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Mystery plant

BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
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I strongly suspect another new weed but can anybody ID this for me please.




East Lancs

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I get lots of something similar looking which I believe is Fat Hen.
    If it is, you don't want to keep it or let it flower and seed

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Looks a lot like Fat Hen to me too ... I'm more used to seeing the seedlings which are removed asap ... another weed I learned to recognise by hoeing sugar beet fields as a child.

    It's eaten in some parts of the world as a vegetable ... and the seeds used to be used to feed poultry.

     https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/weedy-wednesday-fat-hen

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





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited August 2021
    Yes, you have a very well-fed Fat Hen there.  Eat it or remove it before it sets seed!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Thanks folks. The Fat Hen has been pulled ;)
    East Lancs
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    We weren't together long before I chucked her :D@Fairygirl
    East Lancs
  • mikeymustardmikeymustard Posts: 495
    It's better to be a fat hen than a giddy kipper! 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Biglad said:
    We weren't together long before I chucked her :D@Fairygirl
    Sexist pig.... :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
     :o  
    East Lancs
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