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What do Ya make of this? (pic)

This is a first for me, something is growing out of the drain hole
of this plant, Is it possible it is a shoot?

Very interesting!

Thanks for looking

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Cecil, I guess it could be since figs will sucker, and root cuttings work with figs. It has the color of a new fig leaf, but then again it could be a seedling of something else. 

It does look like a fig.
I have never expereinced anything similar.
Unless you are playing some (funny) trick; when it goes
dormant, I would pull the plant off the pot and investigate...

Hi George,

No tricks here, that is that other Guy!

I thought I would let the thing grow for a few more days and then
un pot it and look! The other drain hole straight across from it has a big white root right near the drain hole!

It might be a Cajun trick, the plant came from JR :-)

I bet it's a fig, Cecil. I have a 2nd year fig I rooted in the ground last year and then potted up in an Air Pot (the pots with lots and lots of holes which promote a mass of roots up and down the plant) late last season. I wrapped the outside of  the Air Pot in plastic wrap before I put it in the garage for the winter to reduce water loss and left it on when the plant began leafing out in the garage in early spring. After several weeks, a leaf just like yours began poking out from the pot, so I poked a hole in the plastic wrap to allow the leaf to develop, hoping to eventually get two plants off of that cutting. Of course, I proceeded to leave that plant and about 20 others out one very cold late March night and all of the new growth froze. The fig eventually recovered, but it never resprouted the new shoot from the side hole.

Thanks Posturedoc,

Like I said, this is a first for me, I looked just while ago, it is still there and looks like it might be growing a little!

HaHaHa, another funny thing, the thing ain't even my plant.....don't that beat all??

Well, the sucker found a short cut!

HAHAHA,

I like that Ottawan

Well here is the O'Rourke with the what ever it is growing out the drain hole, it is getting bigger!

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It could be just a weed seedling.
When I enlarge the pic; I see some hair on both the leaf and stem.
Also, the tip looks funny...

George,

After you said that I enlarged it and it does look like it has hair on it! I'm going to leave it alone, If it turns out to be a Fig

I have a name for it..........Are you ready????????

I will call it Harry O'Rourke........Oh no, there I go again!
Thanks George.

Thats a weed.

Edit:
Might be this one i used to have them in grass years back here and there.



 

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Good observation by gorgi and Dieseler. Looking at the edges of the leaf it likes a weed to me too.

Yup agree thats a weed and a pesky weed too make sure you get it with the roots or it will grow back.

Well, I pulled Harry O'Rourke out by the roots!

Poor Harry

Thanks everybody.

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