Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

Good question.  If you dig them out better be very careful of root
disruption of desired plants.

Can't tell for sure.  Is there any way you can take a much closer
photo's and see if there are any flowers under the foliage and
snapshot one?

"Trace" <Trace.2fc4166@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message

It's a bit hard to tell if there is anything in the pic other than things
that look like weeds, but it's often hard to tell from pics. But if you can
tell a difference in looks between things like veg and other things (by
being able to see a row of the veg, for example) then I'd say you do have
weeds.

You don't mention of you put veg into a newly created bed or prepared the
bed fresh???  But either way, if the bed has been fallow for some time, it
would be reasonable to expect weed to be coming up if it hasn't been a
productive and freuently used bed for some time.  If it's a new bed, then
I'd bet pounds to peanuts that they would be weeds.

I find the best way to get out tiny weeds is to just get down there and use
a finger and thumb to pull then out gently when the soil is moist.  After
you've weeded, try to water your veg with some dilute seaweed emulsion as it
seems to help plants recover from root disturbance.  If you don't have any
then jsut water then gently.  Good luck.

Recall seeing similar in SE VA where I lived while in Navy.  If they are
same plant, its simply groundcover weed.  Very delicate weed, easy to pull
up when ground is moist.  But, prolific as well.

If they are something you don't want growing there - they are weeds.

Trace;805523 Wrote:

Those look like cotyledons [the leaves put out by seeds before th
first true leaves develop] which makes it difficult to say what th
plants are. If you are sure they are not your planted seeds, they ar
easily weeded out

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