and another one please alan!?!

pixie-egg · 11-04-2011, 09:58 AM

I don't think this is munchable but there is loads popped up in my garden so i've got my fingers crossed.

**Alan1** · 11-04-2011, 10:40 AM

looks like one of the many willowherbs. not any good for them but not poisonous

pixie-egg · 11-04-2011, 10:45 AM

Thanking you. I'll not bother with those then x

**Alan1** · 11-04-2011, 10:49 AM

not always but most of the time shiny leaves are a good indication that they are not any use for torts

pixie-egg · 11-04-2011, 10:52 AM

Ooh thats very good to know. Does the same apply to spikey thin leaves? I'm sure I read that somewhere but have spent that long researching weeds and flowers my head is spining and nothing is sinking in! X

**Alan1** · 11-04-2011, 09:24 PM

It might be the case, I've not heard of that one though. I can't actually think of any long thin leaves that are edible apart from slender plantain but there might be loads more or none at all

.. actually I've thought of another, thrift (armeria) though the leaves are so thin that they are just like grass and also they are shiny

However it looks more like a grass clump than a plant with leaves. My torts love it. I saw them in B+Q tonight, 2 for a fiver

11-04-2011, 09:58 AM	#1
pixie-egg Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: yorkshire Posts: 1,318	and another one please alan!?! I don't think this is munchable but there is loads popped up in my garden so i've got my fingers crossed. __________________ pixie, eddie and susannah

11-04-2011, 10:45 AM	#3
pixie-egg Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: yorkshire Posts: 1,318	Thanking you. I'll not bother with those then x __________________ pixie, eddie and susannah

11-04-2011, 10:52 AM	#5
pixie-egg Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: yorkshire Posts: 1,318	Ooh thats very good to know. Does the same apply to spikey thin leaves? I'm sure I read that somewhere but have spent that long researching weeds and flowers my head is spining and nothing is sinking in! X __________________ pixie, eddie and susannah

11-04-2011, 09:24 PM	#6
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	It might be the case, I've not heard of that one though. I can't actually think of any long thin leaves that are edible apart from slender plantain but there might be loads more or none at all .. actually I've thought of another, thrift (armeria) though the leaves are so thin that they are just like grass and also they are shiny However it looks more like a grass clump than a plant with leaves. My torts love it. I saw them in B+Q tonight, 2 for a fiver Last edited by Alan1; 11-04-2011 at 09:28 PM.

11-04-2011, 10:40 AM	#2
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	looks like one of the many willowherbs. not any good for them but not poisonous

11-04-2011, 10:49 AM	#4
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	not always but most of the time shiny leaves are a good indication that they are not any use for torts

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