Author Topic: Place your bets (Read 5286 times)

biscuit · « **on:** April 25, 2006, 20:31:46 »

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the world of allotments and have only just started out.

I've been busying sowing seeds and carefully labelling all my pots etc. However, the other half was in there over the weekend and one of my lovely labels has gone astray.

Anyone any ideas what these seedlings could be?

ipt8 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2006, 20:35:26 »

They are the only ones you have a packet for and not a label ;D

Er sorry, I dont recognise them. Are they vegetable or flower?

biscuit · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2006, 20:38:20 »

Ahh, I thought I was being tidy by throwing out the packets - it must be a vegetable as the only flowers I planted were sweet peas.

Paulines7 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2006, 20:57:50 »

Hello biscuit, welcome to A4A. You will find some very helpful and pleasant people on here.

Now, regarding your seedlings, I don't recognise them at all. There is still the remains of the outside shell of the seed on one of the plants on the right so it should be easy to identify. They are something fairly large such as courgette, pumpkin, cucumber or squash, but I am growing all of those but all the seed shells were a light colour. Yours is black with a light tip. I have reproduced the seed as others may have missed it when looking at your picture. You didn't grow any sunflowers did you?

supersprout · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2006, 21:01:15 »

Welcome biscuit :) Sunflowers?

Merry Tiller · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2006, 21:05:11 »

Celery possibly?

Sucellus · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2006, 21:09:57 »

Hey Biscuit. Just a guess, but did you sow any globe artichokes? Purely because the true leaves look slightly serrated.

amanda21 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2006, 21:29:25 »

They look a bit like my butternut squash that is just showing through....?

Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2006, 21:58:11 »

I don't recognise the seed, but it doesn't look like any sort of squash (or squash seed) I've grown. If you've only lost one label, can't you work it out? You've got labels for all the others you've planted, the missing one must be your mystery plant.

Paulines7 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2006, 22:16:16 »

Quote from: amanda21 on April 25, 2006, 21:29:25

They look a bit like my butternut squash that is just showing through....?

Amanda, my butternut squash had light cream coloured seeds, not black. :o

Hyacinth · « **Reply #10 on:** April 25, 2006, 22:25:41 »

I'd go Robert's way and process of elimination? Courgette or cucumber's my guess.

biscuit · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2006, 22:32:05 »

Thanks guys - I'm must admit I went a bit mad and planted a lot of seeds.

I know that it isn't onions, leeks, sweet peas, cucumber, tomatos, beetroot, cabbage, peas, french beans or oriental salad. I don't like courgettes so not that and I've decided against squash/pumpkins this year as I don't have the room. Just got to try and work out what else I planted ::) Guess I'll watch and see how they start to develop!

Any change they could be peppers or chillis?

kitty · « **Reply #12 on:** April 25, 2006, 22:38:51 »

what is it?

;Dits a surprise seedling thats what it is...tho i'd go with sunflower!

memo-keep yer packets! ::) ;D ;D ;D

and dont worry.we all do it!........ ;D
kitty

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2006, 22:40:31 »

Nope, I don't think sunflowers, chillis or peppers.

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2006, 22:47:37 »

Veering towards Sucellus suggestion of globe artichoke, or maybe New Zealand Spinach? Trying to think what has seeds like that...similar to sun flower, but the leaves don't loko right to me. Defo not squashes. What about herbs - did you sow any?

Merry Tiller · « **Reply #15 on:** April 25, 2006, 23:08:38 »

not New Zealand Spinach for sure

Hyacinth · « **Reply #16 on:** April 25, 2006, 23:21:43 »

OK, peppers, then? I only grew peppers once, last year, and sent he remaining seeds to someone here......can't remember who.....to grow this year....might they have been similar to those of yours, I wonder?

Merry Tiller · « **Reply #17 on:** April 25, 2006, 23:29:22 »

I just noticed the seed case clinging to the leaf on the right, they are Dahlias without doubt, you must have got your seed packets mixed up or something

sarah · « **Reply #18 on:** April 25, 2006, 23:33:28 »

they could be peppers y'know, the two seedlings on the left look a bit pepper like. the seed husk is a bit confusing though, its hard to tell. If the husk was lighter i would say pepper. never grown chillies though so dont know what they look like, similar to pepper i guess. Hmm i must know the answer to this riddle...

Merry Tiller · « **Reply #19 on:** April 26, 2006, 00:02:00 »

Sorry, it's nothing like a pepper, it's a Dahlia, I recognised it straight away but was put off by her saying that she hadn't sowed flower seed other than sweet pea but the seed case is the clincher
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