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Help identify these plants!!

I need help figuring what actually grew that was supposed to and what are just weeds, then, if you know, what the weeds are called.

Please help me with this, mess! I just weeded it, mostly. A plant stabbed my thumb near the end of weeding and I had to quit.

Plants that are supposed to be there;
Tomato, Spinach, 2 kinds of Lettuce & Cucumber.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8950m.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8955m.jpg[/img]
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its really hard to tell without individual shots of the leaves of the plants, and the poor photo quality. but for the most part the weeds look like grass.

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What is the vine plant in the last picture? It has small, purple flowers and grows fast. It looks like nothing on my list.

The first picture is of Cucumber, right?

I know most is grass and I pulled most of it out. On the right side is where a plant stabbed me and I had to quit pulling grass and other weeds.



Here are better pictures of the plants.

#1 Lambs ear?
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8980m.jpg[/img]

#2
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8983m.jpg[/img]

#3
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8962m.jpg[/img]

#4
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8964m.jpg[/img]

#5
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8965m.jpg[/img]

#6 Has srat burst like leaves and tiny flowers.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8971m.jpg[/img]

#7
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8970m.jpg[/img]

#8
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8968m.jpg[/img]

#9 This stuff is edible, my mother used to eat them in Europe on her way to and from school long ago.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8967m.jpg[/img]

#10 This is a lovely baby tree I can never figure out it's name nor have it grow in my yard til now.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8973m.jpg[/img]

#11 Red stemmed plant with odd berries.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8974m.jpg[/img]

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thanks for the updated pics, ill do what I can

the one with purple flowers in the last pic of the first post looks like morning glory.

in the second post the first pic looks like mullien, its actually a great plant and medicinal. do some research on it and I'm sure you will leave it. I know I do.

#5 looks to be in the mustard family, but not 100% positive.

#7 sort of looks like lambs quarters.

not sure what the rest are sorry, what area are you in?

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Most of those plants look like weeds to me.

Your #10 is a mimosa tree in the legume family. I absolutely hate those trees. Every time I till the garden, I have mimosa seedlings come up. They develop a strong taproot in a few weeks and will not pull up easily once they get established. They grow extremely fast in the summer.

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#11 is pokeweed .. those berries will turn purple and birds love them. The sprouts when they first come up in the spring and are still tender are edible.

The first picture you posted in the first post (with the little yellow flowers) is velvet leaf. Its a wildflower and works very well as a trap crop for leaf miners. The leaves will get little pale squiggly lines through them. Just pull the leaf of and trash it. The leaf miners seem to prefer the velvet leaf to other things.

Most of it looks like familiar weeds, even if I can't come up with their names right now.

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The 1st pic in 1st post is Cucumber, it's in the exact spots I planted them. Googled it and I was correct. Either way, there is no plant like this in any place I've been, other than in yards where they are growing Cucumbers. Velvetleaf has a more round leaf.

Morning Glory, where on earth did that plant come from too??

I believe it's Lamb's ear based on this-"they're easier to tell apart the older they get, but I find that mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is a larger leafed plant at sprout, and a yellower green. Also, while it looks fuzzy, like lamb's ear (Stachys byzantina ), at touch the lamb's ear is much softer. It's also a blue grey green, as compared to the mullein. Once they begin to mature, the differences are obvious and numerous. Your lamb's ear will never rival you for height, for example. Keep in mind, though, that those are my relatively subjective observations. Both plants have uses in the garden."
It is extremely soft and fluffy.

Thanks for all the help!
Crazy where all these come from!
I hope the cucumber is at least the right plant!
What should I do about the pretty 'morning glory'??

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First off, let me say I LIKE the way you garden. I also leave plants that I can't ID to grow until I know what they are and what to do with them.
secuono wrote:What is the vine plant in the last picture? It has small, purple flowers and grows fast. It looks like nothing on my list.

-- I agree this is morning glory

The first picture is of Cucumber, right?

