Anybody Knows What Are These?
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 22, 2013Purslane has a taproot, Pamela. There's a drawing of it here: http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/h529purslane.html You've never found this attached to anything when you pulled it out of the ground? You just find them running through the soil?Helpful Reply
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Pamela F on Jun 22, 2013No, haven't seen it attached to anything. I was told that they are swollen underground stems called stolons.Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 23, 2013Stolons usually run on top of the ground and they are definitely attached to a plant.Helpful Reply
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Jeannie Gilliard on Jun 23, 2013I found thisin our garden last year....My husband layered the garden with hay and they were underneath not attached......Helpful Reply
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Cindy tustin on Jun 23, 2013Looks like a trip to the county extension office.Helpful Reply
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Cheryl stanley on Jun 23, 2013sure hope somebody knows the answer to question!!!!!! I want to know, too! they look pregnant!Helpful Reply
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Cheryl stanley on Jun 23, 2013my husband says they are mole sperm! that's why our neighborhood is over run with the destroyers this year!! sorry! had to share that.Helpful Reply
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Pamela F on Jun 23, 2013Lmbo (laughing my butt off)!Helpful Reply
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Paula Englert on Jun 23, 2013LOVE the mole sperm theory. In my case it would be vole sperm. My yard is infested with the buggers and I can't get rid of them.Helpful Reply
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Nancy Bode on Jun 23, 2013To me it looks like some sort of mushroom or fungi or something. I've been Google searching and haven't come up with anything yet, but I'll keep looking.Helpful Reply
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Pamela F on Jun 23, 2013Thanks Nancy.Helpful Reply
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Cheryl Fleetwood on Jun 24, 2013From what I found....this is called "Rattlesnake Weed" or Stachys affinis. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=stach# Noxious weed: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402445 Good luckHelpful Reply
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Pamela F on Jun 24, 2013It looks like it Cheryl Fleetwood. I believe that you are correct! Thank you so much:-)Helpful Reply
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Pam Cates on Jun 24, 2013It is Rattlesnake Weed and it will take over. I have fought it now for years. It's one of those weeds that if you break one of these tubers and leave in the ground each piece will produce a plant.Helpful Reply
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Pamela F on Jun 24, 2013How do I get it out of my garden bed?Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 25, 2013Pamela, there are suggestions from the University of Georgia here: http://www.caes.uga.edu/publications/pubDetail.cfm?pk_id=7648Helpful Reply
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Pamela F on Jun 25, 2013Thanks Douglas! It says they're edible, won't find me eating them:-DHelpful Reply
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April E on Jun 26, 2013it is a form of fungus or mushroom if you will let your garden dry out a bit between waterings and they will leave/die and your plants won't mind a bit more air in the soilHelpful Reply
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Pam Cates on Jun 27, 2013I have dug and raked, dug and raked and raked through the soil to remove all I can find. When you see the foliage pull it and did down to find the tuber and remove. Roundup will kill it too. April E, I don't think it ever dries out enough here in the SE for them to die in our soil.Helpful Reply
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Pamela F on Jun 28, 2013Thanks Pam. I don't think it'll dry out either.Helpful Reply
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