Thursday, September 3, 2009

Mystery plant.....





































I have another plant growing that I have never seen. I have chicken runs I rotate and I let the grass grow in one while they scratch up the other. Well in one of the runs this strange plants started growing. Its now over 6
feet tall, has a pungent "meaty" smell. It starts with buds, then white flowers, then those turn into these horse chestnut looking green pods with spikes all over. Anybody have a clue????

5 comments:

Unknown said...

This plant appears to be Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium). Certain parts of this plant has medicinal value but you must be warned that this plant can be violently toxic. There have been cases recorded of people collecting this plant and it causing the eyelids to swell.

Natasha said...

The flowers look like jimsonweed, but I've only ever seen jimsonweed as a vine close to the ground... this one is a stumper...

Sprout Hill Farm said...

I was going to say jimsonweed too :D
get rid of it! it is poisonous to kids and animals I want to say

Jen said...

Yes it was Jimsonweed forsure! I cut it down because it was in an area were my chickens would be foraging. I am thinking the reason it got so large is because it grew in the chicken run and wa VERY well fertilized!

Jen said...

Yes it was Jimsonweed forsure! I cut it down because it was in an area were my chickens would be foraging. I am thinking the reason it got so large is because it grew in the chicken run and wa VERY well fertilized!