Annual Weeds
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To help new gardeners identify common annual weeds, please post a picture and brief discription of weeds you encounter. We will start a second thread for perennial weeds too
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Mercury

   

Very common in the southern parts of the UK, easy to remove.
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Lambs Quarter or Fat-Hen

   

Very common, easy to remove
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Good post thanks
Regards..........Danny Smile
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Common Groundsel

   

Easy to remove but will still set seed even if pulled up

Common Groundsel is the favourite food of the Cinnabar moth caterpillar
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Common Chickweed

   

Easy to remove
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(30-07-2020, 06:41 AM)Admin Wrote:
Lambs Quarter or Fat-Hen



Very common, easy to remove
...............and edible!

https://www.wildfooduk.com/edible-wild-plants/fat-hen/
The Moneyless Chicken says:- 
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Hairy Bittercress

   

Commonly seen growing on compost heaps and plant pots, likes moist soil, easy to remove

Explosive seed heads which can scatter seeds up to one metre away
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Brillant thread especially for novices!
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Cleavers, Goosegrass, Sticky Willy

   

Very common and very easy to remove, used by herbalists
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