If it was in your home made compost, it must be something you grew last year, have a look back, it may come to you.
Not necessarily; if your food waste goes into the compost bin, it could be a seedling of anything you bought to eat which had seeds in. I agree with those who've said it looks like the solanum family, though not potato or tomato. So aubergine is a possibility, if you eat them. Why not plant it in a pot and see what comes of it?
I agree it looks a lot like aubergine. I potted on a pumpkin plant from my compost this year. But then I read the cautionary poisonous courgette thread. As I had thrown both eating squashes and ornamental pumpkins onto the heap I both didn't want to risk myself misidentifying the type and the thought of my bees taking toxic pollen to everybody in the neighbourhood (only a prob if they gather seed for next year) meant I hurredly dispsed of it before the first bud opened. I had no idea!.
Could be physalis. Are the leaves soft and slightly sticky? I am still growing physalis from plants which popped up in the garden after using my home made compost. I think the temperature was never great enough to kill seeds in the compost.
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Not necessarily; if your food waste goes into the compost bin, it could be a seedling of anything you bought to eat which had seeds in. I agree with those who've said it looks like the solanum family, though not potato or tomato. So aubergine is a possibility, if you eat them. Why not plant it in a pot and see what comes of it?