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Plant I'd please

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Mammaaof · 24/07/2020 18:26

Help! I planted seeds at start of lock down and can't remember what I planted! Anyone any guesses on this? I think I mixed 2 different seeds in this one pot! Thank you

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MikeUniformMike · 24/07/2020 18:43

wait until it flowers? If it is something edible, chew a bit of a leaf, unless it's something with poisonous leaves like rhubarb.

I have no idea what plants you'd please. Mine are all looking a bit p*ed off with me right now.

Mammaaof · 24/07/2020 18:45

Honestly I've been waiting for months for these seeds to flower and getting bored of waiting Grin Halo just wanted to Google to see what it will look when/if it ever flowers

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HildaWasALondoner · 24/07/2020 18:45

I recognise the cosmos, not sure about the one you're holding - sorry!

Mammaaof · 24/07/2020 18:46

@HildaWasALondoner oh fab so the ones I've mixed in are cosmos?

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Kdubs1981 · 24/07/2020 18:50

Poppy?

HildaWasALondoner · 24/07/2020 18:51

The spiky one that looks like carrot leaves is a cosmos! Neither me nor DH can quite work out the other one I'm afraid...

Mammaaof · 24/07/2020 18:52

Maybe this is a better photo for you to see the leaves

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HildaWasALondoner · 24/07/2020 18:53

Ooh good shout on poppy...isn't it a bit late for them?

Mammaaof · 24/07/2020 18:55

www maybe a poppy I do remember planting them! They were a couple of packets of seeds with 6 different variety in them and tbh when I planted them I didn't actually expect them to grow hence why I didn't label them Blush

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HildaWasALondoner · 24/07/2020 18:58

Googling poppy leaves does suggest that poppy is a strong contender. As for flowering, I stand corrected...peak flowering season is now!

Ahhh, I do love a plant ID. You have very lovely hands BTW OP.

TheVanguardSix · 24/07/2020 18:58

It looks like a marigold and dill (or asparagus fern?).

HildaWasALondoner · 24/07/2020 19:00

Ah dammit Vanguard, now you've opened up the field Grin

Mammaaof · 24/07/2020 19:01

@HildaWasALondoner I think it is a poppy you know! I'm praying it flowers very soon as I'm so impatient I go out and check every morning! Haha thank you never had a comment about my hands before Grin

@TheVanguardSix none of them ring any bells so don't think I planted any of them Sad

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TheVanguardSix · 24/07/2020 19:03

You have very lovely hands BTW OP.

Grin I was thinking the exact same. I even held up my old, leathery hand to compare (which bummed me out).

I'm obviously wrong about the dill, by the way, and probably the marigold as well. It's probably PTSD because the snails lacerated my marigolds this summer so I can't get marigolds out of my mind.

MikeUniformMike · 24/07/2020 19:04

Poppy was my first thought too.

HildaWasALondoner · 24/07/2020 19:07

Yep scabby dry hands over here too. Begone with your poppy and beautiful hands Mamma!

Mammaaof · 24/07/2020 19:09

😂😂😂 well I know there are websites where people pay for photos of feet but maybe there's one also for hands that I can join 🧐😂😂

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HildaWasALondoner · 24/07/2020 19:26

You've found a new sideline... 🤣

MereDintofPandiculation · 25/07/2020 15:47

Yes, it's a poppy. Not a marigold - the calyx (the green bit round the flower) is wrong for a marigold. That two-part calyx is typical of poppy. The "Cosmos" at the back could also be love-in-a-mist. I find them hard to distinguish at that age.

Mammaaof · 25/07/2020 16:46

@MereDintofPandiculation I've just googled love in a mist and I think they could be them!

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CatherinedeBourgh · 25/07/2020 16:50

My love in a mist have all gone over to seed now so I would bet cosmos too.

ComeBackIntoTheGardenMaud · 25/07/2020 18:11

I too think the fine leaves could be nigella (love in a mist). Mine are nowhere near flowering, having been grown in the only compost I could get at the start of lockdown, which gardening Twitter later told me is notoriously rubbish. Harrumph.

Mammaaof · 25/07/2020 18:21

@ComeBackIntoTheGardenMaud to be honest I didn't think any of my seeds would grow as I used compost that I reused from last year as at the start of lockdown I couldn't get any! Now I regret not labeling x

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MereDintofPandiculation · 25/07/2020 18:24

*My love in a mist have all gone over to seed now so I would bet cosmos too.My Cosmos are still in flower (and a late sowing is still in flower). Equally, flowering time of Nigella depends on when they were sown. I have some which are not yet in flower.

MereDintofPandiculation · 25/07/2020 18:25

Flowering time is only really reliable for perennials, where the plant has complete autonomy over the flowering. Annuals are too dependent on when exactly they were sown - that's why so many are sown in succession for a longer display.

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