On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:58:01 +0000 (UTC), "Kim Bewick"
wrote:

Well I've finally gone and got myself an allotment (125 sq meters) but
haven't got a clue what I should really be doing at this time of year.
It's fairly weed free thank goodness and was treated with Round-Up last
autumn (will this affect anything I may want to plant)?
Any advice would be much appreciated. I'm in Cardiff, where it's fairly mild
compered with other parts of the UK at the minute.

Can't offer any climate-related tips, but Round-Up will not prevent
weeds from emerging. It's very quick-acting on growing foliage, and
kills *active* plants down to the root, but has no effect on seeds in
the soil. It decays into harmless (some argue this) components in 3-4
days. So no fear of planting.