Calling All Gardeners

We are so excited to have a garden this year. We went to the nursery a few months ago and bought tons of vegetable seeds and have been diligently weeding and shoveling gravel out of our prospective garden spot since then in anticipation of planting in May. Several weeks ago we started our tomato seeds inside for a family night activity. We used dirt from right next to where we're planting our garden. Within a week all our cups had little sprouts in them. Lots of little sprouts. Some of which were weeds just like the kind I'd been yanking out of that very dirt pile outside. So I pulled up the familiar-looking ones and let the others grow.

I'm getting nervous now. I've helped grow many a tomato plant in my life, but never from seeds. And I'm afraid that I might've uprooted the tomatoes instead of the weeds. One tip-off is that we planted 2 seeds in each cup and some of them have 3 or 4 plants. Yikes. Since I have no idea what tomato seedlings should look like during this phase of growth I can't be sure. I've looked online at pictures and none of them are very encouraging. So I am now pleading with you, our devoted readers who may have even a guess to tell us whether these are weeds or tomato plants. We'd prefer to find out now rather than at harvest time.

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  1. I hate to tell you, but they all look like weeds to me. I'm gardening this year too. I would suggest starting your seeds in potting soil to avoid this problem. Starting veggies from seed should take at least ten days (read the package for exact time), so maybe they're still in there somewhere...

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  2. I have to agree, I know they are weeds. Sorry, Pull them and still wait for the tomatoes to come.

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