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Garf
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ID of Unknown Plant

These are showing up as volunteers in my tomato patch, most likely from seeds contained in bird junk. Does anyone recognise it?
[img]https://www.mastercontrollinelinksite.info/gardening/UNK1A.JPG[/img]
[img]https://www.mastercontrollinelinksite.info/gardening/UNK1B.JPG[/img]
[img]https://www.mastercontrollinelinksite.info/gardening/UNK1C.JPG[/img]
[img]https://www.mastercontrollinelinksite.info/gardening/UNK1D.JPG[/img]

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is that a type of arugula?

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My first guess is Sunflower.


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I didn't think of that. Id does look sunflower-ish!

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I 3rd Sunflower :wink:

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If it's a sunflower, I'll find out soon enough. It's very hardy.

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Definitely *not* arugula; I have two forms growing in my raised boxes. The leaves are not like these.

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looks like a black oil sunflower seedling, we had someone give us a bag to feed the birds. too bad they weren't sterilized. now we have hundreds of them popping up ALL over the place.

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Yeah I get that too.... hundreds of sunflowers popping up anywhere bird seed fell. Fortunately (?) they are the woodchuck's favorite treat. Once they get about 5" tall, she comes along and nibbles all the growing tips off, leaving just a little stub. So they never grow.

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Fortunately (?) they are the woodchuck's favorite treat. Once they get about 5" tall, she comes along and nibbles all the growing tips off, leaving just a little stub. So they never grow.
thats awesome, gotta love free workers from nature.

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Deer love them too. When deer get into my fenced in garden they fill up on my sunchokes (tuber sunflower) and seem to do less damage to the other plants.

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Garf wrote:If it's a sunflower, I'll find out soon enough. It's very hardy.
No longer any doubt.

[img]https://www.mastercontrollinelinksite.info/Gardening/sunflower1b.jpg[/img]
[img]https://www.mastercontrollinelinksite.info/Gardening/sunflower1c.jpg[/img]

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well nothing wrong with a happy sunflower.

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It must not be too fussy. All I have done is repot it and water it.



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