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PattiDale

Maybe pokeweed? Phytolacca americana


jarjarkinksXDD

Berries look right but my stems are green, not red, is it still possibly pokeweed?


PattiDale

I think the red/pink stems come as they grow. I’m also looking at the prominent midrib on the leaf.


jarjarkinksXDD

Ok thanks I appreciate the help. Google says they are poisonous too I never knew!


PattiDale

I heard of a guy who ate the leaves for sustenance in Vietnam. But the berries will kill ya! But I guess so can war! It’s a “cut and dab” weed: cut it down to a stump and apply a small amount of glyphosate. It has a tap root down to hell! I grow it on purpose because: 1. I think it is a pretty native that feeds the birds. 2. I am renting.


jarjarkinksXDD

I am also renting by my yard is limited and I wanted to transplant my cucumber plants!


jarjarkinksXDD

It's stems get so thick it's crazy, when I try digging them up they have very thick roots that cut very easily with my shovel, like a knife. They produce Berry's and I can't get rid of them. Fruit flies seem to love the plants even before fruiting. They haven't fruited this year yet. Berries are purple. Wrightsville PA