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Post by johno on Feb 27, 2008 1:04:52 GMT -5
Will have Queen Anne's Lace seed this fall. Put your order in now for highest priority service!  |
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Post by lavandulagirl on Feb 27, 2008 20:22:19 GMT -5
I'm in - we don't see it here very often although it does grow in a friend of mine's field, and he lives about 30 miles away - not sure why. I see no reason why I can't grow it in Cali, can you? Just let me know what you want for it, Johno!
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Post by sammyqc on Feb 27, 2008 22:41:21 GMT -5
You're kidding right? It's practically a weed here, and grows everywhere. If Johno doesn't give you a reasonable price, let me know. I'm competitive. (I'll send them free!!) If you come and dig them up, I'll pay you! They are pretty though, and the roots can be eaten like carrots? |
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Post by canadamike on Feb 28, 2008 21:30:01 GMT -5
Thvey actualy are daucus carota, the carrot of our garden. Ancestral version.
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Post by Alan on Mar 3, 2008 0:19:12 GMT -5
They can be eaten but they are pretty friggin' nasty. They are very hot or "spicey" if you well and leave a burning sensation much like heartburn all the way down.
They can and will cross with carrots grown for seed, but the off types are easily selected against in coming seasons so it is really no big deal honestly.
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Post by johno on Mar 3, 2008 13:32:29 GMT -5
Yeah, heh heh, I was kidding! I wish I could sell them...
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Post by jason on Mar 3, 2008 13:35:26 GMT -5
www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Daucus+carotaQueen Anne's Lace has a lot of good uses. It hasn't naturalized here. I have seeds and have thought about growing them, but am hesitant because it seems so adaptable and competitive. Not only that, but the seeds look like little spiders, and grab onto everything so who knows where seeds from a plant or two might end up.
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Post by jason on Mar 3, 2008 13:36:56 GMT -5
Hey johno, because the seeds have become known as an herbal morning after thing, I have heard of people collecting seeds and selling them to herb shops and places like that. Maybe you could try something like that?
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Post by Alan on Mar 4, 2008 0:11:12 GMT -5
That stuff is all over the place here in Indiana. Some fields which havent been turned in years are chock full of them and darned near impossible to work untill you beat them back with a stick for a couple of years.
Medicinally they should be good for something considering their relatives include the domesticated carrots and Ginseng, that is if you can get over the taste, then again, ginseng can be pretty nasty, but I've been known to ingest whole Ginseng roots from time to time.
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Post by canadamike on Mar 4, 2008 0:25:18 GMT -5
Alan, if you can eat that I pray for the victims of your cooking LOL
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Post by paquebot on Mar 5, 2008 0:32:30 GMT -5
www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Daucus+carotaQueen Anne's Lace has a lot of good uses. It hasn't naturalized here. I have seeds and have thought about growing them, but am hesitant because it seems so adaptable and competitive. Not only that, but the seeds look like little spiders, and grab onto everything so who knows where seeds from a plant or two might end up. If you ain't got it yet, don't try to get it established. 60 years ago, the thing for us kids to do when there wasn't much else to do was grab a sharp hoe and head for the pastures to kill every one. About the only thing that we never had were goats but no other animal would eat them. When the noxious weed rules were allowed to slip into obscurity, some fallow fields would eventually turn white with their blossoms. One plant, at least a thousand seeds or more. Soon would be acres of them. Carrots, carrots everywhere and not a one to eat! Martin |
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Post by flowerpower on Mar 5, 2008 7:42:43 GMT -5
I pull out most of them and feed it to the goats. But I like to leave a few for diversity.
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Post by sammyqc on Mar 6, 2008 20:26:46 GMT -5
They are really pretty, and the bees love 'em. But I certainly wouldn't plant any if they aren't native to the area. You'd probably end with the Purple Loosestrife type of problem. It wasn't native here, but chances are it escaped from someone's garden, and now it's taking over places, and considered a noxious, invasive weed!
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Post by pugs on Mar 6, 2008 20:30:33 GMT -5
Sammy,
The bees may love 'um, but it makes lousy honey. Real bitter. I cut the stuff down, pull it up, or dig it up whereever I can.
Pugs
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Post by paquebot on Mar 6, 2008 22:35:01 GMT -5
You're not going to plant Queen Anne's Lace anywhere native in the Americas. They came here from Europe. Definitely a bane for anyone trying to save carrot seeds.
By the way, Purple Loosestrife makes excellent honey but that's about the only good thing that it has going for it.
Martin
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