Weeds? or plants coming up?

i did throw a load of seed down a while ago and since i am watering my shrubs every evenings, there is suddenly alot of little leaves coming up, i know nothing on gardening so are these weeds or the seeds growing? if seeds do i take out of ground and pot as loads of them and many are very close together, some are spread, i have no idea what seed i threw down it was mixed packs of different seeds, now i have taken a pic or two i can see how much of a state the border is too

 

They look a bit too "fleshy" to be common weeds. Of course there might well be weeds mixed in with seedlings from the packet you sowed. I should leave them 'til they get a bit bigger when identification should be easier.

 

yeh i threw two boxes of mixed flower seeds so hopefully it will be at least some flowers lol, i have bought a few books to read up on gardening so i can start to learn some basics so at least can have a reasonable garden

hopefully will soon see either way what they are

 

Can't really tell at that stage. Most seedlings throw up the first pair of "seed leaves" (cotyledons) what don't look anything like their true leaves (which start with the second pair), so you'll have to wait a bit longer for identification.

You could put a couple of each type of seed in a little pot of compost, then you'll know what to expect?

"since i am watering my shrubs every evenings"

Better for the plants to water less frequently, and then really soak them. I would say once a week is fine at the moment, unless you have continuous sun. Twice a week in mid Summer, unless we get a scorcher then you might need 3 x.

The idea is to surround the plant with damp soil, and the roots then go searching for it. In particular a good soaking will work its way down through the soil, so the plant will send roots downwards. There will be much more evaporation from a light watering, and that will only leave dampness at the surface - where the roots will grow, but then have no ability to sustain during dry periods.

 

"You could put a couple of each type of seed in a little pot of compost, then you'll know what to expect?"

Not such a good plan now I see that they were mixed flower seed ...

 

Plus regular light watering will keep the leaves and stems damp, opening up a whole world of fungal infection possibilities.

 

Be happy that you will have some lovely flowers, don't stress too much - if it starts looking a bit crowded you can pick some out and move them to bare patches. xx

 

here are those seeds/weeds now? even more of them now :O