Chickweed; pull now or wait until seedlings more established

[JustPotteringAbout]

There is a quite a lot of chickweed on my potato, amaranth and allium beds. Clearing the potato beds was no problem, jut hoed round the obviouis potato leaves
On the seed-sown-direct part of my allium, amaranth beds and the lettuce bed it's not quite so clear cut, I can't make out the seedlings from the chickweed. I spent a couple of hours trying to find seedlings, picking the chickweed in the immediate surrounding area then pulling the remaining parts between seedlings and then rows. I must have pulled a few seedlings, it took ages and I only got a few square metres done.
Long term management aside.
Is it best to wait until the seedlings are more established by which time the chickweed may choke them or pull the chickweed asap and risk pulling more seedlings?

[Aberdeenplotter]

Chickweed must be the devil's own annual weed. Easily controlled in the open where it is not competing with seedlings or other plants but where it is, it is a real pain. Best to try to hoik it out while it is small. Once established, the stem breaks easily and the plant then revives with bushier growth

[Bren In Pots]

You can get your own back on Chickweed by making Pakoras with it, we've made them a few times and they are nice :-

Chickweed Pakoras | 'I know a bank where the wild thyme grows'

[VirginVegGrower]

Or feeding it to somebody's chickens mwahahahahaha

[JustPotteringAbout]

Aberdeenplotter.
Guess I'll have to howk it then, it's going to take an age.
I'll have to be more careful what I sow as direct seed next year

Bren in Pots
Chickweed pakora sounds lush.
I was only just researching tonight whether I could overwinter chick peas [used for gram flour for pakoras] here in zone8/7

[JustPotteringAbout]

You can get your own back on Chickweed by making Pakoras with it, we've made them a few times and they are nice :-

Chickweed Pakoras | 'I know a bank where the wild thyme grows'

Thank you for the suggestion
After a few days of visiting various supermarkets around town to find gram flour, I sourced some today and made chickweed pakora tonight.

Very nice it is too, though I might add more chickweed to the pakora mix in the refrigerator.