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    Can anyone identify this, found it amongst the parsnips!

    Andrew
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    Is it Fat hen?

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    • #3
      Yes it is.

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      • #4
        I pulled some up yesterday. It tugs up quite easily.
        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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        • #5
          I have loads of these popping up
          In the following link you can follow my recent progress on the plot

          https://www.youtube.com/user/darcyvuqua?feature=watch

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          • #6
            You will do. Apparently every cubic inch of soil in the UK contains 40 Fat Hen seeds. Get them before they set seed as each plant can produce about 70,000 seeds each year.

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            • #7
              70,000 whattttttttttt
              In the following link you can follow my recent progress on the plot

              https://www.youtube.com/user/darcyvuqua?feature=watch

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              • #8
                Originally posted by darcyvuqua View Post
                70,000 whattttttttttt
                If you want more, I could sell you some?
                Follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/TASallotment

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                • #9
                  Thanks everyone, pleased I caught it before it flowered then!

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                  • #10
                    Fat hen is edible so you may like to eat it before you weed it out. Here's an entertaining chappy EatTheWeeds: Episode 84: Lambsquarters, pigweed, fat hen - YouTube

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                      ... Apparently every cubic inch of soil in the UK contains 40 Fat Hen seeds...
                      ...and/or Ragwort seeds.

                      Look upon it as free greens for your compost bin!
                      Last edited by Glutton4...; 09-06-2013, 04:54 PM.
                      All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                      Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                        You will do. Apparently every cubic inch of soil in the UK contains 40 Fat Hen seeds. Get them before they set seed as each plant can produce about 70,000 seeds each year.
                        You are a mine of info. We are card boarding our new half allotment, when they decide which half we can have.
                        I give fat hen to the fat hens and they are getting the cleavers.
                        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post

                          Look upon it as free greens for your compost bin!
                          or cut out the middle man (the compost heap) and just leave it on the soil. The worms will pull it down and it will enrich the soil quicker than you can make compost by yourself
                          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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