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Author Topic: Growing near the roots of my Salvia  (Read 6897 times)

semaphore

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Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« on: November 03, 2013, 06:04:25 PM »
Excuse the poor pics its nightime and my phone doesnt take such great pics at night. I just noticed this stem with a leaf coming near to the root of my salvia. I have not dropped any seeds in the pots could it be an off shoot stem growing from the root system?
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2013, 06:40:08 PM »
Im not sure but:

What you are attempting to describe is called a Sucker.
Hopefully that can help ya look it up or sumthn
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2013, 06:44:39 PM »
It looks like a seedling of some sort. Maybe it was blown in... Is it outdoors?
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2013, 06:48:01 PM »
No its indoors on my kitchen counter. And im almost 101% sure there are no other seeds in it its been in this pot for over 4 months
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2013, 06:52:38 PM »
Quote from: PermieGing on November 03, 2013, 06:40:08 PM
Im not sure but:

What you are attempting to describe is called a Sucker.
Hopefully that can help ya look it up or sumthn

No offence but knowing what a sucker (which i already knew) is will not help me identify this.
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2013, 06:56:14 PM »
I doesn't look like an offshoot. I have a few popping up in my salvia pot right now and they have the square stems and salvia looking leaves. This definitely is some kind of seedling.
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2013, 06:57:45 PM »
Doesnt look like a weed either. Dunno if i should pull it or leave it.
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2013, 07:00:59 PM »
It probably is just some weed, but you could wait and see when it gets bigger what it is.  Was this pot ever outside?
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2013, 07:04:48 PM »
Yes but it was enclosed in a zip lock bag.
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2013, 07:39:58 PM »
Even with it inside a seed could possibly find it's way into the pot. You'd be suprised. I have clovers and stuff popping up in my cacti pots pretty regularly. And those mother of a million things.
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2013, 08:03:37 PM »
I highly doubt it is a salvia seedling. Germination of salvia seed is very low and decreases with age. Its probably either a weed or an offshoot.
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2013, 08:48:09 PM »
It doesn't look like an offshoot. Here's a picture of an offset on my plant.

By the way, what is a Sucker?
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Re: Growing near the roots of my Salvia
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2013, 08:55:29 PM »
Yeah, the leaf shape isn't the same as salvia. Its probably a weed.
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