What is this?

[Slap Maxwell]

What is this plant? It it edible? It grows in patches on the lawn.



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[Winnie]

Its a weed i think its ok for the mto eat.

 

[Ly&Pigs]

It looks like Plantain, Wide leaf to me. Compare it to this picture from gl.
https://www.guinealynx.info/forages.html#plantain-w

 

[weaseldropping]

We have it too - call it plantain and it usually gets left by the pigs, who eat everything else on the lawn. Never heard of it being dangerous to eat.

 

[Piglet]

I've seen it to, but we don't have a lot of it. Thanks for the link ly - we have buttercups in our garden and I didn't know they were poisionous

 

[smileyface cavy]

We have it. I don't think it's poisonous.

 

[Ly&Pigs]

Plantain in both varieties, narrow and wide leaf are fine to feed piggies. It's on the safe list of forages from guinealynx. I think everyone should read the link I posted above. You can scroll the whole page and it has good links to what plants/weeds are poisonous.

 

[Piglet]

A bit off topic...but do dandelion greens actually act as a 'laxative'?

 

[my_oreo_cookie]

i think so....my pig oreo sometimes has stomach problems if she eats too fast and we give her dandelion leaves and she poops it out. I think it does act as a laxative

 

[Piglet]

Eek, my pigs are usually outside on a daily basis and our garden does have lots of dandelion greens. No wonder there is so much poop on the grass! I might have to put the pen on a patch where there is just regular grass and clover then.

 

[Ly&Pigs]

Interesting information on dandelions
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https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/d/dandel08.html

Plantain
https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/placom43.html

And a link to a list of poisonous plants
https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/poison.html

 

[Slap Maxwell]

How often can the wide leaf plantain be fed? And how many leaves?

 

[Ly&Pigs]

On my lists it doesn't mention feeding in moderation. If your pigs have never had it, feed it in small quantities for a few days because it's a new food they have not had. If they do eat it, I don't think it would hurt for them to have a few leaves per day.

 

[guineapigqueen]

this is a link to a website with all herbs and pictures maybe it will be on there
https://magdalin.com/herbal/
or if not u can just look up herbs.