HipsterKitteh writes:

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]

On the left is a (sort of) close up of the plant in question. On the
right is the plant in relation to the catnip in the pot.

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

I downloaded the image and blew it up. It looks like the image focuses
at almost the right depth for the smaller plant, just slightly off.

But for anyone to identify the plant at that size we'd need an image
where the 2 leaves on the small plant fill at least 320x200, or better
640x480. You actually have about 30x25.
Of course a camera without macro focus isn't going to get
close to that kind of image. You'd need to be 2-3 inches from the
plant in question with a normal lens.

Wait a while and see what happens.

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Dan Espen