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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: widgetwilk on August 08, 2008, 08:19:47

Title: Help with plant
Post by: widgetwilk on August 08, 2008, 08:19:47

Found this in the garden, put it in a pot but it started to grow pretty fast so put it in the soil and it is still growing,
am I cultivating a weed or is it a plant???

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Title: Re: Help with plant
Post by: Tulipa on August 08, 2008, 08:28:42

Hi

It could be a Dahlia.  They grow very fast at this time of year and the lighter yellowy green centre is very much like a Dahlia.  Did it have a tuberous root on it when you dug it up?  Slugs love them which would explain the nibbled leaves too.

I may be totally wrong so hope someone else can help too..... :-[

T.

Title: Re: Help with plant
Post by: widgetwilk on August 08, 2008, 09:02:40

Morning T, no it did not have a tuberous root, as far as I can remember,
I agree it has been nibbled, cannot see what by.

Title: Re: Help with plant
Post by: Amazin on August 08, 2008, 22:37:35

Nicandra?

(shoo-fly plant)

Title: Re: Help with plant
Post by: widgetwilk on August 09, 2008, 07:47:35

Just done a Google, looks just like it, will have to wait for the flower to appear,
thanks a lot, wonder where it came from?

Title: Re: Help with plant
Post by: Amazin on August 09, 2008, 14:14:03

Dunno, but now you have it you'll never want for seeds!

Title: Re: Help with plant
Post by: widgetwilk on August 09, 2008, 16:45:20

Thanks Amazin, at least at the moment it is in a confined place,
still I do like growing seeds.