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Help me identify shoots coming up in my lawn

fernie711fernie711 Posts: 2
in Problem solving
I have a ton of these little shoots coming through the grass all over the lawn.  Can anybody help me identify them?  They don't look like Japanese knotweed to me, luckily (this is what a neighbour suggested), but maybe some kind of tree?  They are easy to pull out at this point, just wondered what they might be, how they got there and what I should do about them.  Thanks

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    sycamore. Get the lawn mower out asap
    Devon.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Sycamore seedlings? Looks like a bit of a job but I would certainly pull them all before they have a chance to get established.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    As @Hostafan1 says, mowing will sort them out at that size. But don’t leave it ... get it done ASAP. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    We thought we were so clever growing these trees in our little gardens when we were children (4 of us), Dad even had two of the trees transplanted to the border of a field. 

    Now I realize just how easily they grow and how much of a nuisance the big trees are with the sticky sap that falls on parked cars.  GET RID of them a.s.a.p. as Dove says.
  • fernie711fernie711 Posts: 2
    Thanks for the info and advice - much appreciated. 
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