Raised v we’ve bed is full of nasturtium seed pods, do I need to pick them out?

[Gr3yStar]

There are masses of them.

I wouldn’t bother. They won’t all grow. You can deal with them as and when they start sprouting, they’re not hard to pull out

They are lovely. Let them bloom and pull them out. Once you are sick of them

If it's a flower bed, enjoy the nasturtium flowers - they're pretty. If it's a vegetable bed, enjoy the nasturtium flowers - they're edible.

Nasturtium taste peppery. The flowers make a lovely sandwich with salted butter. You can put them in salads, too. The leaves are good cooked like spinach, but taste quite different. If you're into pickling, you can make 'capers' by pickling the flower buds.

The whole plant is edible, but the best parts are the youngest parts. You can keep picking all season.

I use a hand rake when they're sprouting to pick out the excess nasturtium seedlings. I always miss some - determined little buggers, nasturtiums - but they look lovely in late summer and are useful companion plants so I don't worry about ittoo much.

Nasturtiums look great plus they are great sacrificial plants if you have higher value veg or flowers with them. Mine always seem to be crawling with bugs on the underside of the leaves but keeps the beasties away from other things

I didn’t know you could eat nasturtium leaves as well as the flowers