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Old 11-02-2012, 12:58 PM   #1
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Hi just took my camera around where i live and took some pictures of plants can someone tell me what they are and if they are edible

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Old 11-02-2012, 07:15 PM   #2
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1. Look's like Calendula but need's some confirmation off other's
2. Like a Fox Glove, defo not edible
3. Red Clover
4. Like Ragwort defo not edible
5 Foxglove
6&7 same plant not edible
8. Like Ragwort
9. Dodgy not fed plant
10. Like Snapdragon, Antirrhinum, but not sure without flower.
11. A sedum

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Old 11-02-2012, 07:40 PM   #3
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1 looks like ladys mantle?
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Old 12-02-2012, 12:45 AM   #4
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None of those are weeds but garden plants, including Foxglove, Cistus, Primula and Stonecrop/Sedum which is edible but I would just stick to weeds that you know and be safe.
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Old 12-02-2012, 09:02 AM   #5
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1. Not sure
2. Foxglove
3. Dont know which one you mean, there are a few in pic
4. Bristly Oxtongue
5. Foxglove
6. Primula, Cowslip
7. Primula, Cowslip
8. Rabbit Ears?
9. Could be Wallflower
10. Sedum

If these are correct I think you could feed Bristly Oxtongue and Sedum

Your numbering went wrong as you missed out 6 so I have listed them as 1 to 10 top to bottom.
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Old 13-02-2012, 05:17 AM   #6
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not sure but looked like plantain leaves in with the clover anyone else see em
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Old 13-02-2012, 05:20 AM   #7
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mmm maybe not ad another look
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Old 13-02-2012, 10:50 AM   #8
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None of those are weeds but garden plants, including Foxglove, Cistus, Primula and Stonecrop/Sedum which is edible but I would just stick to weeds that you know and be safe.
Hi can you tell me the difference to weeds and plants
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Hi can you tell me the difference to weeds and plants
Well, they are of course all plants but most of those you are showing are from cultivated stock, either grown as a garden plant or a seed blown there. Weeds are plants that grow where they shouldn't! Weeds can also be called Wild Flowers, mostly what would grow wild in the countryside. I know it can be confusing because some wild flowers are cultivated. However, rather than get into a pickle over what is what, experience usually will dictate if they are just tortoise edible weeds, or not. Does that help?
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Well, they are of course all plants but most of those you are showing are from cultivated stock, either grown as a garden plant or a seed blown there. Weeds are plants that grow where they shouldn't! Weeds can also be called Wild Flowers, mostly what would grow wild in the countryside. I know it can be confusing because some wild flowers are cultivated. However, rather than get into a pickle over what is what, experience usually will dictate if they are just tortoise edible weeds, or not. Does that help?
yup i think i understand it now
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