Popped up in a plot

[Tap]

Never saw this before. What is it?
I planted a 9 way mix that put together from Green Cover Seed.
A few other things that I didn't put in the mix like buckwheat popped a plant here and there but I could identify them. Not this one though. Is it a weed or a crop from an odd seed from the dealer?
Pic on next post...

 

[Tap]

Any ideas?
No browsing on it. The deer were hammering everything else I planted so I guess that's why the Smartweed is doing "well" from lack of competition.

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[SwampCat]

If that were in AR - it looks a lot like coffee bean or sickle pod - one of the worst weeds there is. Not sure about your neck of the woods

 

[Tap]

If that were in AR - it looks a lot like coffee bean or sickle pod - one of the worst weeds there is. Not sure about your neck of the woods

I'm in SW Pa, zone 6.
I mowed that plot last week in prep for my fall planting in a couple weeks so that weed (?) top is gone. Any problem with the roots still being in the ground?

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[SwampCat]

As long as it doesnt flower and then make seed pods you are ok. They are annuals

 

[cutman]

Sicklepod. It's the devil.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Since it's a legume the deer probably eat it. And since the beans are sometimes substituted for coffee you may want to cultivate some to use as coffee after the Armageddon.

 

[Tap]

Since it's a legume the deer probably eat it. And since the beans are sometimes substituted for coffee you may want to cultivate some to use as coffee after the Armageddon.

I don't drink coffee. Can I make beer or wine from it?

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[Mennoniteman]

I don't drink coffee. Can I make beer or wine from it?

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The Asians make tea from it. I agree with the others, it's a noxious weed best gotten rid of. But if society ever got in dire straits and things couldn't be bought in the store anymore plants like this would be valuable.

 

[SwampCat]

I have plenty of it and deer dont touch it. Ducks will eat the seed if flooded.

 

[DrDirtNap]

Deer don't touch sicklepod in my neck of the woods...and the seeds will live in the soil for many years...almost impossible to get rid of once it's established.

 

[Tap]

Thanks guys.
I wish I could have identified a lot of other nasty stuff years ago when it first showed up on my place. Maybe I could have stayed ahead of things like Mile-a-Minute, Oriental Bittersweet, Grape vines and a few others.
I can't over emphasize how important plant identification is.

 

[Drycreek]

I got some of that with some soybean seed from my local feed & seed. My biologist couldn't identify it and looked it up. Told me it was an invasive and to get rid of it. I hand pulled a bunch before they seeded out and glyed some others. Went RR beans two years in a row before I got rid of most of it, but I still have one or two pop up now and then. I just pull them up before they seed.

 

[Tap]

Is it prevalent in certain regions? More of a Southern plant for example?
Are any of you in zone 6 or Pa guys dealing with it?

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[Native Hunter]

Is it prevalent in certain regions? More of a Southern plant for example?
Are any of you in zone 6 or Pa guys dealing with it?

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Tap, the link below will show you the range of sicklepod. I'm glad I don't have it at all. From everything I've read it is a beast.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure...ion-of-sicklepod-Senna-obtusifolia-in-the-USA

 

[Tap]

Tap, the link below will show you the range of sicklepod. I'm glad I don't have it at all. From everything I've read it is a beast.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure...ion-of-sicklepod-Senna-obtusifolia-in-the-USA

Thanks NH. Looks like my state has it. I was hoping it was an inadvertent seed that got into my plot seed. I'll keep an eagle eye out for it. The last thing I need is another invasive.
I guess I can look it up but I'll ask anyway...does it favor a certain type of habitat? Sun only? Does it handle shade?

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[Native Hunter]

Thanks NH. Looks like my state has it. I was hoping it was an inadvertent seed that got into my plot seed. I'll keep an eagle eye out for it. The last thing I need is another invasive.
I guess I can look it up but I'll ask anyway...does it favor a certain type of habitat? Sun only? Does it handle shade?

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It prefers full sun, but would do okay in light shade. Unfortunately it adapts to any type of soil - fertile to poor. In fact, it will grow well in a railroad ballast. Water preference would be slightly dry to slightly moist. Hard to find a place it won't grow well....