I don't use trays aym as I find it too fiddly to get the seedlings out without damaging the roots. I tend to put 3-5 seeds in a 3inch pot and put one label in the pot, doesn't go missing as it's firmly in the compost. Whenever I've used trays the labels only have an inch to stand in and they easily fall out or else I don't need a whole tray of the same seeds so mix them and confusion sets in as you have found. Pots take up more space, granted, but they work for me. Once the true leaves come through it'll be easier to tell.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to be a bit more discerning about what you sow aym. It's easy to get carried away and sow too much and it becomes impossible to keep track, not to mention the difficulty of finding room to pot them on and getting them hardened off for going outside later on.
Most GCs and DIY stores sell the little trays with modules for putting individual seeds in, and supermarkets sell the ones which have individual tiny pots. They'll take a couple of seeds and you can then take out the weakest one leaving the best one to grow on. It means seeds get a chance to produce a decent little root system and you don't need to prick out and repot so quickly. Makes labelling easier too, and also saves on compost and time!
Another idea is to keep a notebook - use different coloured labels on the trays, and put one the same colour in the book with the name of the plant you've sown, complete with the date sown etc
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Wait till you get the first set of true leaves Aym. They could be almost anything from grass to cabbages.
Is this a joke aym
My guess at this stage is that they're seedlings
Could the top seedlings be Zinnias? I agree that you should wait until the true leaves appear & narrow it down to what you remember planting aym280
I don't use trays aym as I find it too fiddly to get the seedlings out without damaging the roots. I tend to put 3-5 seeds in a 3inch pot and put one label in the pot, doesn't go missing as it's firmly in the compost. Whenever I've used trays the labels only have an inch to stand in and they easily fall out or else I don't need a whole tray of the same seeds so mix them and confusion sets in as you have found. Pots take up more space, granted, but they work for me. Once the true leaves come through it'll be easier to tell.
The last ones look like sweetcorn, but very premature if so
the third tray reminds me of either poppy or cosmos.
were either of these seeds that you had sown?
Perhaps it would be a good idea to be a bit more discerning about what you sow aym. It's easy to get carried away and sow too much and it becomes impossible to keep track, not to mention the difficulty of finding room to pot them on and getting them hardened off for going outside later on.
Most GCs and DIY stores sell the little trays with modules for putting individual seeds in, and supermarkets sell the ones which have individual tiny pots. They'll take a couple of seeds and you can then take out the weakest one leaving the best one to grow on. It means seeds get a chance to produce a decent little root system and you don't need to prick out and repot so quickly. Makes labelling easier too, and also saves on compost and time!
Another idea is to keep a notebook - use different coloured labels on the trays, and put one the same colour in the book with the name of the plant you've sown, complete with the date sown etc
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You could use cut up coloured straws eg all the cosmos have bits of red straws in the trays and the lobelia have blue straws.
It's just about impossible to tell what seedlings are until they grow their true leaves.
lol all babies look the same