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glennster

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started to see these weeds popping up last year, seem to be getting quite a few more this year. fast growing, get 6 ft to 8 ft tall. cut pretty easy with a corn knife and the round up seems to keep em out of the fields so far. north central illinois. any body know what they are???

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Here in NE PA we call it inkberry, when the berries ripen they turn almost black and if you get any on you it pretty much has to wear off because it doesn't wash off easily. Heard that indians used to use it for ink in clothing, decorations and war paint.
 
They are pokeweeds, toxic to mammals but birds are resistant to the toxin and love the berries.

I am about 55 miles south of Spfld. and we have had them for years. Never seem to be a problem in the crops. They are abundant under bird roosting areas.
Poke for Pokeweed
 
Absolutely pokeweed. Toxic indeed. Planted by birds after they eat the berries. They are a perennial and will form a huge juicy root underground from which they sprout in the spring.

Christopher
 
wow, didnt know that was poke. so, should i leave it alone, spot spray em with roundup or 2-4d, or have kruser dig em out with a hoe ? been fighting curly dock for a couple years now, chase em with the golf cart and a pump sprayer!!
 
I'd give my right arm for some of that. Grew up is SE Ohio on the bank of the river. We'd pinch off the top 6-8 inches of the growing plant. Mom would wilt in in 3 or 4 changes of boinling water-the house smelled like you brought in a bunch og grass clippings. She mixed the wilted greens with crushed crackers and beaten eggs and formed patties. Fried these in bacon grease. I've tried several other plants and nothing compares to poke. The berries and mature plants are toxic.
 
Very common here in SC. An old Indian woman used the root of one to cure my greatgrandpa's rhumatiz in the early 1900's and he lived for 28 more years with no problems. If you want the recipe, My email is open. The root is the most poisonous part of the plant, so the recipe is very important.
Richard
 
Yup, that's poke salad. Its edible when properly cooked. If you eat some that's not cooked just right, I've been told it will make you wish you'd never been born.

Its easy to kill. Use 2-4-D.

Use GrazonNext on the curly doc. Mix 1.5 oz/gal for a spot spray.

We started using GrazonNext this year and I am well pleased with the results. It is very effective on vines, horse nettle, bull nettle, lots of other stuff, and even puts some serious hurt on tree sprouts without hurting the good grass.
 
Young poke tops, lambs quater, wild lettice, and garden spinish mixed and cooked with some bacon strips in it yum yum.
 
round here we always called them pope berries for some reason...supposed to be poisonous, but thankfully kids and horses never eat 'em tho they are plentiful around the fencerows. The kids crush the ripe berries paint with 'em
 
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