# What crops volunteered themselves in your garden this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857 "2012-06-21T16:46:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/21 "2012-06-23T02:51:21Z")
Tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes. The volunteer plants almost outnumber the intended plants. I’m going to be canning a lot of tomato sauce this summer! And one giant sunflower, growing right in the middle of the tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/22 "2012-06-23T03:17:35Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > We have this rhubarb-like weed that keeps popping up all around. Last year we had several HUGE sunflowers spring up in our garden. The gold finches loved those seeds. yes burdock looks very similar for the leaf. rhubarb in good growing conditions will eventually get longer and fatter stems. some will eat burdock root when the plant is very small. otherwise dig it all up and let it dry until death. you can get it anytime before the seeds ripen, though it will rob lots of water from nearby plants. ---
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/23 "2012-06-24T18:00:40Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > And one giant sunflower, growing right in the middle of the tomatoes. My volunteer sunflower is right in the middle of my corn crop. I didn’t have the heart to remove it. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/24 "2012-06-24T18:25:31Z")
Dill (Long Island Mammoth). The last time I planted any was three years ago, in a container. A few keep coming back each year in the regular ground garden. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/25 "2012-06-24T19:39:30Z")
As mentioned in my mystery plant thread, probably borage. Stuff I know for sure is dill (tons of it), some (I think) Grand Rapids lettuce, parsley, and some green onions that were left to go to seed. I’ve made use of all of that except the borage so far. I also rescued some garlic cloves from the compost bin, and they seem to be happily growing. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/26 "2012-06-24T21:39:41Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > As mentioned in my mystery plant thread, probably borage. Stuff I know for sure is dill (tons of it), some (I think) Grand Rapids lettuce, parsley, and some green onions that were left to go to seed. I’ve made use of all of that except the borage so far. I also rescued some garlic cloves from the compost bin, and they seem to be happily growing. Borage is great for compost if you need a use. Also to add to my list: dill, turnips, mustard and amaranth. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/27 "2012-06-25T00:58:26Z")
A couple of sunflowers, plus tomatoes that have done well for several years now. ---
**Author:** ![Top\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@Top\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Top_Hat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/28 "2012-06-25T01:05:32Z")
Rhubarb… year after year the same rogue Rhubarb sprouts up. It’s always the first thing that is harvested. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857/29 "2012-06-25T01:31:48Z")
I had some rogue potatoes come up this year (and they’re doing very well), in addition to some tomatoes (ditto). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-crops-volunteered-themselves-in-your-garden-this-year/625857.md?page=1)