Monday, 25 April 2011

Do you know your seedlings?

Just recently, Janet Bruten from Plantalicious wrote about the difficulties of recognising vegetable seedlings in amongst a multiplicity of weeds on her allotment. This got me thinking about how similar some plants look when they are young. See if you can identify the ones in the following photos:

A

B
 
C

D

E
F


They all look quite similar, don't they? This is what they are:-

A - Parsley
B - Celeriac
C - Parsnip
D - Hamburg Parsley
E - Carrot
F - Coriander (Cilantro)

The carrots, by the way, are not officially being cultivated. They come from seeds that have dropped out of the bird-feeder. And the Coriander is self-sown from a Baby Leaf Salad mixture I grew last year. It's not one I would sow deliberately, because I am very allergic to the leafy bits of this herb, though surprisingly I am OK with the seed used as a spice.
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12 comments:

  1. cathy@home25 April 2011 at 18:02

    I only got three right

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  2. Mal's Allotment25 April 2011 at 18:28

    Just like my piano playing: All the right notes - just not in the right order!

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  3. Holly Button25 April 2011 at 19:03

    I got 3 right - doh!

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  4. Damo25 April 2011 at 19:47

    a,b,c and e right as I'm growing them on my plot. Not easy to tell them apart at a young age though.

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  5. Rainy Day Gardener25 April 2011 at 19:52

    I got the carrots! I have to work on my identification skills ;)

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  6. becky308625 April 2011 at 20:05

    I only got two right since I couldn't call them all parsley except the carrots.

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  7. Ali25 April 2011 at 23:29

    Ooo I said, "parsley, parsley, parsley and parsley. Oh, and that and that are parsley and parsley"!

    What an eye for detail!

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  8. Hazel26 April 2011 at 02:03

    when I saw the intro, I knew I would be able to identify them all! But I am with Ali....parsley, parsley etc. LOL.

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  9. miruku 26 April 2011 at 02:39

    My answers were "parsley, parsley, parsley.. or maybe strawberry?" DUh!!..

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  10. Malay-Kadazan girl26 April 2011 at 04:23

    B and D was incorrect, never planted them before. I thought B was celery. I have this small area which is full of self-sowed celery, parsley and coriander. Self-sowed Lakspur seedling look similar with this bunch of group too. I thought it was parsley seedling, but it was actually lakspur.LOL.

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  11. Janet/Plantaliscious26 April 2011 at 11:40

    Well, my allotment mentor has done well because I recognised the parsnip seedling - we will skip over the fact that I mistook the celeriac for coriander, and thought you had tried to get us by putting coriander in twice. I'm growing both, so you't think I would know. Please can you do one on weed seedling recognition?!

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  12. Sue Garrett26 April 2011 at 20:40

    Carrots in the bird seed!!!??

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