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Monday, May 12, 2008

Funky

Anyone know why many of our dandelions have an odd red cast to them? We also have seen a lot of them where the stems have all grown together to form one monster stem. It seems something is mutating them...
Update: Iron, lots of iron in the soil.
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  1. AbbyFebruary 2, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    Mama Podkayne said...

    Taraxacum laevigatum

    http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TALA2

    www.extension.iastate.edu/NR/rdonlyres/9D277665-3744-4105-9179-0A7D0E4D6633/11051/apr05may05.pdf

    The last link suggests that they could be regular old dandelions affected by soybean rust. I just skimmed the articles, but that makes sense.

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  2. AbbyFebruary 2, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    Abby said...

    I looked at the options, and I am guessing at just another string of dandelions. I may take a few to the county extension to be sure. If it is a rust, than crapola. If not, we'll just mow 'em down like we do all their cousins;)
    Thanks Mama P!

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