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Hector

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Mystery edible from plant sale?
« on: April 15, 2014, 10:55:44 »
Any ideas? it was in edible section with no label...don't want to nibble until I have an ID :)
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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2014, 10:22:46 »
Salad burnet, maybe?

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2014, 13:28:47 »
Looks like it to me too... a slight cucumber taste?

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2014, 14:33:12 »
Looks like a strawberry to me.  Salad burnett have very dark green leaves.  You will soon know when it flowers.

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2014, 19:01:48 »
Yes salad burnett leaves are smaller with many more along each stalk. Looks like maybe wild strawb/alpine?

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2014, 21:08:04 »
I'll go nibble a bit in the morning...it's a bit exciting this :)
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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2014, 14:30:11 »
just as long as it was meant to be in the edible section...

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2014, 16:12:55 »
I can confirm it is not alpine/wild strawberry...I've got loads of those growing over here.

They almost like the first 'immature' leaves of coriander....or the first leaves of alfa alfa...
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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2014, 09:04:35 »
I go for coriander also.
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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2014, 09:22:26 »
Doesn't look like coriander to me, leaves too thick. Also looks like been outside as grass mixed in, coriander doesn't survive outside where I live.

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2014, 09:36:53 »
Definitely not like any coriander I've seen before if it is!

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2014, 16:51:03 »
Yes, it survived outside and is spreading into wilder bit of garden edges....this is reallly bugging me as it looks familiar!
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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2014, 17:02:20 »
Umm..I have actually seen those leaves this morning. I took dog for walk and I spotted some exactly same looking small leaves amongst grass on field.
BUT...as there is only leaves...it is difficult to say exactly what they might grow into..there is several similar looking things in my 'wild flowers' book.
So either it is 'wild flower' = weed or it is 'wild cousin' of veg.
I've looked through my sources, but until there is more growth on or flowers it will be struggle.

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2014, 19:48:41 »
im going to monitor it and not nibble...in case it's not a friendly one to eat :) A friend is a forager...I think. I might have seem this with him before...so I'll ask. better to be safe!
Jackie

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Re: Mystery edible from plant sale?
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2014, 08:39:46 »
I would not eat anything I was not sure about.  There is a good website for identifying wild flower plants.  How many leaves come out of the leaf joint.

Rather than eating try smelling carefully.   

Salad burnet has more leaflets to a stem, are more hiding under the grass?

 

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