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Wish I hadn't done that (aka think before you weed n feed)
The grass was looking a little shabby as I hadn't but down any feeding yet.
I'd held off as as I use a weed and feed and didn't want to kill the snowdrops and crocuses. With me so far? So I went out gaily sprinkling the weed and feed (and then went back out 3 days later to fill in the bits I missed - who needs a roller on the lawnmower when you can put in artificial stripes). Unfortunately I'd sort of forgotten that we intended to dig up a bit of the grass to plant our holly hedge. To be honest it wasn't so much I'd forgotten, more that I didn't think the weedkiller in the lawn food would linger. Well it does. For at least 6 weeks. Damn it. This is a public service announcement on behalf of the stupid gardener. Well the holly plants will need to be planted up into bigger pots in the meantime and looked after for another 6 weeks. At least I'll still be able to lift the turf and dig through some manure and sand and they'll still have time to get settled before autumn. Anyone else care to share their brilliant contributions? |
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Wish I hadn't done that (aka think before you weed n feed)
WRabbit wrote:
The grass was looking a little shabby as I hadn't but down any feeding yet. I'd held off as as I use a weed and feed and didn't want to kill the snowdrops and crocuses. With me so far? So I went out gaily sprinkling the weed and feed (and then went back out 3 days later to fill in the bits I missed - who needs a roller on the lawnmower when you can put in artificial stripes). Unfortunately I'd sort of forgotten that we intended to dig up a bit of the grass to plant our holly hedge. To be honest it wasn't so much I'd forgotten, more that I didn't think the weedkiller in the lawn food would linger. Well it does. For at least 6 weeks. Damn it. This is a public service announcement on behalf of the stupid gardener. Well the holly plants will need to be planted up into bigger pots in the meantime and looked after for another 6 weeks. At least I'll still be able to lift the turf and dig through some manure and sand and they'll still have time to get settled before autumn. Anyone else care to share their brilliant contributions? Not as bad as me, as I posted previously I treated seed and potato beds with lawn feed and weed instead of growmore! As an update it does not seem to have affected the spuds one iota, however only 2 lettuce, one beetroot and half a dozen pickling onions germinated! |
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Wish I hadn't done that (aka think before you weed n feed)
"WRabbit" wrote in message . uk... Anyone else care to share their brilliant contributions? I wouldn't know where to start :-( Mary |
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Wish I hadn't done that (aka think before you weed n feed)
Mary Fisher writes
"WRabbit" wrote in message .uk... Anyone else care to share their brilliant contributions? I wouldn't know where to start :-( Unidentified bush that I'd grown from seed was beginning to get straggly and swamp other plants, so I pruned it, only to find that I'd pruned the only branch with flower buds. No flower buds this year, so I'll have to wait yet another year for identification. Most of my mistakes involve pruning. I should be less impatient. -- Kay |
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Wish I hadn't done that (aka think before you weed n feed)
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "WRabbit" wrote in message . uk... Anyone else care to share their brilliant contributions? I wouldn't know where to start :-( Don't be so modest! Alan Mary |
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