What is this???

[rebeccauk]

Hi Everyone
I'm new here and very green around the gills - unfortunately not too green around the fingers yet but I'm hoping that will come in time :-)

I've recently started growing my own veg....I've had some success with my own herbaceous borders and decided to branch out into fruit and veg.

I've had a nice crop of courgettes, loads of herbs and a lovely crop of blackberries and gooseberries so far. I've got about 1/3 of an acre in my garden so I've got the room and have been clearing a very ignored area up so I can extend my fruit and veg crops.....anyhoo.... my question is this.....

In my new area I've been weeding and hoe-ing in preparation for a few late Summer crops but have found a pretty climbing 'thing'. My Mum (My usual source of information) isn't sure whether it's a weed so I thought I'd put it to you all?!! It is a lovely healthy plant but I'd hate to be nurturing a weed!! It has little bobbly 'seeds' or 'fruits' on it and is a climber.

I should also mention that the patch I'm clearing was in a previous life a veg-patch for the last owner of the house and I've found a couple of lovely things in there buried deep within the nettles like a gorgeous marjoram plant and a bunch of chives so this is why I'm unsure whether this climber may be a plant or an edible source!!

Can anyone help a novice???

[rebeccauk]

Another pic of the 'bobbly's'

[airconednightmare]

pass on what it is, but it's only a weed if you think it is

[Hollie the Wollie]

I'm certainly far from an expert but it looks like a Grape vine to me... but I think the grapes grow in a sprig and are really tiny where these are quite sparsley spread out!

[Matt_B]

Interesting ' weed '

Maybe the question is are you prepared to eat it nnot knowing what it is?????

I dare you

I'd have a nibble

[Matt_B]

bad advice

if it;s not what youve planted it's not what you expect

personally i'd pull it like a weed

[Shetty]

It reminds of some kind of cucumber or pumpkin / squash
If you have the time amd space I would leave it to grow to see how these fruits develop.

[rebeccauk]

Thanks for all the advice guys!!! I'm not sure I'd dare have a taste Matt!!!! Lol....shall I keep it going and see how it goes? The more I look at it the more I'm convinced that it maybe a 'weed' or perhaps at leats soemthing I don't want in my patch!! It's so rampant and dominant that I'm a bit wary :-)

[Phoenix]

No idea what it is, looks like a member of the cucumber family, but if its rampant and will take over and you don't want it, pull it out. If it turns out that it IS something useful, then if it's rampant it'll grow back.

If in doubt, leave it out

Nix

[DaveB]

I would say that the plant is White Bryony. Please for your own safety do not taste or eat any plant that you can't identify and if you have children around may be best to get rid of it.
White Bryony

[LynRuc]

wow! who would have thought that one plant can be so deadly yet another so good for you! Just goes to show you shouldnt eat ANYTHING unless you know what it is and where its come from

[rebeccauk]

Wow - thanks for the info...as soon as I saw your message I pulled it out!! I do have a toddler so it's not a good plant to have around if that's what it is!!!
Rebecca! xxx