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Plant identification
Caspar
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in Fruit & veg
Hello everyone
A little while ago, I used packet seeds and planted, cabbage, sprouts and parsnips directly into individual pots, in the greenhouse.
After they grew to a good size, I then planted them in my out door raised planters. But one of the plants doesn't look like any of the others.
It's quite a strong tough plant with furry leaves, indeed if you run your fingers over, they feel furry and sharp on the flat part of the leaf, like a cucumber or squash. But it isnt growing like one of these.
The leaves are shaped a little like oak leaves, however it is definately not a lettuce. Since the photo was taken, it is now getting small flower heads as a group right in the centre.
Here are 2 images, one of a close up of the leaf and the other of
the full plant.
Hoping you can help.
Thanks in advance
A little while ago, I used packet seeds and planted, cabbage, sprouts and parsnips directly into individual pots, in the greenhouse.
After they grew to a good size, I then planted them in my out door raised planters. But one of the plants doesn't look like any of the others.
It's quite a strong tough plant with furry leaves, indeed if you run your fingers over, they feel furry and sharp on the flat part of the leaf, like a cucumber or squash. But it isnt growing like one of these.
The leaves are shaped a little like oak leaves, however it is definately not a lettuce. Since the photo was taken, it is now getting small flower heads as a group right in the centre.
Here are 2 images, one of a close up of the leaf and the other of
the full plant.Hoping you can help.
Thanks in advance
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I can see it is like a parsnip but the others I planted are way behind this. The central buds do look as though they will be yellow though.
Here are my small parsnips in comparison, and the leaves looks more in one and are smooth to touch. Whereas this larger plant has them in seperate sections and are prickly.
I will post back when it is ready to harvest and the mystery will be revealed.
leaves are but they don’t look like parsnips.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Here's the packet of parsnip seeds used for the flat round/jagged edged leaves that are smooth.
Although the leaves are rounded, in this photo the small leaf just covering the packet on the bottom left has started to get separate sections of a jagged edges leaf. (The packet was free with a magazine this year). I sewed them in two straight lines and they are growing along these 2 lines.
One close up but did not know how to remove the 2nd image so have had to leave it in.