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Lots of seedlings - weeds or not?

anna146anna146 Posts: 22
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Hello all, I'm hoping someone can help. I have what seems like hundreds of seedlings popping up in my border. Are these weeds, or a plant that has self seeded like crazy. Thank you in anticipation.

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Most of them look like spurge. It's a type of euphorbia, so the test would be whether white sap comes out when you break one. Definitely a weed here.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Looks like chickweed (Stellaria media):
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/chickweed

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • anna146anna146 Posts: 22
    Thank you both, I'll get my hoe out then. 
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think chickweed too.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • anna146anna146 Posts: 22
    Thank you all. The area has now been turned over to remove them all. 
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