You should have no problems. your timing was correct. You might have planted
a little too deeply but they will soon appear.
I assume you used a tight line to make the rows?! If so the seedlings
following, and repeated, will be those you sowed. Carrot has finely divided
leaves and the beetroot is well defined with red/purple leaves. Both the
beet and the spinach will be in little clusters.
Best Wishes Brian Kernow
"ajr" wrote in message
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Good evening,

Being relatively new to gardening I've got a few questions that hopefully
the more experienced gardeners amongst you can help me with.

At the beginning of March I planted a number of rows of broad beans,
onions
and potatoes, and the majority of them are growing very nicely thank you.

I then planted the following about three weeks ago:

A row of carrots, spinach and beetroot, as well as a row of marigolds (my
father told me that they would 'kill off' carrot fly!).

Most of these rows have small 'seedlings' growing, but I have no idea
whether they are weeds or the plants that I am trying to grow. Can anyone
point me in the direction of a site that has pictures of seedlings, so I
can
distinguish one from the other?

Also the spinach, marigolds and carrots have failed to show themselves
yet -
do they usually take three + weeks to germinate? Did I plant them too
early? I live in the South West, and we haven't had a frost, or
particually
cold weather since they went into the ground so I assumed that they would
be
doing something by now.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards,


Andrew