Mysterious seedlings?

[daniwoodruff]

Our new house has an outside raised garden area. We started watering it so we could plant some veggies and all of a sudden little things started sprouting up. I'm just trying to identify what these are so I know how to care for them. Thank you in advance for any help



I will continue trying to upload pics. It says they are to big?

[daniwoodruff]

Here are the first 3 pics

[daniwoodruff]

last 1 I think this looks like a tomato but I'm not sure

[DoubleDogFarm]

Not tomato. Wrong cotyledon. Maybe wild carrot, geranium, marigold. Hard to tell.

Eric

[daniwoodruff]

Eric Thank you for your help with uploading the pictures. Once we started watering the area all these little green plants started sprouting. Any idea what picture #3 is? It is everywhere.

[applestar]

I see one regular-leaf tomato seedling IN pict #3 -- about 11 o clock of center.

...not seeing tomato in the rest (unless they are all potato-leaf tomato seedlings -- I need to see the cotyledon/seed leaves). If you carefully pull out the surrounding "weeds" (unwanted plants) and maybe just clip the ones immediately around the tomato, you could probably let it grow for fall crop and see what you get unless you have other plans for the spot. If the others are all tomato seedlings too, then it's possible to dig up and separate them and plant them in containers of potting mix for now until they are bigger, or to plant them elsewhere with plenty of room between them to grow.

I agree the last one looks marigold-like.

2nd one ilooks like lettuce that has "bolted -- got too hot and started to grow a central stalk so it can bloom. The leaves won't be as sweet/mild though I sometimes use them.

I don't recognize #1

[jal_ut]

If you did not plant it........ It is a WEED. I don't recognize any of them.

[DoubleDogFarm]

I see one regular-leaf tomato seedling IN pict #3 -- about 11 o clock of center.

No, I don't think so. If you click to enlarge, it looks like the same fuzzy plant /weed. I has a compound leaf. 3 leaflets

Eric

[applestar]

This one -- maybe not a regular leaf -- more like a mitten-shaped potato-leaf:



Some example tomato seedlings in this post:

One fun aspect of growing so many different varieties is in noticing the differences in the seedlings:

Victorian Dwarf (right) -- looks like it has mitten potato leaf:


Wes (left two) -- wispy leaf stands out
Cherokee Tiger Lrge Red (back right) -- chartreuse foliage
Grub's Mystery Green (front right) -- potato leaf

[DoubleDogFarm]

Yes, That is the compound leaf I was talking about. The central leader looks odd.

I would let it grow and see.

Eric

[rainbowgardener]

But yeah, except for the bolted lettuce, mostly weeds. Nature abhors a vacuum. Any ground that is just sitting there will quickly sprout a ton of weeds.

You didn't say where you are located. Most places in US, it is too late to be planting much veggies right now -- or a little to early to be planting for fall crop. You could try some quick maturing beans, radishes. But generally the heat of mid-summer isn't a good time to be starting things.

But you could definitely be getting your planting areas all ready for fall planting, with good, well prepared soil.

[Francis Barnswallow]

2nd one ilooks like lettuce that has "bolted -- got too hot and started to grow a central stalk so it can bloom. The leaves won't be as sweet/mild though I sometimes use them.

+1

[daniwoodruff]

Thank you everyone for all of your suggestions and help. Things are going well in my little garden. Monsoon is in affect right now and my little plants are growing like crazy. I have one more pic I need help with. I am hoping it is cucumbers (I planted seeds in this area). Thank you again for everything.

[!potatoes!]

not cucumber. maybe eggplant.

[applestar]

Looks like eggplant to me as well.

[daniwoodruff]

YAY!!!! I'm am so excited!!! Thank you everyone

[sheeshshe]

that first picture looks just like some of the weeds I have here.

[rainbowgardener]

I don't grow eggplant, so I don't recognize it. Except for the bolted lettuce and possible eggplant, the rest is weeds.