Amaranthus species. Aka Pigweed. It’s flowering right now.

Thank you so much! That is insane. Someone told me it was something people ate and it's true.

Pull it ASAP or you will have even more next year.

Ok Thank you, I will! they're everywhere now.

whether or not you can eat a weed .. its still a weed ... and the key for me.. is look at teh 200 billion seed pods on every plant .. and know that they will ALL .. lol ... sprout next year ...

if you do nothing else for the next two days.. get rid of them all.. do not delay ... quit work to do it ... lol

there are many definitions of what a weed is ... and over aggressive reseeding is but one definition ... [sounds like an idea for a new post ... but im too lazy .. and of course.. not in the name that plant forum ....]

ken

Ken, Unfortunately not all will sprout next year (it only seems that way) and that is one of the problems. Many will sprout next year, and some more the year after, etc. for many years because most weed seeds have a very long life in the soil waiting for the right conditions.

Ken, Unfortunately not all will sprout next year (it only seems that way)

==>> ya know.. exaggeration for the sake of humor escapes some peeps around here ...

but i do agree ... maybe only half of the billion seeds will sprout ... thats so much easier ... that she wont have to quit her job to make sure every single one of them is gone ...

and do keep in mind.. some of .. maybe a quarter billion of last years brood didnt sprout this spring.. and are laying dormant for next year.. and even if he gets every single one ... they might still be hundreds next year ...

one way to reduce such.. is to apply a good layer of mulch to cover the soil surface.. and never let anything seed on top of the mulch .. many of these things need to actually touch mother earth to sprout ...

ken