What have I done?

Last Christmas I gave Ron a chia pet as a gag gift. I had always wanted to try one, and thought the gnome was pretty tasteful. After one try, I changed my mind. The kit comes with a packet of tiny seeds, which I soaked in water then spread all over the gnome. There were so many seeds that I didn't limit myself to just the beard area. I spread seeds wherever I could. The result was really ugly once the little seeds sprouted.

So the gnome was scrubbed clean and sent outside to guard the pond. But what to do with the remaining seeds? I was curious what they might grow into, so I planted then in our vegetable plot. They were tiny at first, but then they kept on growing and growing and growing! I thinned them, then thinned them some more. There is now a clump of chias that are six feet tall and still growing!

They are taking over the pathway, and crowding the tomatoes beside them. Will I wait for seeds, or hack them down now? Ron votes for the latter, because he doesn't want to be a guinea pig for any chia-inspired recipes, and his vote counts for more than mine. In fact, he threatened to take matters into his own hands if I didn't do something about the plants.

I wonder what he meant by that.