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Overgrown Garden
kolbiealexis
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in Fruit & veg
I just moved into a new house with four large raised garden beds(overgrown) and I have never gardened before. One bed has hollowed out squash just sitting in it from last year. Another one has overgrown tomato/pepper plants and the other two are so overgrown I am unsure what they have.
Am I better off clearing out the beds and starting from scratch or should I just trim everything back and let whatever is already there grow back in the summer?
Any advice is helpful!
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Clear them out, start from scratch, grow what you want to grow
It will help if you can add some manure or compost to replenish the soil. Did they have a compost heap in the garden? That would be a big help, you could use the compost and it would be the easy way to dispose of the plants that you clear.
I agree start from scratch and throw anything you clear onto the compost heap or in the green bin.
You'll probably get tomato plants self-seeding this summer - I do. Worth knowing what they look like as babies so that you don't weed them out. The leaves actually smell of tomato, they're hairy and have distinctive leaves ... https://www.quickcrop.co.uk/blog/how-to-plant-tomato-seedlings-2/
Most veg are annual or at least have to be consumed the year they grow. The main perenial veg are Asparagus, Arthichoke both globe & Jeruselem.
Agree with others clear out start again.