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    Can anyone tell me what this is?

    A while ago I direct sowed carrots, parsnip and celeriac into my plot, marked out the lines with string and then waited ( and waited some more) for something to pop up.
    In a neat line right where my drill/ string is these plants have appeared. The trouble is that I'm not sure sure they're what I wanted. Can anyone tell me if they resemble any type of carrot or celeriac you know? I wanted to check before I dig them up and put them into the compost bin!
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  • #2
    The seedlings with 2 narrow strappy leaves could be carrots but I don't know what the bigger blueygreen leaves are.

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    • #3
      I agree with VC, strappy leaves carrots and I think the bluey green ones weeds. They always grow faster than the crop. You also have some oxalis in there too, shamrock type leaves.
      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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      • #4
        I agree the smaller ones look like carrot or parsnip seed leaves. The bigger ones with 3 leaflets are oxalis, which is a weed although edible (a relative of Oca which is oxalis tuberosa) - they have little bulblets which drop off easily when you pull or dig them out so they are quite hard to eradicate. The flowers are quite pretty though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis
        A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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        • #5
          Are the bigger seedlings rocket, maybe?
          Le Sarramea https://jgsgardening.blogspot.com/

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          • #6
            Thanks guys. I will wait another week or so to watch the growth and then decide whether or not to pull them out.
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            • #7
              Yes, it's much easier to identify seedlings once they have their first true leaves (in addition to the two seed leaves that dicotyledons make).

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              • #8
                name that weed time!

                A while ago I posted that in amongst my carrot / parsnip rows there seemed to be another row of what could have been veg growing. I left them growing for a while just in case I had accidentally sown something rather wonderful / edible. I am absolutely no further on in figuring out what it could be so I have returned to ask for more suggestions! I still have this plant growing in a perfect line, in fact I have 2 almost straight lines growing where I thought I had planted veg seedlings. I pulled one up and have photographed it below. Its root smells kind of familiar, a bit radishy/mustardy but I haven't dared taste it just in case I keel over. Any ideas will be gratefully received!
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                • #9
                  some kind of parsnip? parsley?

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                  • #10
                    I think its a Mayweed/chamomile or maybe Pineapple weed.

                    PS Threads merged!
                    Last edited by veggiechicken; 24-06-2016, 10:29 PM.

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                    • #11
                      thanks VC. Now I'm intrigued and will leave it for longer to see what flowers it throws up!!
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                      Growing by trial and error in Kent

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                      • #12
                        I'm intrigued too. Look forward to the next update!

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