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Can you help me to identify this weed

FazyLucker · 2022-07-19 19:08:06

Can you help me to identify this weed? It seems to have spawned out of what I emptied out of my compost bin. I never had this before and the contents of the bin haven't changed much so it is an odd one. Pic attached.

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19-07-2022 8:08pm

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FazyLucker

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Can you help me to identify this weed? It seems to have spawned out of what I emptied out of my compost bin.
I never had this before and the contents of the bin haven't changed much so it is an odd one.
Pic attached.

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#2 19-07-2022 8:20pm
Igotadose

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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057970687/plant-weed-id-megathread

Try there

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#3 19-07-2022 10:47pm
magicbastarder

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what you're seeing there are the cotyledon leaves, which are the first two leaves produced by the seed and not characteristic of the 'true' leaves of the plant, so usually not useful for identifying what plant it is; they'll need to grow more to identify them.

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#4 20-07-2022 10:39am
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That looks like the 1st leaves of a cucurbit (Courgette, Pumpkin, cucumber et. al), any chance you deseeded a pumpkin or butternut squash into the compost?

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#5 21-07-2022 7:18pm
DC999

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Sunflower?

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#6 02-08-2022 11:43am
FazyLucker

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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119362804#Comment_119362804

I think that might be it. Thanks!

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