Help with weed id please

angels1531 · 08-08-2008, 05:54 PM

Ok one outta three aint bad right? <gg>, please could someone id the first 3, and confirm last as being plantain please? Also if i was to collect lots of weeds and put them in the fridge, how long do they last for-ish?
Thanks guys, Id be lost without you all! xxxlisxxx

sandy · 08-08-2008, 06:42 PM

The last one is plantains<g>.
The yellow flowers look like rag wort highly toxic.
Not sure of the others.

**Bindi** · 08-08-2008, 06:53 PM

Pretty sure no1 is Lavender

Bindi

angels1531 · 08-08-2008, 07:25 PM

lol, well until my weeds start to grow, then my poor tort is just gonna have to make do with the common ones that i can identify!!! xxxlisxxx

Sylvia1 · 08-08-2008, 07:33 PM

I bought a wild flower book to help identify edible weeds but every time I take it weed-picking, it rains so for the time being, I've adopted the 'if in doubt, leave it out' approach!

angels1531 · 08-08-2008, 08:01 PM

Good plan, I will get one this weekend!
Today she has had....
plantain
dandelion
a red clover flower
petunia flower (turned her nose up at it lol)
yarrow
bindweed flower (not impressed)
hawkbit.. her fav

yesterday she had the same but with some opuntia cactus (still pulling spikes out of ny fingers lol)

she doesnt seem to eat a lot really, and she much prefers grazing for herself, do you think its the limestone flour/nutrobal she is objecting to?
xxxlisxxx

kirst16 · 08-08-2008, 09:22 PM

could be.... years ago i had a nasty spray form of nutrobal calcium stuff... my tort refused to eat anything covered... you only need a dusting of it... if the nutrobal is off it STINKS!!!!!

unusual for a tort to refuse a petunia

but if they are not used to them they sometimed take a while... same as if fed on pellets and introduced to weeds..they do huff a fair bit

angels1531 · 08-08-2008, 09:42 PM

hmm my nutrobal does have a smell, but as ive never smelled it before I dont know if thats normal or not! I cant even describe its smell, its not like anything i have smelled before!!!

linda · 08-08-2008, 09:50 PM

when its fresh it does not smell of much

when it is not fresh i find the smell quite offensive difficult to describe a bit like babies vomit

ive just smelt mine but it has no smell

angels1531 · 08-08-2008, 09:55 PM

right, i think thats whats wrong then, to me it smells slightly sour. I paid £7 for the tub, so ill pop it back into the store tomorrow i think!
Thanks for all your help, i really appreciate it :O)

08-08-2008, 05:54 PM	#1
angels1531 Member Hatched Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reading, UK Posts: 353	Help with weed id please Ok one outta three aint bad right? <gg>, please could someone id the first 3, and confirm last as being plantain please? Also if i was to collect lots of weeds and put them in the fridge, how long do they last for-ish? Thanks guys, Id be lost without you all! xxxlisxxx

08-08-2008, 06:42 PM	#2
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	The last one is plantains<g>. The yellow flowers look like rag wort highly toxic. Not sure of the others. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

08-08-2008, 07:33 PM	#5
Sylvia1 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Somerset Posts: 2,465	I bought a wild flower book to help identify edible weeds but every time I take it weed-picking, it rains so for the time being, I've adopted the 'if in doubt, leave it out' approach! __________________ Sylvia 3 hermanns, 2 leopards, 2 german shepherds, 5 cats, 3 tropical tanks

08-08-2008, 09:22 PM	#7
kirst16 Member Hatched Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 367	could be.... years ago i had a nasty spray form of nutrobal calcium stuff... my tort refused to eat anything covered... you only need a dusting of it... if the nutrobal is off it STINKS!!!!! unusual for a tort to refuse a petunia but if they are not used to them they sometimed take a while... same as if fed on pellets and introduced to weeds..they do huff a fair bit __________________ Had my Horsfield for 17 years....Love him to bits XX AND now new mummy to a baby Leopard ahhhhhh

08-08-2008, 06:53 PM	#3
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	Pretty sure no1 is Lavender Bindi

08-08-2008, 07:25 PM	#4
angels1531 Member Hatched Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reading, UK Posts: 353	lol, well until my weeds start to grow, then my poor tort is just gonna have to make do with the common ones that i can identify!!! xxxlisxxx

08-08-2008, 08:01 PM	#6
angels1531 Member Hatched Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reading, UK Posts: 353	Good plan, I will get one this weekend! Today she has had.... plantain dandelion a red clover flower petunia flower (turned her nose up at it lol) yarrow bindweed flower (not impressed) hawkbit.. her fav yesterday she had the same but with some opuntia cactus (still pulling spikes out of ny fingers lol) she doesnt seem to eat a lot really, and she much prefers grazing for herself, do you think its the limestone flour/nutrobal she is objecting to? xxxlisxxx

08-08-2008, 09:42 PM	#8
angels1531 Member Hatched Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reading, UK Posts: 353	hmm my nutrobal does have a smell, but as ive never smelled it before I dont know if thats normal or not! I cant even describe its smell, its not like anything i have smelled before!!!

08-08-2008, 09:50 PM	#9
linda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: west midlands Posts: 17,134	when its fresh it does not smell of much when it is not fresh i find the smell quite offensive difficult to describe a bit like babies vomit ive just smelt mine but it has no smell

08-08-2008, 09:55 PM	#10
angels1531 Member Hatched Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reading, UK Posts: 353	right, i think thats whats wrong then, to me it smells slightly sour. I paid £7 for the tub, so ill pop it back into the store tomorrow i think! Thanks for all your help, i really appreciate it :O)

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