i sowed several diff packs of seeds a month ago but i made starter mistake and did not label them. In the pic below is a 5inch pot with maybe 50 seedlings that are growing well but i Dont know which they are from my seed list. I read that with lobelia you should plant few together rather than spaced out into seperate pots. So can you recognise what these are so i can know whether to prick out and what i should do next. They seen quite thin but healthy and appear delicate.
My seed collection>
Cosmos,
black Beauty pansies,
mix sunflowers, salmon pink
sweet pea,
johnny jump up,
Zonal geraniums,
cherry toms,
lobelia pink trailing,
dwarf snapdragon,
swan daisy,
gem tagete,
anagalis gentian blue.
Only half of above have germinated. My cosmos are about 8inch high and so are sweet peas- both healthy and 100pc germination. Ive had just 1 zonal Geranium out of 20, a few others that are at the bacy round leaf stage. But these in pic, the first baby leaves were long thin almost little blades of grass. Then next leaves some look a bit like smaller cosmos style. Any guesses?
Forgot to label seeds!
Out of the things you've listed, they look the most like Cosmos to me.
My cosmos are about 8inch high and Ive already seperated into pots. In the pic they dont have a strong stem like the cosmos that are pretty big. Also in the pic they are 2inch high and about 50 there.
Size and strong stems come with things like age, proper lighting, proper spacing, etc. My guess was based on how the leaves looked.
I would agree with Ecrane and for the same reasons, like the leaf, colour of green, tall lanky plants give the idea they are not getting enough natural light, they are overcrowded too and look ready to be pricked out either into the growing area or into idividual pots or trays,
Maybe next year before you open your seeds you should write out your labels as it's so easy to get confused as the seeds germinate,
I like to sit at the table in the evening and write all the labels with date, hight, flower time etc as even after many years of gardening we all make mistakes as we watch our little seedlings turn into an explosion of greenery.
Good luck, hope you get the problem sorted out but, no matter what, they look like healthy seedlings.
WeeNel.
Agreed, they look like Cosmos seedlings, that need to be thinned. This could prove to be a little difficult considering how closely the seedlings appear to be growing. However, I think cosmos is a good choice when learning to grow from seed. They are reliable and tolerant.
Sometimes it can be fun to just have a surprise garden. I plant surprise seeds everynow and than.
Have fun
Vickie
They do look like Cosmos, but of the listed plants the gem tagete start out with the same fern leaf look. Also swan river daisy looks similar.
The Gem marigolds (tagete) would get taller like a cosmo, but the swan river daisy would end up with a more sprawling growth habit.
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