-- right


Here are better pictures of the plants.

#1 Lambs ear?
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8980m.jpg[/img]
-- I also think this is mullein
#2
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8983m.jpg[/img]
-- this is a little dark and hard to see but I think it's broad leafed sorrel

#3
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8962m.jpg[/img]
-- Morning glory again
#4
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8964m.jpg[/img]
-- This might be a ragweed... Maybe Giant Ragweed
#5
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8965m.jpg[/img]
-- agree some kind of field mustard. sometimes edible. Depends on the flavor.

#6 Has srat burst like leaves and tiny flowers.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8971m.jpg[/img]
-- if the leaves have bristly hairs and sticks to your clothing, it's Lady's Bedstraw

#7
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8970m.jpg[/img]
-- This is Lamb's Quarters and HG is growing them with his corn and asparagus. Edible, tasty, and nutritious wild green.

#8
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8968m.jpg[/img]
-- I'm stumped

#9 This stuff is edible, my mother used to eat them in Europe on her way to and from school long ago.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8967m.jpg[/img]
-- This looks like Fleabane/Erigion basal leaves but I'm not sure. Are the leaves fuzzy? I thought it looks a bit like Sheep Sorrel too. That would be edible -- lemony sour tangy flavor.

#10 This is a lovely baby tree I can never figure out it's name nor have it grow in my yard til now.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8973m.jpg[/img]
-- it could be mimosa. Might be one of the locusts too. Either way, most likely a nitrogen fixing tree seedling and useful as nurse plant depending on what's growing nearby. It's better to allow to grow to allow roots with N-fixing nodules to penetrate deeper into the soil. cut at ground level and use foliage for compost.

#11 Red stemmed plant with odd berries.
[img]https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/secuono/DSCN8974m.jpg[/img]
-- agree this is Poke. suposedly edible in when very young, but I'm afraid to try. My kids play with the berries whe completely ripe. Birds love the berries. Migrating robins stop over and clean them out every fall. Perennial and comes back with thicker stems every year so uproot if you don't want it there. I have one growing with my rose bush and honey suckle vine that grows taller than the first floor roof. They are all growing from the same 2 foot area but they all grow very well and don't seem to interfere with each other.
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Lol, thanks.
This was my first time gardening, next year I am picking a better spot and starting sooner. I think I will let the Morning Glory grow and the 'cucumber' and that little tree. Will keep pulling grass and will pull the rest of the plants.

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#1 is definitely common mullein (several medicinal uses)
#2 is difficult to distinguish, but is possibly dock (edible and medicinal)
#3 does not look like morning glory to me, but I wouldn’t rule it out
#4 does resemble ragweed, but it is not giant ragweed (I would get rid of it immediately)
#5 is (almost) definitely butterweed (pretty much useless unless you like the flowers)
#6 is driving me crazy. I've definitely seen it (wait for blooms)
#7 is definitely lamb’s quarters (edible and very nutritious)
#8 I have no idea
#9 sure looks like sheep sorrel to me (edible)
#10 looks a lot like a honey locust or black locust tree. I'm not familiar with mimosa.
#11 is definitely pokeweed. (edible when very young only if you know what you are doing. Otherwise, POISON!)

Interesting sidenote: The Declaration of Independance was written and signed with ink made from fermented pokeweed berries.

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Ipomoea indica

[img]https://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/weeds/Images/vines/Ipomoea%20indica1.jpg[/img]

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orgoveg wrote: #2 is difficult to distinguish, but is possibly dock (edible and medicinal)
Right, some kind of Rumex. Rumex crispus is Curly Dock, but this one has broader flat leaves. Rumex acetosella is Sheep Sorrel.

Good historical note about the Declaration of Independence! :D
Despite it's toxicity, Poke is an interesting native plant and I wouldn't eradicate it completely from my garden, if only for the sake of the berries for wildlife and flowers for the nectarers. I may yet learn how to prepare the young shoots too. I think the tough dried stems were used for something as well.



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