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Old August 2, 2016   #5
Dutch
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The first picture is of the two weeds I consider helpers. Both crowd out other weeds.
HelperWeeds_a.jpg

The second picture is of some of the radish type plant, hanging out in Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry patch and fixin to go to seed.
HelperWeeds_b.jpg

The third picture is of the radish type plant root system, showing the hair root mass at the top with what appears to me may be Arbuscular Mycorrhiza attached and the tap root below which drills down into my dolomite clay.
HelperWeeds_c.jpg

The forth picture shows their root length.
HelperWeeds_d.jpg

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Last edited by Dutch; August 2, 2016 at 05:02 PM. Reason: Added forth picture
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