I have lots of seedlings coming up under the wild bird feeder (but they were fed on the same mix I give my lovebirds) and I would like to know what they are.

At first glance they look like convulvus, same heart shaped leaves appearing one at a time and looks as if they could be climbers. The convulvus has very smooth leaves and stem but the seedlings feel quite rough to the touch, and have not (yet) got an extensive root system.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what they could be?

Christine

with a bit of luck it might be hemp!!! :D

No, the leaf's wrong (ooops! :o )
:D

Nothing to do with your plants Christine, but are yours as noisey as ours, she's really driving me up the wall at the moment with her constant screeching. Not a nice noise by any stretch of the imagination, but a nerve jangling screech all day long.

Robert

Hi Robert,

Mine are in an avairy so they can make as much noise as they want out there and the dawn and late afternoon chorus can be quite deafening at the moment but they look so pleased with themselves! It is also outside the window by my desk so I get all the pleasure of being able to watch them (when I should be working) and the noise is muted :)

Don't say I have asked a question that has beaten you all, can't have that as CD members have a reputation to uphold of being able to find out anything!!! :D

Christine

hummmmmmmmmmmm you've thrown the guantlet down now haven't you lol :D

does it not list ingredients on the pack? - that'd help narrow it down :D

How about either of these

http://www.psu.missouri.edu/fishel/wild_buckwheat.htm

sounds maybe smooth though?

This one sounds rough

http://www.psu.missouri.edu/fishel/velvetleaf.htm

We have to get the answer for you with the help of out mate Google - u on the case too Mel ? ;)

SaraW :)

by the way Buckwheat does seem to be an ingredient in Lovebird seed mixes ;)

ever heard of jack and the beanstalk ????
:D
Lel

I think Sara has it!!!! :D

The photos of buckwheat look almost identical to the plants growing in the garden (expect that I seem to have more of them)

Thank you Sara - see CD'ers are not beaten by a question yet :D :D

Christine

CD had a reputation to uphold and after you making the challenge I was going to sit here and find the answer if it was the last thing I did :D :D I may not know loads about dogs ;) but I can use a search engine pretty well :D :D
Pleased to have helped :)

SaraW :)

Here is one, why is marmalade called marmalade and not orange jam ?!!:D

Lucy

Mar"ma*lade\, n. [F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr. marm['e]lo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. ? a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; ? honey + ? apple. Cf. Mellifluous, Melon.] A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.

[French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada, from marmelo, quince, alteration of Latin melimlum, a kind of sweet apple, from Greek melimlon : meli, honey; see melit- in Indo-European Roots + mlon, apple.]

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show off :D

:D

Still don't know why they couldn't call it jam !! :D

Lucy