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  • #1

    do any weeds look like lettuces?



    Some of you may recall ages ago I scraped all the mud and gunge out of the chook run and chucked it into my oldest raised bed. Having decided that this bed really needs to be emptied and made smaller, I wandered up the garden to start work. I noticed that in the weeds growing on the mound created by said chook run clearing there are a few that really resemble lettuce seedlings.

    What does everyone else think....
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    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley
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    Looks like nice lickle lettuce plants to me.
    "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

    Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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    • #3
      That's what I thought but I haven't grown lettuces for ages and ages and even then they failed. Where the heck could they have appeared from if they are lettuces?
      Happy Gardening,
      Shirley

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      • #4
        They look like lettuce to me as well Shirl.
        Did you given the chook's lettuce that had gone to seed? Why not try one of the leaves to see what they taste like.

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        • #5
          Definitely lettuce, you don't get leaves that colour in the wild.


          Small print.
          Saying this places me under no legal standing if you eat one and are sick. Your on your own.
          "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

          Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by womble View Post
            Definitely lettuce, you don't get leaves that colour in the wild.


            Small print.
            Saying this places me under no legal standing if you eat one and are sick. Your on your own.
            How's your art project coming along....???

            Have you popped on here for volunteers?

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            • #7
              Okay, gonna get brave and try a bit...
              Happy Gardening,
              Shirley

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              • #8
                they taste green and need a lot of salad cream!! not sure what to do but I suppose it won't take a lot to transplant them and see what happens.

                I have never had a lettuce grow well enough to go to seed so have no idea where they have appeared from
                Happy Gardening,
                Shirley

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                  How's your art project coming along....???

                  Have you popped on here for volunteers?
                  I'm still planning it, thankyou for your concern.
                  Are you offering?
                  "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

                  Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post
                    they taste green and need a lot of salad cream!! not sure what to do but I suppose it won't take a lot to transplant them and see what happens.

                    I have never had a lettuce grow well enough to go to seed so have no idea where they have appeared from
                    Keep posting, if you suddenly stop, we'll call the police!
                    "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

                    Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post
                      they taste green and need a lot of salad cream!! not sure what to do but I suppose it won't take a lot to transplant them and see what happens.

                      I have never had a lettuce grow well enough to go to seed so have no idea where they have appeared from
                      Could the seed have been in there feed shirl or is the run where you've tried to grow lettuce before???
                      Last edited by ginger ninger; 01-05-2010, 04:07 PM.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by ginger ninger View Post
                        Could the seed have been in there feed shirl or is the run where you've tried to grow lettuce before???
                        Not sure if there is lettuce seed in chook feed but the run has definately never had lettuce grown in it for the past 15 years at least.
                        Happy Gardening,
                        Shirley

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by womble View Post
                          Keep posting, if you suddenly stop, we'll call the police!
                          I spitted it out
                          Happy Gardening,
                          Shirley

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                          • #14
                            It looks like endive to me, bitter tasting, can survive light frosts. They are usually in the mixed salad bags from supermarkets.
                            You have to loose sight of the shore sometimes to cross new oceans

                            I would be a perfectionist, but I dont have the time

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by womble View Post
                              I'm still planning it, thankyou for your concern.
                              Are you offering?
                              Heck no!


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