Complete Novice - advice on weeds

Hi there.

Sadly, my first post is about weeds.

We’ve had a large amount of rain this month and I’ve been unable to get out and start tidying up ready for spring.

However, I’ve noticed an unusual sight this year and something I’ve not noticed before. There seems to be a lot of weed growth already and of one specific type. They’re all over one area of our borders and are also on our lawn. I’ve no idea what they are and was hoping someone could shed some light? Should I be worried?

Picture attached.

Thanks in advance…

 

They look like Sycamore seedlings to me Drozich. Is there one nearby?

 

Hi there,

Yes, there is one in the corner of the garden, just next to the area where most of them are.

I’d never considered they’d be Sycamore, seedlings, there’s absolutely loads of them!

Thanks so much for your help, they’ll be easy enough to deal with.

Regards,
Stevie

 

Welcome, @Drozich to the forum. Your weeds certainly look Sycamore seedlings! In the grass verges near where I live 1,000s sprout every year! If it weren't for the council gardeners cutting them off every year when they mow the grass it would be like the Amazon jungle here by now!

I garden on a balcony but they even manage to get into my pots of plants & my troughs & I spend quite some time trying to get rid of them But then I catch them before they have any chance of germinating so I never actually see seedlings in my pots.

 

Thank you so much to everyone for your help. The seedlings in my lawn will get a regular mowing (if it ever stops raining) but I’ll get my wellies on and get cracking at the weekend.

I’ve lots of questions to ask over the next few months so you’ll be hearing from me soon

 

I have a Sycamore in my garden and the seedlings come up everywhere too. It's easy to mow them off the lawns but I have to hand pull them from my gravel drive.

 

There used to be a sycamore overhanging my back garden. The seeds get everywhere. The sycamore next door got cut down years ago but I still get seedlings popping up, usually after I've disturbed the soil, probably bringing old seeds up to the surface.

They're a nightmare, because if they go undetected in amongst established plants, they become a permanent fixture by the time you see them. I have one in the front, amongst my sage, which I cut down every spring because it keeps trying to come back.

 

Ash trees are just as bad for seedlings.

 

Thanks everyone. I’ve removed them now but any stragglers I’ll have to dig out. Not sure if it’s a phenomenon this year in particular but we’re noticing them everywhere we go!

 

It's an ongoing thing every year unfortunately Drozich.

 

Seems like its a country wide problem, we have a good few, but our neighbours garden is literally covered in them, can only assume it was the high temperatures last summer that caused such a response from the trees... ?

 

The smaller they are the easier it is to pull them out, so do it as soon as you see them. I have a hedgerow behind my garden and get loads of them as well as Ash and Willow.