I planted spinach in a pot which got a bit overcrowded so I took some seedlings out …. But can I eat them? Wouldn’t want to waste them and was tempted to put them into my salad
Yes you can. Don’t eat these though – they’re not spinach.
lynngrillo
Everyone saying it’s not spinach, it really is. Those are the cotyledons. If you look closely you can see the true leaves coming up just below them. OP, wait for the true leaves for better flavor. [True leaves coming in](https://share.icloud.com/photos/0d8ZlTNmt6qM67g6aFlcPG7UA)
Foreign_Plan_5256
today I learned that spinach cotyledons potentially look like a monocot that I 100% would have pulled as a weed.
SirRattington
These are totally spinach seedlings as I’m sure you’re already aware. The folks saying otherwise must not have taken a very close look at a spinach seedling before or something.
Tumorhead
the beauty of greens is that you can harvest them whenever 🙂 i love a microgreen salad after thinning
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Yes basically micro greens, spinach sprouts, lettuce sprouts, mustard sprouts, etc.
Yes but that doesn’t look like spinach
…that’s not spinach, though
Yes you can. Don’t eat these though – they’re not spinach.
Everyone saying it’s not spinach, it really is. Those are the cotyledons. If you look closely you can see the true leaves coming up just below them. OP, wait for the true leaves for better flavor. [True leaves coming in](https://share.icloud.com/photos/0d8ZlTNmt6qM67g6aFlcPG7UA)
today I learned that spinach cotyledons potentially look like a monocot that I 100% would have pulled as a weed.
These are totally spinach seedlings as I’m sure you’re already aware. The folks saying otherwise must not have taken a very close look at a spinach seedling before or something.
the beauty of greens is that you can harvest them whenever 🙂 i love a microgreen salad after thinning
Why not?