Hi... Any advice would be grateful

Hi everyone

I'd love to have some advice as I
have two questions ... One is about the first 2 photo.... Are they weeds or plants worth keeping?

And the second is about my very first veggie plot. Have I planted too close and are the veggies sprouting up too quickly and if so is there anything I need to do?



Thank you

 

2nd one is an annual poppy.

 

Hi, welcome, if they where my brassicas I'd be Good luck with them

 

Ah thank you, just got home from a very long shift, your little dancing man cheered my day up... Well I must be on the right track then lol

 

Hi @chalieBot, thank you for your confirmation, I looked it up In my 'new' flower bible and I thought it was a wild poppy, a garden centre told me it was a weed and to dig it up!!!

 

The plant in the first photo looks like Borage. It's a bit of a thug, although there are a couple of good reasons why it might be worth leaving in place if isn't smothering anything else you want to grow nearby.

Firstly it's much loved by bees and will go on flowering for some time, so a definite plus there. Also, the leaves are great for adding to the compost heap or bin if you have one, they will help to make a good nutritious compost.

The plant in the second photo is not actually the native wild poppy, it's an opium poppy. It does have quite an attractive flower and an interesting seed head after the flower has faded, but be aware, if you let it seed itself, you'll have hundreds of them next year.

 

Hi @Trunky thank you for the information, I've tried to find info on the now named 'borage' many times in my newly acquired gardening books to no avail...and just taken a look on google images, and that is it... It has smothered other plants in the area and yes the bees get dizzy on it I'm assuming it must seed itself as I have so many, so I will keep some for the bees and the others will put on the compost heap as advised

As to the poppy..... Yes they are sprouting up everywhere so again I will keep a few to enjoy their bloom and cut off the pod before they can spread lol.

Thank you so much for your reply it's been so helpful