On Tue, 27 May 2003 11:06:05 -0400, DigitalVinyl
wrote:

My in the groud garden has various sprouts now. However I've become
suspicious that soe of the sprouts that I thought were from my seed
may not be.

Other than long term experience--how the hell do you tell these little
guys apart? It would be great if a book showed you the seedling stage
as well as the full grown.

There are books that show this. I have one. It's called
'Park's Success with Seeds', author: Ann Reilly.

This book is available online, used, for about $8.00. It's
well worth the money, IMHO, as she also gives you preferred
seed-starting methods for each of hundreds of plants - most
vegetables and many hundreds of flowers - and actual
photographs of the seed leaves of each plant.

http://www.addall.com.used/ - then you can find it by
putting in the title, and author's name.

However, this is one reason why I ALWAYS prefer to start my
seeds indoors, in 6-cell packs or the like. Even carrots.

Beans are about the only thing I start directly in the
ground nowadays. They sprout reliably and quickly, and I
know what they look like, so I can plant them directly
outside.

Pat