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mopinko

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6. do you suppose it could make a dog sick?

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Wed Jun 6, 2012, 09:00 AM

Jun 2012

i had pulled some of this, and left it on the ground to dry out a little before sending it to compost. in the meantime one of the pups found the stems crunchy and interesting, and chewed on several. he then suffered several days of diarrhea. coincidence?
read some stuff about getting rid of this. pain. but....

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another plant id request [View all] mopinko Jun 2012 OP

Are the stems woody, like a tree? second pic Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 #1

the stems do get woody, tho hollow. mopinko Jun 2012 #2

Japanese knotweed. kurtzapril4 Jun 2012 #3

That was just what I thought as soon as I saw the first picture, Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #4

looks like a Polyganum (knotweed family) NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #5

do you suppose it could make a dog sick? mopinko Jun 2012 #6

No, not coincidence. Denninmi Jun 2012 #7