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Title: Any idea what this plant is
Post by Cariad on Aug 14^th, 2013 at 10:38am

this plant has just appeared amongst some pumkins I have growing,no idea what it is

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Title: Re: Any idea what this plant is
Post by Pondgirl on Aug 14^th, 2013 at 11:01am

Hi cariad, we've had that on our finca. Unless I'm very much mistaken it's Jimson weed, a member of the Datura family, and highly toxic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimson_weed

Be careful with it.

Title: Re: Any idea what this plant is
Post by Tony on Aug 14^th, 2013 at 11:12am

My personal thoughts are that it is a squirting cucumber or white bryony.
I would Google all suggestions and then take a look at some of the images.

Title: Re: Any idea what this plant is
Post by Cariad on Aug 14^th, 2013 at 12:07pm

Just looked on Wikipedia, it is Jimson weed. We will be very careful how we get rid of it, many thanks for the replies

Title: Re: Any idea what this plant is
Post by Pondgirl on Aug 14^th, 2013 at 4:58pm

No problem cariad. I was pretty certain what it was from the very spiky leaves and seed pods. If we had smellovision I would have been even more sure, it really stinks.

We got rid of it by hoeing it up and burning it.

Title: Re: Any idea what this plant is
Post by merriman on Sep 6^th, 2013 at 1:06pm

Only just seen this.

Deffo Jimson Weed
Too late now, but be careful with it - use gloves to handle it.

We have it here too