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alternative to cardboard to surprise weeds please

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited October 2018
    I'm intrigued too @Singing Gardener  :)   ... I checked as you did, that's why I said 'are you sure' ... don't want to cast aspersions and all that on the poster but ....  :/

    I'd expect to find woodlice under cardboard ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • HotchocolateloverHotchocolatelover Posts: 68
    See the card had to pour water fast after my neighbour knocked to tell me ! Right outside under my front window it was scary l 
  • HotchocolateloverHotchocolatelover Posts: 68
    Termites are they not? Maybe I’m wrong
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Was there smoke?  Was it hot?   Did have red glowing embers?  Not saying you're wrong, but that looks more like decomposition due to dampness to me ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • HotchocolateloverHotchocolatelover Posts: 68
    Termites right?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Woodlice ... just as I thought ... lovely little creatures that help break down rotting organic matter for us ... and really good mums 

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     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • HotchocolateloverHotchocolatelover Posts: 68
    There was smoke for sure the ground had heated up as we went on holiday and it was not watered for one week at 35 degrees in July I’m not taking the risk again in case I don’t have time to keep things cool not sure what the creatures are on card if not termites is it wood lice ? I’m confused now what they are 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    If it's in your front garden, someone probably threw a cigarette end on it.Either that or there was a piece of glass nearby.
    Definitely woodlice.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Fair enough if you're convinced there was smoke ... I wasn't there.    :)

    But I would just hoe little weeds out before they grow ... whatever you put on the ground weed seeds will still blow/drift in and take root on top of the mulch so you'll still have to deal with them.  Mulch with compost/bark chippings etc and hoe or pull out the little green weedlings when they appear ... much the easiest way.  

    And yes, as I said in my last post ... woodlice  <3

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • HotchocolateloverHotchocolatelover Posts: 68
    Ahh thank you for confirming re woodlice are they harmless?
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