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Weed identification

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  • Jan H11Jan H11 Posts: 47
    Oh blimey.....this is painful!! Thank you all so much anyway.....happy gardening!!☺️X
  • micearguersmicearguers Posts: 646
    By the sounds of it I could well be wrong. Curious now, let us know!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Jan H11 said:
    Ah.....so now my son send me this horrific picture of what was there before......does this answer the fateful question?!!
    Yes ... hadn’t seen that. Your weedlings look like Dogs Mercury ... https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/dogs-mercury

    Dont panic about the toxicity ... I grew up playing in woodland full of it and I’m still here ... just don’t eat it. 

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





  • Jan H11Jan H11 Posts: 47
    Wow! Thanks for the info and link! I’ll tell him what you think....looks
    like it’s going to swamp the poor wild flower seeds he’s put down!😢 I’ll let you all know what they grow up to be!!👍🏻
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2020
    Don’t let them grow up. Tell him to take them out before their roots form a mat as his seeds won’t stand a chance. 
    The Dogs Mercury is pretty identifiable at this stage ... i should have named it earlier but i was thinking of garden plants. 🙄 
    Id put good money on them being Dogs Mercury. 

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





  • Jan H11Jan H11 Posts: 47
    Thank you so much Dovefromabove.....he’s a man with a mission and says he will begin the challenge tomorrow!!!👍🏻
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    👍 😊  Just tell him not to lick his fingers ... keep focussed on the reward 🍺 

    *I take it he’s over 18? 🤔 

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





  • Jan H11Jan H11 Posts: 47
    🤣yes he is over 18 lol....but he doesn’t drink so it’ll be a nice cup of tea!!😂😂😂
  • Jan H11Jan H11 Posts: 47
    I’ll also tell him to join this forum....you’ve been so helpful!❣️
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2020
    He’ll be very welcome ... my son doesn’t drink either ... we’re very used to offering/bribing with tea and biscuits 
    ☕️ 🍪 

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





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