Is this veggie or weed?

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Posted by dobieone Zone 9 CA (My Page) on

Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 12:13

One of my gardening faults lies in labeling, or lack thereof. So when I found this plant growing feverishly, I let it go. Finally I pulled it and this is the root. So my question: veggie or weed?

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Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 12:22

Without the leaves it's hard to tell what it is from just a white root. The leaf stalks that are left lead me to believe that it could be a radish (I'm not 100% certain though).

Rodney

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Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 12:23

Did you plant parsnips?

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Posted by emorems0 PA - 6a (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 12:32

The root looks a lot like a parsnip... but I have no idea what their foliage looks like. I've never grown them, just use store-bought for cooking.

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Posted by floral_uk 8/9 (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 12:42

The cut off stalks do not look like parsnip - it looks more like a Brassica.

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Posted by dobieone Zone 9 CA (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 12:51

This is the leaf structure, plus it has small pinkish flowers.BTW I have quite a few growing randomly throughout my yard.

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Posted by Slimy_Okra 2b (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 13:01

Looks like a daikon radish to me.

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Posted by pnbrown z6.5 MA (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 13:38

Agreed root looks like parsnip but stems say brassica - so a radish is likely.

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Posted by annew21 7b NC (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 14:32

I vote daikon radish as well.

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Posted by loribee2 CA 9 (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 14:46

I vote don't eat anything you're not sure of! ;-D

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Posted by afishlady 8b (afishlady@yahoo.com) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 21:14

Here is a picture of a daikon plant and root.

Here is a link that might be useful: daikon root

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Posted by terry_neoh 5b (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 21:53

Sorry that I'm just piling on here, but the link shows a common weed in our area.
-Terry

Here is a link that might be useful: wild radish

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Posted by dobieone Zone 9 CA (My Page) on
Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 10:15

Thank you Terry. Yes, the wild radish flower is exactly right. I will toss. I have a lot of others to pull. Thanks everyone!

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Posted by afishlady 8b (afishlady@yahoo.com) on
Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 16:18

Very interesting. Looks like you can eat them. I saw some brassica-looking flowers in someone's yard the other day and was wondering how they would've gotten there. Although I'm so curious as to what the root looks like, I don't plan to pull it. :) So I guess yours is a veggie and a weed.

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Posted by emorems0 PA - 6a (My Page) on
Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 23:20

Guess it's like wild raspberries or blueberries or any other native, wild edible... you can certainly eat them, even if you didn't intend on growing them... lots of info on edibility in the link below. Now I kind of wish I had one to try!

Here is a link that might be useful: Eat the Weeds - Radish, Mustard's Wild, Rough Cousin

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Posted by seysonn 7b WA/HZ 1 (My Page) on
Sun, Apr 27, 14 at 1:33

To me, both the root and leaves look like some kind of radish, probably long day type. If you have ever grown any kind of radish ,should be able to recognize if indeed it is radish, just by looking at it and smelling

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