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Where did these weeds come from?

Rose Pekelnicky

last year

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I have a raised bed with strawberry plants. I added horse manure that my son got from a local horse farm to the soil. I mulched the plants with a shredded straw that I bought at Tractor Supply. I have these weeds growing all over in the bed. Looks like a type of clover. I'm wondering if they are from the horse manure, although I used the manure in my vegetable garden(mulched with newspaper aand grass clippings) and don't have this there.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK

last year

I do see several seed pods so get cracking on removal.

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daninthedirt (USDA 9a, HZ9, CentTX, Sunset z30, Cfa)
last year
Is this properly composted horse manure? Shouldn't be any live seeds in that.
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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
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Looks like an oxalis - the kind that spreads by runners and has exploding seed pods. I have it here - the seeds are tiny and also stick to things.

Might it have hitchhiked in on the strawberries?
Rose Pekelnicky thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
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wayne_5 zone 6a Central Indiana
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Don't see that as clover. It looks like an annul that I have. Mine bloom yellow and are vertical. Perhaps yours are small young plants that are short yet. Pull them up getting the root.
Rose Pekelnicky thanked wayne_5 zone 6a Central Indiana
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
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Some pics - thinking it's likely oxalis stricta...

https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/common-yellow-woodsorrel-oxalis-stricta/
Rose Pekelnicky thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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Yes. It is Oxalis - perennial and persistent. Spreads by bulbils as well as seeds. Extremely hard to eradicate. And not a clover.
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daninthedirt (USDA 9a, HZ9, CentTX, Sunset z30, Cfa)
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Of course, that identification makes your horse manure innocent. Oxalis is poisonous for horses. Moreso even, I think, than for people. Clover, on the other hand, is good feed stock for horses. One might wonder if the shredded straw got contaminated with the stuff.
Rose Pekelnicky thanked daninthedirt (USDA 9a, HZ9, CentTX, Sunset z30, Cfa)
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
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IMPE, this particular oxalis doesn't form bulbils, but spreads by underground runners and shooting seeds. The link I shared also mentions that.

The one I have here is not easy to pull - it's quite tenacious and you often need to use a tool to dig out the runners, since they like to snap off and keep growing and spreading.
Rose Pekelnicky thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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Oxalis species are not, per se, poisonous for people, unless one eats mountains of them. O stricta, for example, is a tasty citrus flavoured addition to a salad, and one species, Oxalis tuberosa, is a major vegetable in some parts of the world.

O stricta does produce some bulbils in my garden. But, as you say, it does shoot seeds and runs.
zeedman Zone 5 Wisconsin
last year
Agreed, Oxalis. The seeds probably hitchhiked on the shredded straw.

Unfortunately, you will now have a hard time eradicating it. I don't see any of their okra-like seed pods (yet) so pull the plants out now before they form. Getting all of the roots out will take some persistence, I battle these in a couple of my beds.
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