What is this growing in my grass?

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,385

  July 2021

  https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1057113/help-what-is-this#latest

  Do you have any trees nearby?
  

  
  
  

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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• ricflairmeleNK_MCpt Posts: 4

  July 2021

  I have sycamores, these are growing about a meter or 2 away from them. Could it be from them? 

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  July 2021

  They look like those Goat Willows,  they are very deep rooted, make sure you get all the root out or they’ll grow again. 

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,385

  July 2021 edited July 2021

  Not sycamore, but they do look like cherry tree suckers - any of those within 20m or so?

  https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/4972/is-there-a-long-term-solution-to-prevent-tree-shoots-from-coming-up-in-lawn
  

  
  

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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• ricflairmeleNK_MCpt Posts: 4

  July 2021

  No cherry trees nearby. I was worried it was Japanese knotweed, could it be that? Thanks 

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2021

  No ... not JKW 👍

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

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,385

  July 2021 edited July 2021

  Agree, not JKW!   If there are several in a line, try following (both ways) and see if you arrive at a shrub/tree or indeed an old stump.  I'd investigate one by digging down and seeing if they have their own roots (in which case dig them out) or if they are attached to a horizontal root.  If the latter, you can try physically pulling them off of the main root, which is supposed to make them less likely to re-sprout than cutting them off cleanly.

  Edit: I'll just add that cherry tree roots can survive for many years after a tree has been removed, just in case that's a possibility.
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2021

  I thought I’d got a bad case of deja vu 🤪
  
  
  

  https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1057113/help-what-is-this#latest 
  
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