Asked on Oct 14, 2015

Does anybody have any idea what this could be?

Jenny Pepper
by Jenny Pepper
It is growing beside my compost bin in the UK.
It started growing about two months ago.
  7 answers
  • Carole Carole on Oct 15, 2015
    Potato plant? Could have sprouted from an old spud?
  • Meandy Meandy on Oct 15, 2015
    It grows here and most people consider it a weed but those I have sprout a pretty little yellow flower on them. I am a different kind of gardener and if a plant is pretty and I like it then it is definitely not called a weed by me. I just can't remember what it is called.
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    • Gladys Gladys on Oct 18, 2015
      A weed is really just a stray plant. Think of all the perennials that can be mistaken as weeds if they weren't in a bed or pot.
  • Bonny McDaniel Bonny McDaniel on Oct 15, 2015
    Looks a little like a variety of squash...did you throw seeds in the compost? If the bloom is yellow, that's another sign that it is a squash.
  • Marsha Kimmerling Marsha Kimmerling on Oct 15, 2015
    I pulled lots of these out of my dad's beanfields when growing up on the farm. It is a weed. You can get more information here : Butterprint - Johnson County Iowa www.johnson-county.com/dept_sec_roads.aspx?id... Johnson County, IowaDescription: Butterprint, also known as Velvetleaf, Buttonweed, and Indian ... It is a troublesome weed in cultivated land particularly when planted to row crops.
  • Paula Riley Paula Riley on Oct 15, 2015
    I think it is eggplant
  • Kathy C Kathy C on Oct 15, 2015
    deffo not potato or squash - leaves are wrong. Aubergine? It would have purple flowers like little morning glories, both being solanacea. (might have spelt that wrong). Looks a bit like datura, but that has white flowers. I think it is burdock. look out for spiky pods after the flowers
  • Nora Dolan Nora Dolan on Oct 18, 2015
    It may be jewelweed; it grows wild all over Canada.