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How to stop pests?

N9eav
N9eav Posts: 4,742 Forumite
in Gardening
How do you stop your missus planting flowers in your vegetable plot? :mad:
NO to pasty tax We won!!!! Just shows that people power works! Don't be apathetic to your cause!

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  • Optimisticpair
    Optimisticpair Posts: 632 Forumite
    Hand her a tray of edible seedlings and tell her the plants are flowers, or have her plant some companion plants such as marigolds for you, or extend the veg plot?

    My error was asking him indoors what he would like in the garden as the answer was a flowering arbour and a water feature.
    No longer half of Optimisticpair

  • bertiebots
    bertiebots Posts: 1,433 Forumite
    You could give her some nastursiums ...flowers are lovely in salads;)
    JAN GC- £155.77 out of £200:D FEB GC £197.31 out of £180:o. MARCH GC - out of £200
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,792 Forumite
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    It's amazing how many flowers slugs eat ;)
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • colt
    colt Posts: 54 Forumite
    Lotus-eater It's amazing how many flowers slugs eat ;)

    Very good made me have a good giggle lol Like others have said try companion planting.
  • ukbill69
    ukbill69 Posts: 2,790 Forumite
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    I put down slug and snail pellets and spray at early stage ultimate bug killer and does the job.
    Kind Regards
    Bill
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,792 Forumite
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    ukbill69 wrote: »
    I put down slug and snail pellets and spray at early stage ultimate bug killer and does the job.
    Bit harsh, she only put some flowers out.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • N9eav
    N9eav Posts: 4,742 Forumite
    Optimisticpair wrote: »
    Hand her a tray of edible seedlings and tell her the plants are flowers, or have her plant some companion plants such as marigolds for you, or extend the veg plot?
    She's not that dumb. I did extend the veg plot a put a 30 foot polytunnel on it. It's 1/3 full of dahlias!!! I came home from work and there they were. I had not even put a tomato in. :shocked:
    NO to pasty tax We won!!!! Just shows that people power works! Don't be apathetic to your cause!
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