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Chickweed, Stellaria media, is best thought of as a delicious rather than a pernicious weed. Its young leaves are packed with vitamins, so it makes a healthy addition to salads. However, it can also harbour greenfly and spider mite, so remove

I have been inundated with chick weed brought in in bags of bought compost, I know this as being right as I used to tend my Aunties window box with the same make soil and the window box in no time was smothered in chick weed. Chickweed is edible. I

How do you control/eliminate chickweed but without chemicals in a vegetable plot. I seem to get rid of it every year and lo and behold it comes back!!! The problem is that it will be seeding, so for best results you need to remove it before

have a poppy in the middle of the pot or is that a weed too?   That looks like a poppy - the rest look like a mixture of Scarlet Pimpernel and Chickweed - common wild flowers/weeds on newly cultivated land http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag

, remove the affected turf and soil, and replace. lawns, trees, just about anywhere around the gardenall year roundAdvice on dealing with common weedsBramblesFat henStinging nettlesChickweed

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-treat the plant using a total weedkiller such as glyphosate. Avoid spraying on a windy day and near other desirable plants. all over the gardenspring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsHairy bitter cressYellow sorrelChickweedGround elder

the magnifying glass. @dave warner.. check out the problem solving on home page.. it has weed sin it.. and it does look like yours is chickweed.. sorry i was not looking at picture properly. The square stems are very distinctive, so it's not stitchwort

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with the back of a rake or crush it underfoot before applying glyphosate. Avoid spraying on a windy day and near other desirable plants. all over the gardenspring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsSelf healSpeedwellChickweedHairy bitter cress