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Suffolk_lass

Anyone else feel as though they are slightly losing the battle with weeds?

zafiro1984

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Anyone else feel as though they are slightly losing the battle with weeds?

Yep, but it's not slightly, its major

Karmacat

Yes, in a word!


I keep making excuses - I was away for a third week catsitting, and this week I have builders in (in the kitchen! for another two weeks!) so everything, absolutely everything, is difficult.

spadoosh

Having a bit of growing meltdown at the moment.

Binned my leek seedlings, they just wouldn't stand up and kept falling apart. Same happened with all the strawberry seedlings.

About half of my earlier beans have snapped after planting out.

A cat has desecrated the only vegetables that where thriving in my veg bed.

Even the perennial spinach which ive always just ignored is looking like its at deaths door.

Just feeling im missing something with seed sowing. Im limited to a north facing window with no greehouse/coldhouse. I try and keep them inside as long as possible for fear of the cold but they inevitably all got a bit leggy.

Think i know the answer (greenhouse) its just annoying i cant see it happening any time soon.

On a positive note the trees and fruit bushes are looking healthier than ever!


In case its not been mentioned, GYO magazine are offering another set of seeds for buying the magazine (think its 9 or 10 packs) for £5.99.

Suffolk_lass

Oh I feel your pain spadoosh. I spent hours planting last weekend - all in pots and trays. Only for the mice to discover a mouse only buffet in the greenhouse. I have a few on the windowsill until they germinate and the rest are out there, to see what has survived.

You could check FB Market place in your locality for a cold-frame to move your germinated seedlings to. Often available free. Just a thought. And things like tomatoes and chillies can be buried deeper to recover from their leggy teenager stage.

euronorris

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Anyone else feel as though they are slightly losing the battle with weeds?

*puts hands up*


The last round of weedkiller seems to have knocked them back somewhat, but they are still there. *shrugs* Other than tearing up the whole lawn and starting again, I don't really know what to do.


In other news though, whilst one of my chilli plants is looking absolutely pathetic, the other one is flourishing beautifully! And my pepper plants are doing beautifully too.


Lots of rain here too last couple of days, though I am more concerned by the wind at the moment for my poor plants.

euronorris

Spadoosh, were your strawberry seedlings indoors or out? I started mine indoors (took forever to germinate for some reason), but quickly moved them outdoors and they are as happy as a pig in muck!

spadoosh

euronorris wrote: »

Spadoosh, were your strawberry seedlings indoors or out? I started mine indoors (took forever to germinate for some reason), but quickly moved them outdoors and they are as happy as a pig in muck!

Indoors, i got a few up in the first 10 days or so but then everything stopped and they started dying.

My outdoor strawberries are on one, got 25 runners from 3 plants bought last year and they're all potted up and establishing nicely. Im just thinking i should stick to runners because they seem to sort themselves out.

unrecordings

Spent the last couple of days taking the top off our relatively small, but very dead old apple tree - we only needed to get about four steps up a ladder, but it was hard work (me only having the practical use of one hand, Mrs Un being previously untrained in the use of bow saws & the cat providing zero moral support, and it started to rain, and it being a bad time for my reducing dose of steroids to take effect). With the cooler weather I took a hiatus from potting on my tomatoes, but with better weather on Sunday, hope to get the remaining twigs cleared from the lawn & re-commence repotting.

As for the weeds - ask me after the rain, but I've two large cans of propane & a flame gun - which so far, for me seems to be the most effective solution

Spadoosh - I feel your pain. There's stuff I can never get to work, radishes for one, which are supposed to be the easiest thing in the world to grow, I also gave up on leeks years ago - just did not have the patience, especially after I realised one year that some of the 'seedlings' were actually just cheeky grass

Jazee

I have no luck with radishes either.

Was going to spend time in greenhouse this morning but it's so cold today and I'm going to be outside all afternoon anyway.

Hopefully tomorrow will be warmer.