Couple of plants to identify

**Hanna** · 12-05-2011, 06:44 PM

well believe you me, i am definetly no expert but your rocket looks nothing like my rocket...

omg, my pic was huuuge! so ive removed it. There are a few on my blog though! xx

**Chitfaced** · 12-05-2011, 07:02 PM

Oooh very jealous of your blowaway! You seem to be making excellent progress. Am now following you

**Jardiniere** · 12-05-2011, 07:43 PM

your rocket is definitely not rocket...i wouldnt recommend growing it in a container unless you literally dont have any garden/allotment to grow it in - cos it grows so fast and furious......

**bronwen** · 12-05-2011, 11:00 PM

Hi Chitfaced,

First one definately looks tomatoe-familyish! (solanacae? nightshade family? hmm)

Second one really doesn't look like rocket! But not sure what it is

I'm sure someone will let you know soon though.

**WendyC** · 13-05-2011, 12:36 PM

Photo 1 definitely looks like a tomato seedling but no idea what the second one is I'm afraid!

**Florence Fennel** · 14-05-2011, 01:04 PM

I'm with the others on the tomato plant in the first pic, second one looks like a marigold, or maybe a weed?

**Flummery** · 14-05-2011, 02:09 PM

If it said Rocket on the packet, it's a possibility you have bought Sweet Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) - the leaves do look a bit like that. Try Google Images. It's a tall growing perennail with the most wonderful scent and purple flowers.

**pipscariad** · 14-05-2011, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by Flummery View Post

If it said Rocket on the packet, it's a possibility you have bought Sweet Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) - the leaves do look a bit like that. Try Google Images. It's a tall growing perennail with the most wonderful scent and purple flowers.

Agree with Flum, looks very much like Sweet Rocket to me. Very pretty, but inedible! And the first is def a tomato. Never boring is it, this gardening lark!

**Florence Fennel** · 14-05-2011, 05:57 PM

Never heard of the sweet rocket, sounds lovely. I haven't put waste tomatoes in my compost for a couple of years now, but I still get tomato plants from it where I don't want them. Have you used your own compost in that tub?

**Chitfaced** · 16-05-2011, 08:16 PM

Nope it's definitely rocket that is meant for salads, says so on the packet. I tasted some and it didn't taste anything like rocket. Can't imagine that Thompson Morgan would put the wrong seeds in the packet.

It's also very popular with the greenfly. I've given up trying to protect the plants now as it's prolific on them.

**Chitfaced** · 16-05-2011, 08:17 PM

Nope it's definitely rocket that is meant for salads, says so on the packet. I tasted some and it didn't taste anything like rocket. Can't imagine that Thompson Morgan would put the wrong seeds in the packet.

It's also very popular with the greenfly. I've given up trying to protect the plants now as it's prolific on them.

**Flummery** · 17-05-2011, 08:40 AM

I have know Well Known Companies to put in wrong seeds!

**Jeanied** · 17-05-2011, 12:21 PM

It's not sweet rocket - (my lottie is full of it and the leaves are a bit more hairy than that!) I suggest you get onto T&M to get them to solve the mystery for you - and send you some replacement seeds as well!

**Chitfaced** · 18-05-2011, 10:18 PM

Right well that does it then, I'm going to complain! Will see what I get in return. When I found a foreign object in my tesco king prawns.......... oh never mind that's a different story.

Thanks for your advice. Thing is I keep planting the stuff thinking I've gone mad. Must stop.

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