Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mellowmick on May 30, 2006, 13:26
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Root Veg ID;
I planted rows of Carrots, Parsnips, Swede and Beetroot in what I thought at the time were straight rows. I now have carrot-like fronds appearing, in amongst weeds which look incredibly carrot-like (I didn't do any hoeing for a while because, not being sure what they would look like when they came up, I didn't want to do any damage). I also have quite large plants in a straightish line which have green leaves with a slight yellow mottling on them that looked a bit brassica-ish when they first appeared. Not sure if they're the Swede or the Parsnip. There doesn't seem to be anything other than weeds where the beetroots are expected to appear. I don't have a digital camera, which would make this a relatively easier question to ask, but can anyone make head or tail of this, and are there any resources on-line which will show me what these root vegs are meant to look like when they first appear? :?
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Sorry I can't find anything but if it helps, parsnips are the slowest to germinate.
Swedes are brassicas so I expect you've got them right and carrot seed does tend to blow about and, therefore, pops up around the row.
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The veins on the leaves of my beetroot looked quite red, right from the beginning - and they seem to come up in little clumps. They were fairly fast to germnate too.
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I have a tom plant growing in the everlasting tub of sweet peas, and I did not put any seeds for the toms in that pot, wonder if birds threw a few seeds about? :?
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Cheers folks;
All this helps; bit like the Da Vinci Code; The Holy Plot and the Holy Kail.
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Cheers folks;
All this helps; bit like the Da Vinci Code; The Holy Plot and the Holy Kail.
Briliiant :)
Wish I'd thought of that one!
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Well I have some photos of chard seedlings which are just beets in a more leafy form. I might have photos of carrot seedlings and I have some parsnip seedlings on my windowsill here in newspaper pots waiting to go out soon. I'll see what I can dig up for you.
chard seedlings (http://www.stargazy.org/plants/allotment/2006-05-22/tn/P5220092.JPG.html) (the biggest looking things that are red-veined)
carrot seedlings (http://www.stargazy.org/plants/allotment/2006-05-10/tn/P5100026.JPG.html)
Parsnip seedlings (http://www.stargazy.org/plants/2006/tn/parnsipseedlings.jpg.html)