Brooklyn1 Gravesend1 writes:

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

Hey Brooklyn, ever hear of focal length?

Most cameras will not focus on close objects.
Doesn't matter how steady you hold the camera.
My digital Canon EOS has a macro setting that helps.

Back in the film era I had extension tubes that let me
get in really close.

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Dan Espen