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Old 05-22-2004, 09:39 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Gardening mamas, I need help identifying a plant!!

Ok, so I let Maya plant this little tiny bed with carrots radishes & some spinach, but then these other plants starting cropping up and I don't know what she planted, lol. I don't think they are weeds, though I have been wrong before, lol.

Anyone know?
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Old 05-22-2004, 09:43 AM   #2 (permalink)
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kinda looks spinach-y to me...lol ~
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Old 05-22-2004, 09:50 AM   #3 (permalink)
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my first thought was basil. everything sounds yummy.
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Old 05-22-2004, 09:50 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That is what I thought at first, then I realized that there were spinach plants growing next to these, lol. Could I get two radically different spinach types from one envelope?

Oh, and the spinach looks like this, well, only younger

http://www.ssan.com/howto/vegetables/spinach.htm
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Old 05-22-2004, 09:55 AM   #5 (permalink)
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It is too big to be basil, and we neglected to buy any herb garden seeds. Man this is gonna drive me nuts for a few more weeks, lol
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Old 05-22-2004, 10:31 AM   #6 (permalink)
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zinnias?

What did you have planted in that bed last year that might have self-seeded?
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Old 05-22-2004, 10:37 AM   #7 (permalink)
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zinnias?
Thats what it looks like to me...... We've been planting them in front of the house.

I'll try and snap a picture.
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Old 05-22-2004, 10:46 AM   #8 (permalink)
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They look like zinnias
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There wasn't anything planted there last year. Well, there was this great big ugly bush/plant thing, and a really really overgrown rosebush- it went up to the roof! Anyway, we cut out the bush, and cut the rose bush down to the ground so we could regrow it in a more controlled manner. But the bed was never raked out, probably for years, lol, so there was tons of great dirt & organic matter in there, and is growing my little patch of veggies really well. It is fairly small, probably 2x3 feet.

I am hoping they aren't zinnias though, lol, I want veggies! But, ya know what, there was a packet of flower plants, and they could have been zinnias. Oh, they are hairy, if that helps any.
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Ok, I looked up zinnias, and I think you guys are definitely right! These look exactly like my plants:

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plan...ustifolia.html
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Here is a picture of ours..... a little late I know, but I had taken the picture the same day LOL

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Wow, we must have planted our seed the same day!!
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