Author Topic: Carrot help! (Read 5974 times)

Loqueris · « **on:** May 10, 2008, 09:05:09 am »

This is probably going to sound ridiculous to some of you but here goes anyway:
I've sown carrot seeds this year for the first time ever and I have seedlings coming up, the problem is I have something else coming up too and they seem to also be coming up in rows

. I know I only sowed one type of carrot so the other is obviously weed.
Now I thought that the carrots would be the ones that look like grass coming up but my friend seems to think that the cress looking ones are the carrots. Which is it?

Sorry it's such an anal question but I'd like to know.

Fluffywelshsheep · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2008, 09:10:25 am »

hiya am just wondering are you getting confused beween the 1st leaves and the true leaves
here is a picture i have just googled for you

taken from http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weedguide/images/thumbnail/0530wcarrottiny.jpg

Loqueris · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2008, 09:13:36 am »

O Eck! Doesn't resemble what I've got growing

I shall go and check but I think I was right as to which ones it must be.

Thanks for that, I can now safely weed away. lol.

Any idea what Leeks or Parsnips should look like? What did you Goggle?

Fluffywelshsheep · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2008, 09:19:05 am »

okay when looking for pictures go to www.google.co.uk and type in 'carrot seedlings' then click the images i got this http://images.google.co.uk/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK250&q=carrot%20seedlings&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

hope this helps
leeks are bent over to start with then come out long thin leaves

If you weeding just watch out for carrot fly
parsnips not sure has mine have failed me this year