What weed is this - quite large - shrubby?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2021

  That's an ash tree sapling ... get that out by the roots  ... and learn to recognise it ... where there's one there'll be many ... you must have a female ash tree somewhere within windblown seed distance ...

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

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• PeterJarvis Posts: 123

  June 2021

  Thank you

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• shazza 3 Posts: 197

  June 2021

  I have hundreds of these tiny seedlings from my birch tree, they grow everywhere even in between paving slabs. I do try to be vigilant when I spot them but sometimes when the weather is bad, they end up growing huge !!!!

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• TheGreenMan Posts: 1,957

  June 2021

  I’ve got the same issue. They pop up everywhere! I hunt for them daily! 

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• bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

  June 2021

  Agree with all. Have had to be so careful as they start growing all over the place.

  It really is important that if you have an ash tree nearby you continue to look for seedlings in places that you wouldn't expect them to grow. THEY DO
  

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• Buzzy2 Posts: 135

  June 2021

  Last year I pulled out 300 babies, because the wind was in the wrong direction.
  This year was very windy, about 20 so far, thank God!

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