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What is this plant/weed?

greyfingersgreyfingers Posts: 19
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I've planted about 12 different types of flowers (annuals) in my main flower bed from seeds (all neatly in their own section, not scattered everywhere).

However, this stuff is growing everywhere in the flower bed. It's also growing in some of my patio pots. Have no idea what it is.

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  • greyfingersgreyfingers Posts: 19

    It has a greyish/whiteish tint of colour right in the middle.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Fat hen - it's an annual weed common in disturbed soil (particularly on agricultural land). 

    It's also grown as a green vegetable known as Lambs' Quarter and used in Indian cooking. 

    Just pull it up before it seeds.image


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





  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    It's a weed I think ity called hens and chickens it is edible
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Snap Logan! image


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





  • greyfingersgreyfingers Posts: 19

    Thanks Logan. That's it. We are very near both a farm and a plant nursery.

    Will have to spend this afternoon removing it.

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