This started randomly growing in an 18-gallon container after I pulled up an heirloom tomato plant that was dying. It looks like an edible lettuce, maybe swiss chard? I don't want to eat it though unless its definitely edible...
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DoubleDogFarm
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wow, thanks for the quick research! looked up Sorrel and Broadleaf Dock on wikipedia and this is a bit scary:
Sorrel:
"The plant's sharp taste is due to oxalic acid, which is a poison. In small quantities sorrel is harmless; in large quantities it can be fatal."
Broadleaf Dock:
"Broadleaf dock is considered a weed and is slightly poisonous"
...so much for eating it!
Sorrel:
"The plant's sharp taste is due to oxalic acid, which is a poison. In small quantities sorrel is harmless; in large quantities it can be fatal."
Broadleaf Dock:
"Broadleaf dock is considered a weed and is slightly poisonous"
...so much for eating it!
Take a look at French sorrel. I have a [url=https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=150121]large plant[/url]of it and, once or twice during the winter, harvest 4 cups (leaves and stems, smashed down in the container) for one batch of Sorrel Soup. Great stuff!tovfla wrote:wow, thanks for the quick research! looked up Sorrel and Broadleaf Dock on wikipedia and this is a bit scary:
Sorrel:
"The plant's sharp taste is due to oxalic acid, which is a poison. In small quantities sorrel is harmless; in large quantities it can be fatal."
Broadleaf Dock:
"Broadleaf dock is considered a weed and is slightly poisonous"
...so much for eating it!
Rhubarb also contains oxalic acid; that's why we eat only the stalks, and not the leaves, of the rhubarb plant.
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rainbowgardener
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Yeah, don't make yourself paranoid... Stuff like that is quite dangerous IN LARGE DOSES, but you are very unlikely to eat large doses. I think you would take a couple bites and go OMG it is definitely not swiss chard! 
You would be unharmed by the bite or two.
But agree, it is definitely not swiss chard and not worth using up garden space on.
You would be unharmed by the bite or two. But agree, it is definitely not swiss chard and not worth using up garden space on.
