Help!! I've planted spinach (Bloomsdale Longstanding) & now that they have sprouted, the new seedlings look more like grass than spinach. I know that you can't always determine final form from the early one, but my brother, who has grown it in the past, says that what I've got doesn't seem to match what he had. Different species, maybe? The lettuces are up & they don't look like the mature ones, either, but they don't look so drastically different. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.

_________________
The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's Heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth.
Dorothy F. Gurney, 1858-1932

My young spinach looked just as you described...grass-like. Not to worry...you should have nice round spinach leaves shortly.

_________________
Listen to Neil Sperry every week, take notes... and then do the exact opposite.

Spinach does look similar to a grass seedling for the first few days. Wait awhile before you yank it. It may be a desirable instead of a weed