Well either you don't plant them, then what? They die or grow to big for the pots?
OR
You make rows thru the leaves (which I would leave- NO PUN INTENDED) and plant them.
My garden is covered in straw and now paper for weed barrier and to smother weeds.
I say live on the edge...plant them.

I agree! Take your best shot and let the heads (of lettuce or cabbage) roll where they may. LOL.

Also agree. Matted leaves are great for killing weeds, grass, etc. I usually just pull the mulch apart a few inches where I plant seedlings - I think it makes it a little harder for slugs to crawl from the mulch to the seedling if they're not touching.

I use a method recommended to me this year by an awesome Garden Webber on my state forum. I put layers of newspaper or cardboard around new seedlings as I plant them, and top the paper layer with shredded or decomposing leaves or grass clippings.

The weeds are almost non-existant. My plants are healthy and strong and the moisture is better regulated. This was almost a miracle to me, and has all but eliminated work in the garden. I pace the garden looking for weeds to pull, and can't find any!

thanks everyone,
I guess it better to try than to sit around worrying.
These weeds were thicker than I've ever seen them.
I got them covered pretty thick but I was worried that It would either turn to a layer of green slime or just grow through the leaves. I'm gonna wait a week and plant anyway.
thanks
:)Laura

When I am prepping a new bed, I usually get rid of all of the weeds using a shuffle hoe (another name for the tool I use is stirrup hoe). It looks like a metal stirrup, and you "shuffle" it along in such a way that the blade passes just under the surface of the soil, cutting off all of the weeds.

I usually then either turn the weeds under, or rake them up and toss them into the compost heap.

If the layer of leaves is smothering your weeds, then your approach is fine - if it isn't, maybe get a hoe and kill them before you put in the vegetable seedlings?

Good luck!
- Lisa

If the weeds are annuals the leaf mulch should kill them. Perennial weeds will grow back through the mulch, you can pull them.

sometimes questions like this confuse me
since I learned about mulching here
I've never had a problem with weeds
knock on wood
with 3 inches of shredded leaves
I've had no problem with weeds in the garden
if you have weeds
mulch more is the answer I would give
I pull any rogue weed and just leave it there
as more mulch