[peanut97]

Where my new beds have been dug I have got hundreds of seeds germinating in  the soil, I got all the roots out but these must be annuals. I mean loads, it is like someone sprinkled seed in there.

Is there any sort of mulch i can put around my crops, particually the onions? Was thinking straw or bark but will it spoil the veg and stop it coming up? (They are already planted)

[muntjac]

hoe em out peanuts .. mulching onuons encourages root rot

[peanut97]

If you hoe them is it just knocking the tops off? Will they re root?

[noshed]

Keep doing it and they will die eventually. Sharpen your hoe with a file to make it easier.

[muntjac]

no they will die they wont have had chance to set root properly  

[shaun]

rotavate a few weeks before you sow at full depth then wait for about 3 weeks untill the weeds germinate then give it another rotavating but this time just skimming the soil and this will destroy any weed seedlings and sow your seeds then.

[Salkeela]

I tried something new this year......

I laid newspaper on the ground, covered it in sand to hold it down.  Soaked the lot.  Then punched holes through to plant the onion seedlings.

There is probably a sensible reason that this won't work.... but I thought it would cut out light and prevent germination of seedlings.  At least for a while.  

So far so good, but they're only in about 10 days!