Pigweed is capable of quickly becoming the dominant species in a field due to its high seed output, producing over 100,000 seeds per plant. A number of herbicides are effective on pigweed species if ...

seeds, or spines. When dealing with mature plants, use thick gloves to protect your hands. For added safety, remove the ...

Fortunately, the seeds of these plants are edible and have been used for centuries as a type of cereal or ground to make bread because they are full of protein. Pigweed also attracts some ...

Long terminal flower spikes are absent. Seeds are shiny, black, lens-shaped and approximately twice the width of tumble pigweed seeds. Prostrate pigweed was possibly introduced from tropical America, ...

Ducks are a hunter’s sweetest dream, but they can be a farmer’s nightmare akin to flying time bombs expelling rapid-fire payloads of resistant-weed seed. Wonder where the next pigweed outbreak ...

Palmer amaranth and waterhemp, both pigweed species, are often cited as driver weeds in the U.S. because of their prolific seed production, competitiveness with crops, genetic diversity and ...