On May 30, 3:26 am, Ann wrote:
"David E. Ross" expounded:

A "volunteer" plant is merely a weed that is interesting.

That is not true. Dill isn't a weed, nor are poppies, or larkspur,
nigella, borage, I could go on and on. A volunteer plant self-seeds.
It's up to the gardener to decide whether to keep it there, move it or
toss it. It's only a weed if you don't want it at all.
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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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Another exception is the volunteer potato which some people treat as a
blessing and others fear due to the possibility of blight deriving
from the potato and spreading to other herbs. In agriculture
volunteer potatoes are removed sometimes by hand pulling to reduce the
threat of blight when other crops are rotated with the potatoes such
as onions, carrots and sugar beats, for example. There are not too
many volunteer potato pullers and suitable weeders and weeder tools
are hard to find, unless you know where to look.

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At peace with volunteer plants...and weeds...