On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:01:21 -0500, Pat Kiewicz
wrote:

HipsterKitteh said:



I have a small collection of plants which i grow indoors as I live in
the UK and most of the plants are tropical/require warm climates. One
of
the plants I grow is a small catnip ("catmint") plant. Everyday I water
and check on my plants for signs of pests and disease etc. This morning
I noticed a tall hairy dull green stem growing in the catnip plant's
pot. Either I had simply not noticed it before, or it has magically
grown up to about 10cm overnight. Either way I would like to know if
anyone can recognise this mystery guest of mine, and if they could let
me know if it should be eradicated or if it is safe enough to have
around [Pictures below]

[image: http://i.imgur.com/nbzzc.png]

It's a very leggy seedling. It may even have suffered a bit of damage to
the seed leaves (hard to tell from the picture). There is only enough
imformation to eliminate a whole lot of possibilities, and nowhere near
enough information at this point to proberly ID the unknown.

If you are willing to let it grow for a while, it might be possible to
identify it, but this is also the best point to snip it out and be done
with it.

Sorry for the bad quality, my camera refuses to focus on the right area
:/

You need a camera with macro settings to really get up close to little
things.

You remind me of the golfer who blames his balls. The camera is not
lacking, it's all about unsteady hands and inability to properly frame
the subject in the viewfinder... many/most people haven't the ability
to hold a camera steady while pressing the shutter... you'd be
surprised at how many people close their eyes and convulse at the
moment they press the shutter/trigger... a tripod would help, and
cameras without an optical viewfinder are pretty much useless when
detail accuracy counts. When the subject is told to smile it's
actually more important for the photographer to smile, eases their
tension, helps them to unclench their jaw. Btw, next you're on the
golf course note how most golfers close their eyes at the moment of
impact. Most people close their eyes at the moment of impact when
hammering a nail. Most people close their eyes when pulling a gun
trigger... one of the main reasons for wearing shooting glasses.
Boxers train for a long time to keep their eyes open at the moment
their fists make contact. Flinching and closing ones eyes at moments
of contact is a natural reflex... one of the reasons why eye witnesses
are not very good determinants, they mostly imagine what they say they
saw in those blank frames when they play their mental cine film. This
phenomena is what makes mounted security cameras and cameras at
sporting events so important.