oops!

[possum]

A couple of months ago a sowed loads of veggie seeds into the veggie patch, nothing appeared to germinate, so I sowed other crops into it. You guessed it, both lots of seeds have germinated, however I really haven't got a clue what it growing through what, I did label everything with labels from milk bottles, but they proved to be too light for the wind here and all blew away. Oh and the chickens got in once and did a greate job of really mixing up the seeds in one border.
So do I just let everything grow and see what comes up, do I weed out one crop, what? I have one border currently not doing anything and I am tempted to transplant anything I thin out.

[ina]

Looks like you are growing a complete mix for veg soup in one plot!

[Millymollymandy]

I would certainly thin them out.

Can you take some photos of the seedlings because between us we should be able to tell you what they are - then you can transplant the ones that are suitable for transplanting.

[possum]

there is one patch with onions or leeks mixed in with gerkins, lettuce mixed in with raddishes - not too much of a problem, the raddishes will have been picked and eaten by the time the lettuces are big, and I can transplant the lettuces easily enough. I kept all the empty seed packets, so I at least know what is planted, just not with what or where.

[mauzi]

A similar thing happened to me my first year hear. I planted and labeled everything, and guess what, the pen rubbed off, so I had lots of tags with nothing written on them. Now I have a rotation in place so if that was to happen again at least I would know the family they came from at least ha!

I would let them come up a bit and perhaps choose the types that transplant the best - thin those and put in another area - even if you only get a few, it would be more than if you just thin out.

Good luck.

[Millymollymandy]

Lettuce can be transplanted but it may need shading for the first week or so until it gets established. It will take longer to mature than a lettuce sown in place.

Gherkins should be easy enough to spot amongst the onions and leeks and those can be transplanted too.

[possum]

well the lettuces beeing delayed would be good news as the second sowing is now well away, so it would mean lettuces would be ready as needed.