All pigweeds are prolific self-sowers. A single plant of redroot pigweed can produce 100,000 seeds. Benefits: Young leaves can be eaten as a substitute for summer spinach.

Sometimes you have to get your hands dirty. One of the best ways to get rid of weeds such as pigweed is through hand removal.

Whether it's Palmer amaranth, waterhemp or redroot pigweed, the best way to keep weeds from taking over farm fields is to know how to identify them, says a weed scientist with the College of Food ...

NAGC can identify a single Palmer amaranth seed within a group of 200 redroot pigweed seeds. Most of the samples are seeds, but they can also identify Palmer amaranth from leaf tissue.

There are three common varieties of pigweed in our area. All three are prolific seed producers. Redroot pigweed is an upright plant that grows 2 to 6 feet tall with reddish roots and lower stems.

Schronk is going into year three of using a Redekop Seed Control Unit. The three weed species he is most concerned about and is targeting with the unit are Italian ryegrass, redroot pigweed and ...

For example, a single redroot pigweed can produce up to 30,000 seeds a season. Those seeds can stay dormant in the soil for ...

A familiar one is redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus). You're probably already growing this "spinach" and yanking it out, for it is a common garden weed. For best eating, harvest the leaves ...

Food and Dining; Tricks for growing summer spinach substitutes. Published: ; Jul. 09, 2014, 4:20 p.m.

Winter annuals have produced seed and are at the end of their life cycle. ... Redroot pigweed – easily identified due to the reddish/pink color of the tap root, inconspicuous flowers.

The Redroot Pigweed is edible. Pluck the young leaves for cooking, as they will be more tender. It can grow quite tall and produces seeds which you can collect to grow new plants.

Redroot pigweed: easily identified due to the reddish/pink color of the taproot, inconspicuous flowers. Lambsquarter: a medium-height weed with somewhat triangular/arrow shaped leaves that may ...