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  Gaz June 3, 2012 at 4:31pm

  Looks like cats ear ... Can't remember how to pronounce the real term .

  Gaz
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  Paul June 3, 2012 at 5:04pm

  Again, although very similar to cats ear, the leaves aren't glossy, they are dull and have more of a ragged edge.

  Thanks for the reply.

  Any more ideas anyone

  Regards

  Paul
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  David Cox June 3, 2012 at 5:18pm

  A long shot but is their a bird feeder near by? IT looks like young stubble turnips or radishes to me from those pics - the oil seed varieties often end up in bird seed?
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  Simon Smith June 3, 2012 at 5:23pm

  Nipplewort, its rife in a of lawn i just sowed, so much so that i am wondering if boston seeds have somehow included it in the low maintenance mix??
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  Paul June 3, 2012 at 6:16pm

  David, your long shot might be the answer. I used to grow different radish and turnip varieties. That is maybe why I seemed to recognise the "weed" 

  From what I remember nipplewort has 1 large leader head with smaller leaves following down the stem. This weed is sort of continuous down the stem.

  Thanks for all suggestions

  Paul
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  David Cox June 3, 2012 at 8:37pm

  Paul - Ive jsut had a look at my "Millan white" turnip seedlings, they look almost identical - Also looking at a pack of mixed wildbird seed I have - it contains alot of small black seeds which look like either rapeseed, which being a brassica may have very similar seedlings to Radishs and Turnips - they should be killed by mowing pretty quick anyway.
  
  Paul said:

  David, your long shot might be the answer. I used to grow different radish and turnip varieties. That is maybe why I seemed to recognise the "weed" 

  From what I remember nipplewort has 1 large leader head with smaller leaves following down the stem. This weed is sort of continuous down the stem.

  Thanks for all suggestions

  Paul
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk June 4, 2012 at 2:01am

  lol
  
  Simon Smith said:

  Nipplewort, its rife in a of lawn i just sowed, so much so that i am wondering if boston seeds have somehow included it in the low maintenance mix??
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk June 4, 2012 at 2:01am

  do they do it in 'turf' too  :)
  
  Gardens4u.co.uk said:

  lol
  
  Simon Smith said:

  Nipplewort, its rife in a of lawn i just sowed, so much so that i am wondering if boston seeds have somehow included it in the low maintenance mix??
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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited June 5, 2012 at 8:01am

  Funny enough at one of our sites we have a piece of ground that used to be used for a bonfire and we are going to level and re-seed it, we have levelled and yet to sow the seed but last friday I saw the whole area was covered in this weed yet one week earlier it was not!
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  Paul June 15, 2012 at 11:01pm

  Thank you to those that gave suggestions on the weed pic.

  It was a weed that at the time a potential client (now a definite client) had growing in his newly seeded lawn. The client did have a bird feeder near to the lawn, so I explained how they could have got there from the bird seed.  He was quite shocked when I told him what the "weeds" are. 

  Paul