Another good day at allotment yesterday Got my pear trees pruned , they put on so much growth last year but only produced couple of pears 🍐 More bark chippings for paths , keep doing a bit every time I go to plot Planted Broad Beans under a cloche , as ever lots of little jobs done
A good full day at plots today (at last). Lots still to do, but now the soft fruit pruning is finished and the prunings are burned. I spread some of the manure that I got last month. Lots of other clearing up jobs done.
Prepared the early raised bed, and covered with the closhe. Was very surprised no weeds under the plastic cover that I put on after pulling the last carrots. Just added some new top soil and half a bag of compost to an area 4ft square, ready for this year's carrots and beetroot . Finished the field maple's trim , and cut back the climbing white rose.
I am still plodding my way through my old Asparagus bed. The bindweed roots underneath go right into the clay layer. Who said roots don't grow in pure clay 2 spits down.
I am still plodding my way through my old Asparagus bed. The bindweed roots underneath go right into the clay layer. Who said roots don't grow in pure clay 2 spits down.
Hi, I have no idea if you are violently opposed to using weed killers but one way of tackling bindweed roots is to collect growing bunches of tendrils, do not cut them off, put them in plastic carrier bags and spray them thoroughly with Glyfosate. Leave the stems in the bags until thoroughly dead. About 2-3 weeks. My sister was driven to use this method to get on top of bindweed coming in from next door. Now she kills any errant strands which dare to come under the fence by dipping them into a jar of water mixed with Glyfosate, which she keeps handy in her shed.
I have done that sort of thing in the past, but as it was right in among the Asparagus and adjacent strawberries it wasn't possible. Both crops did need moving as the yields had diminished. I may use that method now the ground is clear of permanent crops, but the latest I'm reading is that Glyphosate isn't as readily broken down in soil as the makers would have us believe. So it really is an absolute last resort for me.
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Got my pear trees pruned , they put on so much growth last year but only produced couple of pears 🍐
More bark chippings for paths , keep doing a bit every time I go to plot
Planted Broad Beans under a cloche , as ever lots of little jobs done
Lots to now burn
Finished the field maple's trim , and cut back the climbing white rose.
Cleared several paths and covered with Bark Chippings plus weeding , took 5 bags of rubbish home for garden bin
As few a few other jobs , not sure when I’ll get up there with potential Bad weather on it way next week
I have no idea if you are violently opposed to using weed killers but one way of tackling bindweed roots is to collect growing bunches of tendrils, do not cut them off, put them in plastic carrier bags and spray them thoroughly with Glyfosate. Leave the stems in the bags until thoroughly dead. About 2-3 weeks.
My sister was driven to use this method to get on top of bindweed coming in from next door. Now she kills any errant strands which dare to come under the fence by dipping them into a jar of water mixed with Glyfosate, which she keeps handy in her shed.