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Wed, Aug 22, 12 at 15:20
| I keep finding weeds that are popping up that look almost carrot like at the end. I dig them up and they're huge. I took a picture of them below. Can someone PLEASE help me in finding out what exactly this is?
If I remember correctly, it grows very tall and vine like if allowed to. Also, I'd like to know how to get rid of it? So far, I've been digging it up but it's starting to sprout in places that are pretty difficult to get to.
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| It might be helpful to add your location and/or USDA zone to your page so have a sense of where the plant is growing. |
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- Posted by foolishpleasure 7B (My Page) on Mon, Aug 27, 12 at 2:27
| The root looks scary. Why don't you vegetation killer. The weed was sending me to the mental institution until I PUT MY HANFS on strazecide vegetation killer. The only ones I still pull by hands are those who decide to grow very close to the vegetable roots. |
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- Posted by ironorchid (My Page) on Mon, Aug 27, 12 at 10:24
| it looks like english ivy. we had some old giant clumps, with large roots like that. every piece of root will try and come back. multiple doses of roundup on the new growth finally killed it. |
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| This is not English Ivy (Hedera helix). Ivy doesn't have a root like that, is not herbaceous ie does not'pop up' and does not have hirsute leaves and stems. |
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| Here's a crazy question: is the top of that plant actually attached to the root/tuber....or did it just come from the same location? Also, aside from letting us know your general location, how about give us a size estimation of this root. |
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| It is something in Cucurbitaceae. Without adult foliage, flowers, or fruit and location, we are not likely to solve this. Kendra has not replied to this post or the Weed Forum post about location or other traits. |
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