Hi, Im just guessing but it resembles a Veronica seedling? There are several species in New England. Some species are native amd some are introduced. It's just a guess. Can you post another photo when it gets 1 or 2 pairs of new leaves? Putting a coin or something to show scale would be helpful too, because some Veronica species are tiny and some are large.

Good idea! I will do that - I'm glad the size of the coins don't always change like its value😜

sorry posted on the wrong thread...

There are no wrong threads here, just wrong posts at times, nyuk. Wish I could help you with the ID but I'm stumped. Might be in the mint family? Best guess.

Thanks. I may be able to go to the pot and see if I can spot any seed husks.

I am fail confident that the seeds are not from any weed or noxious plant. I could have had them and their husk or pod in the pocket of my gardening pants, then came across them months later (a few weeks ago) and popped them into a pot where there was some space.

Or the seeds might have been lose around the bottom of my box containing seeds.

Or, I might have had them collected from out in my yard or perennials beds, forgot about them, came across them and had no idea what they were, just that I had a ”good enough” reason for suspecting they were worthy and dropping them into the scallion pot.

I hope to plop them beneath a grow light and take more photo when more leaves emerge. I am going to guess that the seeds were small.

The scallions are from the root ends of store bought scallions.

The stems of the seedlings look round, not square. No odor.

Seeing the new pix they are reminiscent of an Impatiens species. Maybe Impatiens balsamina????

Thanks, floral_uk. They do look like impatiens seedlings a bit, but I don’t know where I sould have collected them or gotten them from. Meanwhile, I put them under a grow light.

I considered Impatiens but I couldn't see that tell tale dimple on the cotyledons, from the 1st photo.

If you plant chopped off scallion roots then they'll grow a new plant? I love scallions.

I prefer a ruler or common object like a pen for showing scale. Not everyone is familiar with everyone else's coins.

Jay, yes. I have a few scallion plantations. They live through the zone 5a winters and even develop bulblet (which I forget what I’m to do with — perhaps plant the bulblet whole?).

Here is a photo of one such green onion — in among lots of weeds during a heat wave.

I use green onions/scallions often and this is a way to have some free and handy.

Onion bulbets are delicious too. Roasted or in salads.😋

More pics of the unknown seedling. I cannot detect any scent.

Anyone want to try another guess? Now I am wondering if it is a weed, although I intentionally planted the seeds. But, who knows, maybe I fetched weed seeds from a pocket.

Common pencil for scale

Looks like three-seeded mercury to me. Acalypha. A weed where I am, but there are some grown ornamentally. They do re-seed like crazy.

Seeing the more developed seedlings that does look likely. I've never seen this plant but seeing the new pictures with the reddish tinge I did start to ponder Acalyphas.

Mathias and floral, I think you nailed it. Thank you very much.

➡️ https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/three-seeded-mercury

I must say that I now feel a bit sheepish. I would not have knowingly gathered, let alone planted a weed. I suspect what might have happened — how the seeds got into that pot — is that in my haste to get a pot into which I could plant the green onion/scallion root ends, I grabbed a soiled filled pot from outside that seemed to have nothing growing in it. The seeds of the Acalypha probably were carried by the wind last summer-fall and landed on the pot of soil, invisible to me.

In reading and looking up images, I came across sites showing pics of the roots with a narrative stating that cats find the roots attractive.

floral_uk, thanks for your interesting comment on that pot of ”scallions/green onions.”

”Those appear to be walking, Egyptian or top setting onions, Allium × proliferum.”

They sure look to be.

➡️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_onion

I buy ”scallions” from the grocery store and plant the trimmed root end. There is no sign indicating they are really ”tree onions” and for my purposes and the store’s it doesn’t matter. However, I thank you for pointing that out. Now I am a few pages more informed and I’ve enjoyed taking a trip to tead about them.

Last year I actually happened to buy a package of seeds labeled ”Scallions.” I will try to sow some of those. We use a lot of green onions/scallions/tree onions and the market is 25 miles RT, so it’s great to have some on hand.

Interesting site: Confessions of an Onion Addict

➡️ https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/1727/Confessions-of-an-Onion-Addict/

I believe Welsh onions also topset...?

I've been growing both Welsh and Egyptian onions for years, and over time, they mingled together and I can't tell which is which any more.

Interesting, carolb. I was wondering how these sorts of onions might mix — hybridize?

Do you use yours in any special way?

Just in things like salads, and for cooking - I use the greens mostly. They're great for seasoning meatballs/meatloaf.

I didn't mean they crossed - they have never flowered. I meant I got them mixed up - couldn't remember which was planted in which pot 😄

Mine don't often topset, I think because I neglect them. They're awfully forgiving.