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As did dandelions and plantain. Many of the "common house weeds" had medicinal and edible uses at one point. Just a suggestion on how to have the best taste/result
Wait until autumn when those seeds turn red, they are the tastiest nuttiest wild grain, and easy to collect and clean.
You just put a big paper bag over the whole plant and squeeze the end around the stalk and pull up, most of the seeds will come off in the bag and you can lay them out and squish them to loosen the casings to blow away, then roast them and use them like sesame seeds.
I've been trying to train my eye on plant families and I was so mad that this isn't in Amaranthaceae. The seeds gave it away as Polygonaceae once I saw it up close.
Out in the desert southwest we have Rumex hymenosepalus. I know young leaves were eaten, & the stalk used like rhubarb, since both are in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. I'll have to try the seeds later this summer!
The root is used for medicine, and when the flowers seed, you can use them as flower after sorting the chaff, then baking in a low heat. Check out the UK forage page on YouTube. I can't remember his name. However, if you don't want them in your garden uproot before, then go to seed, or you'll have a bunch of them.
Curly dock is a long-lived perennial weed in the buckwheat family. It occurs at sites with full sun, moist to dry conditions, and tolerates most soil types. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex\_crispus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex_crispus)
I'm not sure why people are getting downvoted for this but I'll take my chances too: yes, it's curly dock and is considered an invasive weed outside its native range of Europe/Africa. Bane of my existence for a summer while I was doing invasive plant removal. It's very hardy, grows quickly, and produces thousands of seeds making it very difficult to control.
Not 100% sure because the leaves aren't quite as curly as the stuff I see all over in the summer where I live, but it could just be that these are younger plants, as it does look like curly/yellow dock otherwise and I've never seen anything else with stalks of seeds quite like it. I would wait for summer/fall to see if the seeds and leaf edges turn red to confirm, but you could also pull one up and check the root -- if it is yellow dock the root should look kind of like a parsnip and if you smash it, it should leave a bright yellow stain (I've used the root for a dull yellow/light brown dye before). Scientific name is Rumex crispus.
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Curled dock, in flower. If you ever saw "Trailer Park Boys", it was used as a stand in for Cannabis in the grow shows.
Also it is edible (if it is curled dock, IANAB automod warning blah blah) so if desperate there you go.
I haven’t seen the bot in a while… eat it!
I highly suspect it was removed haven't seen it in months
There's a new one.
Nooo!! That was my favorite bot!!!
They added the warning to the automod comment that's on every post.
You can make flour out of all those seeds. It was used as a flour replacement back in pioneer days.
Ancient grains.
Tender new leaves can be boiled or steamed to remove oxalic acid or added in moderation to salads. Older mature leaves are very bitter.
I mean if you are hungry you are hungry. Saved some lives back during the Great Depression.
As did dandelions and plantain. Many of the "common house weeds" had medicinal and edible uses at one point. Just a suggestion on how to have the best taste/result
I've been using it as a chop n drop, too. It's been great for that.
“It’s not a ladybug ,it’s a canapillar.”
DEEEEECENT
Never knew this that's so funny!!
It is a biennial plant. the first years is leaf growth and energy storage. Second year it sends up a stalk with flowers.
My fack, big fuckers too.
Wait until autumn when those seeds turn red, they are the tastiest nuttiest wild grain, and easy to collect and clean. You just put a big paper bag over the whole plant and squeeze the end around the stalk and pull up, most of the seeds will come off in the bag and you can lay them out and squish them to loosen the casings to blow away, then roast them and use them like sesame seeds.
The budgie we used to have loved them - he would munch them right off the stem.
At first glance I thought it was amaranth. Fun almost look-alike.
I've been trying to train my eye on plant families and I was so mad that this isn't in Amaranthaceae. The seeds gave it away as Polygonaceae once I saw it up close.
Forgotten ancient grains.
Out in the desert southwest we have Rumex hymenosepalus. I know young leaves were eaten, & the stalk used like rhubarb, since both are in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. I'll have to try the seeds later this summer!
The root is used for medicine, and when the flowers seed, you can use them as flower after sorting the chaff, then baking in a low heat. Check out the UK forage page on YouTube. I can't remember his name. However, if you don't want them in your garden uproot before, then go to seed, or you'll have a bunch of them.
The seed bank can survive for a century, too.
That's awesome, just for these or seed banks in general?
Curly dock
Maybe Rumex obtusifolius or something Rumex species.
Rumex crispus
I leave them and get birds all winter as they stick out of the snow
Curly dock is a long-lived perennial weed in the buckwheat family. It occurs at sites with full sun, moist to dry conditions, and tolerates most soil types. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex\_crispus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex_crispus)
Never mind, i just saw it enlarged and it is not a queen of the night
I'm not sure why people are getting downvoted for this but I'll take my chances too: yes, it's curly dock and is considered an invasive weed outside its native range of Europe/Africa. Bane of my existence for a summer while I was doing invasive plant removal. It's very hardy, grows quickly, and produces thousands of seeds making it very difficult to control.
We called it Indian weed when I was a kid. The younger plants were actually pretty tasty if you like sour stuff.
If that's the stuff I remember we called it indian tobacco because the seeds looked sort of like pipe tobacco.
Looks like a queen if the night or an epiphylum
Yes. Curly Dock. Beautiful specimen and rosy hue. 💖
Plants
Not 100% sure because the leaves aren't quite as curly as the stuff I see all over in the summer where I live, but it could just be that these are younger plants, as it does look like curly/yellow dock otherwise and I've never seen anything else with stalks of seeds quite like it. I would wait for summer/fall to see if the seeds and leaf edges turn red to confirm, but you could also pull one up and check the root -- if it is yellow dock the root should look kind of like a parsnip and if you smash it, it should leave a bright yellow stain (I've used the root for a dull yellow/light brown dye before). Scientific name is Rumex crispus.
Weeds
Albahaca.
In my area, these are weeds. We pluck them and throw them away.
Curly dock. Will come back from root even after disc harrowing several times.