Thursday, May 20, 2010

Flower or weeds?

so i planted some flower seeds in my front yard, zinnia, snapdragon, moonflower, and a california poppy, all at the same time its been two week now, and im curious, how do i know which is the flower and which is the weeds??

Flower or weeds?
Let them grow up together for a little while until you can tell what is a definite weed and what is a definite little flower. If you pull the weeds (or what you think are weeds) up now you could inadvertently pull up flowers and even disturbing the soil around young seedlings can disturb their roots and kill them off. Just like the parable of the wheat and the chaff in Matthew 13:24-30. :)
Reply:Here's a great site for you to go to that has photos of the seedlings of manual plants.


Also don't be scared by the words


monocots means one vein direction like a grass plant or palm tree


dicot means viens that go in mutiple directions like a tree branch.


California poppies have leaves that look like silver ferns and are a bluish green color.


If you see a plant in the yard else where and not in your garden it's a weed. Also weeds grow faster than flower seeds in general.
Reply:On the back of the seed packets there should be a diagram of the seedlings leaf pattern and a days to germination time frame. Use these to guide you as they are spot on for me .
Reply:All a weed is is a plant out of place. If you like it, call it a flower. :-)
Reply:Well, not one of your seeds will be over one inch tall yet, so pick everything that is taller than that!


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