Is this pigweed?

[Geo-TH,In]

I was moving some dirt in old gravel pit and took these pics. Is this roundup resistant pigweed? If it is pigweed, how did it get it's name? It doesn't look anything like a pig. I read where you need to dig it up by the roots and burn it. Just cutting it won't get rid of it. Is that so? geo

 

[notjustair]

No. At least not the kind around here. It looks more like giant ragweed.

Pigweed is not a fibrous plant. It gets very large but does not get "woody" like lambs quarter and ragweed. One of the reasons pigs love it no matter it's size is that the stalks stay juicy and easy to eat even if they are the size of your wrist. It's also much easier to pull when large as it doesn't hold on as good. It can sure be a scourge. Thank heavens for Liberty Link.

 

[Murray2]

The weed does not look like the "pig weed" from the part of the country where I'am located. I was told that pig weed got it's name because it always grew in a pig pen when the pig's were kept outside during the summer. The pigs usually kept the weeds under control while they were alive. After the pig's were processed then the weeds would continue to grow until the frost killed the plants. That's the story I was told. Cheers, Murray

 

[glennster]

heres pigweed
poke here

 

[Ted in NE-OH]

Spray it with Diesel that will kill it.

 

[glennster]

and here is palmer amaranth. we are seeing palmer here in illinois, kanakakee , grundy and livingston counties. palmer is a very nasty weed. the county extension said it originally came from the southwest united states in a load of hay that got sent to tenessee or kentucky. from there the palmer spread in the hay fields, and the hay was shipped to a huge dairy in indiana. from there it took hold and the birds spread it pretty good. after the plant is 4 inches tall, round up will not kill it. you have to manually remove it from your fields. it spreads rapidly as each plant produces huge amounts of seeds. if you see it, dig it up and burn it. hot fire.
poke here

 

[GordoSD]

Magellan sunflower?

 

[DLMKA]

The one in the foreground that has the tall flower stalk is mullein I believe. It should have fuzzy leaves and the flowers will be yellow. Very beneficial medicinal plant.

 

[jturbo10]

Was a big problem in Georgia when I was raising soybeans as it was very hard to control or kill. If you pull them up by the roots and lay them in the rows they will reroot....trust me on this. You have to physically remove them from the field and burn them. Glad I moved to Texas and now raise Bermuda horse hay and don't have to deal with pig weeds.

 

[pete black]

The tall multi leaf plant to the rear of it, is it invasive? What is it?

 

[rossow (mn)]

I agree on the mullein in the foreground. It's also called Indian moccasin. I've had some that has gotten more than 7 feet tall. It can be kind of invasive but not too hard to kill. Pigweed I'm not sure about.

 

[notjustair]

You can get it killed but you have to heat up the tank mix. I'm still using roundup, sharpen, and 24D for my burndown. I'm using Liberty beans so after the beans are up they get that. My hope is that by not going full Liberty I will put off the resistance. Liberty smokes it good, but you have to get more than just a wiff on there. They are upping the application amount for next year so if I had a big problem with a field (I had three) I used the higher rate. I've got a neighbor that flies through the field with a weak mix not killing much. Now that's dangerous.

 

[rustred]

cant see any pig weed there. it usually likes to grow the best in manure piles. the roots are very shallow and pulls out by hand like nothing. u can make salad out of the young stuff is what i have heard the old people say.

 

[r.w.b.]

mullen stalk,lots of older people biled it and made a medical tea.i have heard it helps ease problems

 

[Russ from MN]

I agree, it doesn't look like pigweed, it looks like it has broad enough leaves that 2,4-D would kill it. Pigweed is edible, my grandpa brought in some when they were small and tender, tasted like spinach!

 

[glennster]

my neighbor dilly dallies with his spraying, he has water hemp everywhere, and now it tested round up resistant. i been getting it in my fields this year, so, its prolly liberty next year.

 

[MikeinKy]

Pete, To answer your question. I think it is called tree of heaven. It is invasive, almost impossible to get rid of.

