• WillyWonksters@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I couldn’t find a source for this, but I heard that we were convinced to think of dandelions as weeds by the makers of a herbicide so that we would accept the collateral damage.

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      Dandelions were brought to North America as a food crop. We can eat every part of the plant. They’re an invasive species, but not what I would consider a weed.

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        1 year ago

        Anything can be a weed. All a weed is it a plant growing is the wrong spot in the eyes of a human.

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          Agreed, but Monsanto would love us to believe all kinds of plants are weeds so we buy their chemicals.

          A field of dandelion flowers is beautiful.

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            1 year ago

            And also, a field of invasive species that drove out the native plants… Just saying.

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      Theres only one plant in my yard i consider a “weed”. It grows almost like a carrot or a parsnip. But it grows a long thick root straight down and has a small leafy part on top. And when you pluck them out it leaves a cone shaped hole. No clue what it is but ive been calling it a tuber lol

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      Lol, you don’t put Roundup on your lawn unless you don’t want a lawn anymore.

      2,4D is the stuff that kills “weeds” but not grass.