Is this a weed?

[frogga]

Can anyone identify this, found it amongst the parsnips!

Andrew

[veggiechicken]

Is it Fat hen?

[zazen999]

Yes it is.

[VirginVegGrower]

I pulled some up yesterday. It tugs up quite easily.

[darcyvuqua]

I have loads of these popping up

[zazen999]

You will do. Apparently every cubic inch of soil in the UK contains 40 Fat Hen seeds. Get them before they set seed as each plant can produce about 70,000 seeds each year.

[darcyvuqua]

70,000 whattttttttttt

[The Allotment Shed]

70,000 whattttttttttt

If you want more, I could sell you some?

[frogga]

Thanks everyone, pleased I caught it before it flowered then!

[veggiechicken]

Fat hen is edible so you may like to eat it before you weed it out. Here's an entertaining chappy EatTheWeeds: Episode 84: Lambsquarters, pigweed, fat hen - YouTube

[Glutton4...]

... Apparently every cubic inch of soil in the UK contains 40 Fat Hen seeds...

...and/or Ragwort seeds.

Look upon it as free greens for your compost bin!

[VirginVegGrower]

You will do. Apparently every cubic inch of soil in the UK contains 40 Fat Hen seeds. Get them before they set seed as each plant can produce about 70,000 seeds each year.

You are a mine of info. We are card boarding our new half allotment, when they decide which half we can have.
I give fat hen to the fat hens and they are getting the cleavers.

[Two_Sheds]

Look upon it as free greens for your compost bin!

or cut out the middle man (the compost heap) and just leave it on the soil. The worms will pull it down and it will enrich the soil quicker than you can make compost by yourself