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A friend in Saginaw, MI has asked me what this vining thing is in her chives. She is concerned about accidentally eating some of it, as it's a pain in the neck to completely remove. I thought it looked a bit like Hog Peanut, she she says no. Any clues? https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...938eafed1af7e4
Agree with the assessment. It is a parasitic plant and will take in the "essence" of whatever it is being parasitic on, which means the chances are small that it could be sickening if it is only on the chives. HOWEVER I would still remove as much as humanly possible since it has been known to cause gastric distress in cows and horses and I haven't seen anything one way or the other on human effects. There are native and non native species and different methods for dealing with them. To give you a start:
That was my first guess before I started googling and found Hog Peanut. Does Michigan have dodder? Blecch, horrible horrible stuff. We never had it in Chicago and we don't have it in Kansas, and I don't ever want to move some place where it's a problem!
Had a farmer tell me, whose land I hunt on, that once they stopped burning corn fields and few other crops after the harvest that this stuff came in hot and heavy.
Good links Em. That UC IPM website is a top resource of mine. Actually its where I got all my study material to past the Certified Pest Control Agents test many years back.
Had a farmer tell me, whose land I hunt on, that once they stopped burning corn fields and few other crops after the harvest that this stuff came in hot and heavy.
Good links Em. That UC IPM website is a top resource of mine. Actually its where I got all my study material to past the Certified Pest Control Agents test many years back.
Thank you, kind sir. Yes they have a lot of info that can be applied to places other than CA, well at least some of the time. I can't imagine how a farmer must feel looking at that covering their crop!
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That was my first guess before I started googling and found Hog Peanut. Does Michigan have dodder? Blecch, horrible horrible stuff. We never had it in Chicago and we don't have it in Kansas, and I don't ever want to move some place where it's a problem!
Tina it appears to be pretty recent that it's been found in MI, at least according to this:
I guess that means we'll never be safe since we keep finding new "alien" species as well as newly invasive natives spreading further afield. Some form of dodder is already in every state but it (in one form or another) has made noxious weed lists in quite a few. Here's an overview for the technical minded:
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Yes they have a lot of info that can be applied to places other than CA, well at least some of the time. I can't imagine how a farmer must feel looking at that covering their crop!
