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weeding times ahead
Hello all,
my name's Roger I have an allotment i know very little about gardening but was hopin to pick up a few tips on growing veggies on my plot. The plot was absolutely covered with weeds and i covered what area i could with carpet and a piece of black plastic i believe some of the weeds were called mares tail there was grass of all varieties. I was just wondering how long i had to wait before this killed off the little blighters and i could start digging the ground through with a few to gettin some potatoes in. cheers to any one that responds. |
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weeding times ahead
"Jeff Layman" wrote in message ... wrote: Hello all, my name's Roger I have an allotment i know very little about gardening but was hopin to pick up a few tips on growing veggies on my plot. The plot was absolutely covered with weeds and i covered what area i could with carpet and a piece of black plastic i believe some of the weeds were called mares tail there was grass of all varieties. I was just wondering how long i had to wait before this killed off the little blighters and i could start digging the ground through with a few to gettin some potatoes in. cheers to any one that responds. Do you really mean Mare's Tail? Or do you have Horse Tail? See he "Mare's tail" works for me, see; http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0705/equisetum.asp Mike |
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On Mar 15, 7:30*pm, "Muddymike" wrote:
"Jeff Layman" wrote in message ... wrote: Hello all, *my name's Roger I have an allotment i know very little about gardening but was hopin to pick up a few tips on growing veggies on my plot. The plot was absolutely covered with weeds and i covered what area i could with carpet and a piece of black plastic i believe some of the weeds were called mares tail there was grass of all varieties. I was just wondering how long i had to wait before this killed off the little blighters and i could start digging the ground through with a few to gettin some potatoes in. cheers to any one that responds. Do you really mean Mare's Tail? *Or do you have Horse Tail? *See he "Mare's tail" works for me, see;http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0705/equisetum.asp Mike ok well thanks for that i suupodse i shall have to wait a few weeks then before i dig through |
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weeding times ahead
Hi Roger,
what i do with mare or horses tail is the following. If there are individual bits I place a systemic weedkiller, forget the name of what I used but it was a paint on one with a brush included. I get a plastic coin bag, paint the inside with the weed killer and then place over and wrap tightly around. I then mark it with a plant label to make finding easier. After about a week it will have died. Mares or horse tail have incredibly long and thin roots so hand weeding is definately a no no. hope this helps wrote in message ... Hello all, my name's Roger I have an allotment i know very little about gardening but was hopin to pick up a few tips on growing veggies on my plot. The plot was absolutely covered with weeds and i covered what area i could with carpet and a piece of black plastic i believe some of the weeds were called mares tail there was grass of all varieties. I was just wondering how long i had to wait before this killed off the little blighters and i could start digging the ground through with a few to gettin some potatoes in. cheers to any one that responds. |
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