 

[Brown Swiss]

It is Mullein, my wife collects and dries the stuff for tea!

 

[rabbit]

Emergency TP!

 

[pete black]

Thanks Mike, confirms what I thought. Highly invasive here in nw ala. especially in sunny places.

 

[MNGB]

It looks like mullein as posted not hard to kill. GB in MN
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/mullein/mullein-uses-and-disadvantages.htm

 

[Charlie M]

I've got some in a hay field - it will grow back if you cut it. I just killed it off in my field with a mix of 2,4-D and Roundup. Not sure which one killed it but that is the mixture that was in my sprayer. Nothing else is growing in the field due to drought so it was easy to find before it got big.

 

[Tom in Ga]

Mullein. I have heard that old time doctors would make a poultice with it to treat Brown Recluse spider bites.i heard this at the Ga agrirama in Tifton Ga

 

[CGID]

It is mullein, Verbascum thapsis. Next year that plant will produce a spreading, large-leafed flat plant that may grow over two feet in dia. Each generation alternates; one flat, the other a tall stalk. The large leaves from the flat generation are the ones for tea and medicinal purposes.

 

[Texasmark1]

That's how I control it.

 

[David from Kansas]

Mullein. Getting bad around this part of the country, especially in pastures. I don't find it easy to kill. Had 40 acres of pasture sprayed by air this spring with Grazon and it only stunted the Mullein, it still made seed. I usually hand spray it with 2,4,D and Tordon but have to give it a good bath to kill it. It is very invasive and gets up to 6' tall. If people don't start to control it, it may well be as bad as the musk thistle we have been fighting. Is not a noxious weed yet in our county but I think it is headed that way.

 

[Ken Macfarlane]

Only place that stuff grows around here is in gravel pits. Might find one stalk in a hayfield once in a while.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Trying to reclaim an old abandoned gravel pit is an endless retirement job fighting honeysuckle, mulberry trees, weeds, poison ivy. I couldn't mow the weeds in pic because next to it I have a pile of woodchips from tree trimmer.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

I think what you are worried about is Giant HOGweed.

That's the nasty stuff that you don't want to touch, and is tough to kill. Here in NY, you call the DEC, and they'll get rid of it for you. The guys come in hazmat suits with respirators and spray it down with some nasty weed killer.

 

[MN Scott]

Pre-emerge herbicides are the key in controlling water hemp. I use Optill pro. Its a preemerge you spray within 3 days after planting. Its a two part spray with several active components. It has worked very well for my roundup resistant water hemp. I have a neighbor like yours, refuses to control water hemp. Yesterday he had the coop out spraying his water hemp, I mean bean fields. Only thing he could have been using is cobra and at this late stage that's going to burn the crap otta the beans. I'm dreading the day Palmer shows up!

 

[mj]

(quoted from post at 14:01:30 08/09/16)......................

That is very different to what I've known as 'pigweed'. :roll:

 

[used red MN]

Not what we would call a pig weed in NE Ks where I grew up. We had those (your pic) in our area as well and as a past farm boy I probably should be able to name it but sorry. What we called a pig weed was more of a bush shape, think tumble weed. However in my area what we called a "fire bush" was the biggest producer of those.

 

[T in NE]

Thistle is a good feed if you can get your cattle to eat it. On par with alfalfa for protein.

I read where you can get cattle used to eating their "candy", feed it in a few barrels. Start mixing in a little thistle, and within a week you can have them eating it out of the field.

What we call mullen up here has a large stalk with large, pale green, velvety-looking leaves, and a series of yellow flowers at the top of the stalk. Takes a good soaking of 2,4d and tordon to kill it, or mow it really low as it flowers. If you cut the flower off it grows more, but not as many.

 

[T in NE]

We are talking about the same thing. I didn't zoom in enough the first time.

My BTO former employer had some sprayed, I don't know what with, last spring. One pasture got a good kill. The other not so much.