomorrow.
And yes that is an Italian greyhound, her name is Gracie and she had to stick her nose into my business as usual(hoping it was something to eat no doubt).
We have two iggies and they are the greatest little dogs.
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CeCe,
I knew it, I would recognize those noses and eyes anywhere. We have 3 male iggys, a great breed. We got 2 of the 3 from Kansas. Sorry for the derail.
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06/04/09, 02:27 AM
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Lost in the Wiregrass
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: S.E.Alabama
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get a goat and let the goat eat the ragweed lol, i know i know i am an instigator lol, we had it all over when i lived up there, the goats took care of it pretty quick,
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06/04/09, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: KS
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If my sister were still here I could borrow a goat.That would be a great idea but I dont know no goats personally now.
My parents always had lots of goats and they never had a weed problem.Now they only have two but they still help with weed control.But they live in another state.
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knew it, I would recognize those noses and eyes anywhere. We have 3 male iggys, a great breed. We got 2 of the 3 from Kansas. Sorry for the derail.
Yesterday 07:39 PM
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From KS, thats a long way to go for an ig from FL. They seem to be pretty popular around here for some reason.They sure arent built for the winters here though, makes more sense to have them in Florida..In winter mine will literally walk on thier two front legs to potty outside so they dont get thier feet too cold pretty funny to watch..
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06/04/09, 09:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cece6
From KS, thats a long way to go for an ig from FL. They seem to be pretty popular around here for some reason.They sure arent built for the winters here though, makes more sense to have them in Florida..In winter mine will literally walk on thier two front legs to potty outside so they dont get thier feet too cold pretty funny to watch..
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Our vet recomended the breeder (Schell creek kennels). We purchased one and a year later another from her. They fly them in and we picked them up at Tampa international. The thrird dog was from a local breeder. Here is a pic of "The boys".
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06/08/09, 10:16 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Iowa, USA
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#3 Giant Ragweed! An Iowa Specialty!
#2 is "herbal" of some kind, (not for feeding)
#1 has a milky sap (not for feeding either)
IMHO
Joel
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06/08/09, 10:28 PM
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www.ekfelts.com
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: missouri
Posts: 154
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here in MO. we call #3 "horseweed". there's tons of them growing alongside the country roads.
grumpy.
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