Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: rikknikk on March 26, 2010, 09:10

Title: How to identify seeds!
Post by: rikknikk on March 26, 2010, 09:10

I have just planted some seeds and have labeled all but 1 and they are the ones that have grown!! is there a good website I could look at to try and help me identify them by looking at a picture? I think they might be tomatoes or peppers but I am not sure?

Title: Re: How to identify seeds!
Post by: Lupin lurcher on March 26, 2010, 09:29

Hi I would think the best place to start would be if you think they are either Tomatoes or Peppers is to google image them both and see if the pictures look anything like what you are trying to identify.  If not perhaps you could put a picture on this site and I am sure someone will be kind enough to tell you what it is, probably not me tho as this is my first year of growing.  Best of luck Mandy.

Title: Re: How to identify seeds!
Post by: mumofstig on March 26, 2010, 09:50

If you google 'vegetable seedling id' there are a few websites that help :)

Otherwise wait for the 2nd pair of leaves, as pepper leaves are smooth edged and tomato leaves are not.

Title: Re: How to identify seeds!
Post by: tam on March 26, 2010, 10:43

Pepper leaves are smooth and shiny, and toms are hairy.

Title: Re: How to identify seeds!
Post by: goodegg on March 26, 2010, 11:06

if there toms you will smell them and you can tell that way give them a good sniff

Title: Re: How to identify seeds!
Post by: barbarella on March 26, 2010, 11:20

tomato seedlings are lobed and very distinctive.  Once you have grown them from seed you will always recognise them.