I planted bulbs in planter. I do not remember kind of bulb. Is this a weed or plant, flower? I've been waiting for some color and nothing?
The leaves do look like Datura stramonium --- aka Thornapple or Jimsonweed I have Datura innoxia (Hindu Apple, Indian Apple, Downy Thornapple) and the leaves have smooth edges. And no it is not a weed.
Just don`t let it get into an area with livestock !! Jimsonweed is also known as loco weed and can kill livestock ! I pulled all mine and burned it !
it is lambs quarter. it has a rather large tough stem at this point of the growing season. you would be best off to get a pair of loppers and cut it as close as possible to the tap root.
Lambs quarters is a chenopod the leaves are edible in salads or like spinach. The popular cereal quinoa comes from a chenopod variety.
thanks Odif. I was going to look that up as I hadn't heard the family name before... it is such a weed! but I skim through things on here and am off to the next task. have you eaten this in salads? I have tried. it just isn't lettuce. it keeps well as a salad green though. we were past having lettuce in the garden so off I went to see what was out there... I had a lot of lambs quarter in my bowl. it worked but what was left over went to the fridge... never to be eaten and when I pulled it out about 2 weeks later... it looked as good as when it went in.
You probably don't want to let it go to seed. Here in France it is called Chenopod Bon Henry. So I googled lambs quarters, that is how I know. I have eaten it but it is not something I particularly love.
