A Deliciously Edible Common-weed

audiowizard · 07-05-2005

I have this project:

Genetically engineering a crossbred plant. Similar in concept with the way scientists invented the killer bee by crossbreeding European honey bee's and the African bee's.

Combine the common weed for it's ability to naturally grow almost everywhere without human tending, and an edible vegetable such as spinach or romaine lettuce which is healthy and tasty. So the desired result of this project is a delicious and edible vegetable that grows everywhere, naturally.

Thank you
Lee Fernandes

Turtle · 07-05-2005

___Dandelion + Lettuce = Danduce or Lettelion

___Plantain + Spinach = Plantach or Spinain

audiowizard · 07-05-2005

Exactly!

C1ay · 07-05-2005

Hops + cannabis = ?

Turtle · 07-05-2005

___Cannop? Honabis? Ed Rosentahl suggested that combine in the 70's but I never heard of any great success. Weed + ale = whale?

C1ay · 07-05-2005

Hops and cannabis, both of the family cannabinaceae, are related enough that hops can be grafted to a cannabis root. The resulting hops then produces many of the same chemicals that cannabis produces. I wonder what kind of ale it might produce

Cryogenic · 07-05-2005

I believe they already have, but even weeds won't grow in some places.

audiowizard · 07-05-2005

If someone has invented this...where are they? I have alot of people who want to have wild spinach and lettuce growing naturally and spreading along their yard, along the street, in the woods, etc.

Cryogenic · 07-05-2005

The wild radish is a very common spring weed. The bigeneric hybrid (Raphanobrassica) or Rabbage is a cross between the radish (Raphanus) and cabbage (Brassica). I'm sure the right conditions are still required, although it is a vegetable/weed hybrid. Elements and location will play a factor, and the real issue is usurpation infestation of invasive species. What happens when it goes out of control, and works it's way into school playgrounds, parks and golf courses? You know them golfers would be steamin'. How about a 5th hole salad? A man once took an unknown invasive native S. American rain forest flower type plant to Hawaii. It turns out they grow uncontrollably and have infested the island of Oahu, efforts to irradicate the plant have proved saltationless. As far as the forest goes, even some weeds require an ample amount of sunlight, and no chlorophyll without photosynthesis.