Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: lmpd on June 10, 2010, 21:02
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anyone know what salsify leaves look like??
I planted some for the first time earlier in the season, but have no idea what the leaves look like and have not been able to weed properly, several of the weeds have tap roots and every time i pull one, i'm thinking - is this a salsify
:(
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Google images "salsify leaves" - I have some salsify doing well, but well on now and weeded! Good luck!
Phill :)
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google was my first port of call, but the images that were legible didn't marry up with anything in the row
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when young look just like blades of grass so real easy to pick by mistake ;) ;)
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Mine look like brownish grass. I can take you a photo tomorrow!
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sorry didnt think about colour i'm a bit colourblindso looks same as grass to me,lol
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Mine look like brownish grass. I can take you a photo tomorrow!
if you would, that would be great :)
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I'll be driving past the lotty at lunchtime, I'll stop off and take a pic (will give me an excuse for a quick potter anyway!!).
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Hi,
I did go past the lotty today, unfortunately couldn't take a picture as I've just had to leave my phone in the O2 shop in town to be returned to head office. It's been freezing all week and finally died on me. :tongue2: I now find out it's a really unreliable model :tongue2: :tongue2:
I'll be up there on Sunday and will take a proper camera with me...
ps I took a good look at the salsify - they now look like clumps of (oriental) grass. When they were smaller they were brownish-green, now they are quite green. I don't know if that helps you!
Sorry!
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i took a photo today while taking some of some new chickens, will try and post but never done it on this site before!
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Guidelines here, Sutty1
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=19476.0
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thanks for link but still struggling to resize image and had enough for tonight >:( >:( >:(
if it helps had it confirmed by people who aren't colour-blind, leaves defo grassy green. Three broad grass like leaves emerging from a single stem at ground level.
seeds planted in outside soil 6-7 weeks ago and 2to3 inches high now :) :D :) :D :) :D
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I always resize as I upload to photobucket, set it at 640x480 and it's automatically OK and there aren't the size issues which you can otherwise encounter.
But sleep well tonight!
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went to the other site in your post, will try photobucket tomorrow :)
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Salsify, also known as Serpent Root, below ground a bit like dock, above ground, looks like clumps of flat bladed grass (nothing like dock leaves). So to answer your original question, yes, you've been pulling up Salsify :nowink:
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Salsify, also known as Serpent Root, below ground a bit like dock, above ground, looks like clumps of flat bladed grass (nothing like dock leaves). So to answer your original question, yes, you've been pulling up Salsify :nowink:
oh no, thats what i thought, best wait for a pic before i weed any further :(
oh and thank you everyone for the help and effort you're going to :)
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8th ime of trying hope this will help!!!!!!!!! :
:) :lol: :nowink: ::) :lol:
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9th,LOL
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Sorry about quality of photo but hope it helps . Grows as single blade 1st.
Also called oyster plant because it tastes a bit like them!!!! 1st time i've grown them, can anyone confirm the flavour???????????????????
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Better late than never, if this helps.
There are two sowings, the smaller ones on the right are about a month old.
hth Penny
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thank you kindly for the pics, they are of tremendous help, :)
tho' sadly in identifying that it looks like our salsify didn't germinate :(