Ridgerunner
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From your list, my vote is "unmarked seed from last year". I just don't see anything on your list that fits.
My first thought was also zinnia, but sunflower is also a real possibility. That thin stem in the first photo makes me think more zinnia. I'm not familiar with that dark stem, but that is very likely the variety.
Unless you had no moisture until recently, I would not have expected either zinnias or sunflowers to wait two months to sprout this time of year. After two months, plant starts that just fell on the ground would not look like that. They would be a lot bigger and would not be coming straight out of the ground.
I can't think of any "weed" that looks like that, though it is always a possibility. With those coming up like that, I'd think it more likely seeds you spilled than seeds birds, wind, or whatever deposited. If you are OK with the location, I think I'd let them go or they could also be transplanted. Either sunflowers or zinnias should be able to handle transplanting if you keep them watered.
My first thought was also zinnia, but sunflower is also a real possibility. That thin stem in the first photo makes me think more zinnia. I'm not familiar with that dark stem, but that is very likely the variety.
Unless you had no moisture until recently, I would not have expected either zinnias or sunflowers to wait two months to sprout this time of year. After two months, plant starts that just fell on the ground would not look like that. They would be a lot bigger and would not be coming straight out of the ground.
I can't think of any "weed" that looks like that, though it is always a possibility. With those coming up like that, I'd think it more likely seeds you spilled than seeds birds, wind, or whatever deposited. If you are OK with the location, I think I'd let them go or they could also be transplanted. Either sunflowers or zinnias should be able to handle transplanting if you keep them watered.
