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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
Spot (and identify if poss) the cuckoo in the nest. Son had planted a
tray of sweetpea seeds; most of them have come up, but one plant looks totally different to the others. Probably its seed looks pretty much like a sweetpea's seed (son has lots of difficulties so he would not notice if it was subtly different , but I am fairly sure he would notice if the seed had been glaringly different). http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup936104423291.JPG |
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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
On 29 Apr, 14:04, soup wrote:
Spot (and identify if poss) the cuckoo in the nest. *Son had planted a tray of sweetpea seeds; most of them have come up, but one plant looks totally different to the others. *Probably its seed looks pretty much like a sweetpea's seed (son has lots of difficulties so he would not notice if it was subtly different , but I am fairly sure he would notice if the seed had been glaringly different). http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup936104423291.JPG Same family, could be a species or vetch David Hill |
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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
In message , soup
writes Spot (and identify if poss) the cuckoo in the nest. Son had planted a tray of sweetpea seeds; most of them have come up, but one plant looks totally different to the others. Probably its seed looks pretty much like a sweetpea's seed (son has lots of difficulties so he would not notice if it was subtly different , but I am fairly sure he would notice if the seed had been glaringly different). http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup936104423291.JPG I wouldn't be certain of the assumption that the odd one out came from a sown seed and not from contamination of the compost. I agree with Dave Hill that it might be a vetch, and that doesn't have a seed that could be mistaken for a sweet pea's - it's several times smaller. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
On 29/04/2010 15:58, Dave Hill wrote:
http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup936104423291.JPG Same family, could be a species or vetch The leaves are much narrower than a picture I found on the 'Net of a common Vetch. |
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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
On 29/04/2010 18:10, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup936104423291.JPG I wouldn't be certain of the assumption that the odd one out came from a sown seed and not from contamination of the compost. Mmm hadn't thought of that. Looking closely at that compost it appears very "sticky" and has large pieces. Is there specialist seeding compost he should be using (that is perhaps "finer")? |
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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
In message , soup
writes On 29/04/2010 18:10, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup936104423291.JPG I wouldn't be certain of the assumption that the odd one out came from a sown seed and not from contamination of the compost. Mmm hadn't thought of that. Looking closely at that compost it appears very "sticky" and has large pieces. Is there specialist seeding compost he should be using (that is perhaps "finer")? For a large-seeded plant like a sweet pea it probably doesn't matter. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
In message , soup
writes On 29/04/2010 15:58, Dave Hill wrote: http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup936104423291.JPG Same family, could be a species or vetch The leaves are much narrower than a picture I found on the 'Net of a common Vetch. Seedlings don't always look like mature plants, which is why I wouldn't attempt an identification to species, and in this case the number of leaflets is lower than one expects in a major plant, but the tares (3 species, but hairy tare, Vicia hirsuta, is much the commonest) have narrower leaflets than common vetch. (I can recognise 5 species of vetch in flower and fruit, but not from the foliage.) -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
On 29/04/2010 16:52, echinosum wrote:
I think you'll have to grow it on to know just what it is, on the off-chance it might be something exciting. I think that is the plan; keep it seperate, but planted on and see what it grows into. |
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Plant who's seed looks like a sweetpea's one.
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says... In message , soup writes On 29/04/2010 15:58, Dave Hill wrote: http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup936104423291.JPG Same family, could be a species or vetch The leaves are much narrower than a picture I found on the 'Net of a common Vetch. Seedlings don't always look like mature plants, which is why I wouldn't attempt an identification to species, and in this case the number of leaflets is lower than one expects in a major plant, but the tares (3 species, but hairy tare, Vicia hirsuta, is much the commonest) have narrower leaflets than common vetch. (I can recognise 5 species of vetch in flower and fruit, but not from the foliage.) I seem to recall Lathyrus heterophylus (spell?) looks similar at seedling stage -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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