Help identify please

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  1. sip

    sip Apprentice Gardener

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    Hello all
    This is my first year of veg gardening and in the spot where I planted parsnips these plants are growing. I have been very suspicious that they are not parsnips. However they are growing in a nice straight row in the exact spot that I planted parsnips. But, they have spurted up and are now well over 4 ft tall. Can anyone confirm my suspicions or identify them as parsnips?
     
  2. Phil A

    Phil A Guest

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    Hi Sip,

    not parsnips as you say, bit difficult to tell without a close up though.
     
  3. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    look like something called "fat hen" to me, a weed.
     
  4. Marley Farley

    Marley Farley Affable Admin! Staff Member

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    Hi Sip, That looks suspiciously like "Fat Hen" to me.. A weed, that can take over quickly if it seeds... :dh:
     
  5. sip

    sip Apprentice Gardener

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    Thanks for your replies, I already have 3 fat hens sratching things up and trying to nick all the good stuff! Now it seems I have another fat hen of a nasty variety, well this one can definately go!

    Thanks again.
     
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