Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
I have tried this technique once or twice without much
success. Either I get masses of weeds coming through, or the grass clippings coagulate into a sticky mess (as they do in a compost heap if you put too many in at once). I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Any tips please? -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
On 07/05/2013 20:25, Roger Tonkin wrote:
I have tried this technique once or twice without much success. Either I get masses of weeds coming through, or the grass clippings coagulate into a sticky mess (as they do in a compost heap if you put too many in at once). I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Any tips please? Try a little and often, just a couple of inches at a time. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
"David Hill" wrote in message ... On 07/05/2013 20:25, Roger Tonkin wrote: I have tried this technique once or twice without much success. Either I get masses of weeds coming through, or the grass clippings coagulate into a sticky mess (as they do in a compost heap if you put too many in at once). I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Any tips please? Try a little and often, just a couple of inches at a time. Said the actress to the vicar -- Pete C |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
In article ,
Roger Tonkin wrote: I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Plant new ones, preferably somewhere else. Mulching won't help worth a damn in such a case. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
In article , nmm1
@cam.ac.uk says... In article , Roger Tonkin wrote: I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Plant new ones, preferably somewhere else. Mulching won't help worth a damn in such a case. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Yeah, I know that is what I ought to do, but there are a couple of problems: 1) Space - there is no where for a new fruit cage to go, apart from the lawn, and swmbo will not allow that! 2) The possibility that we move, age, remoteness, large garden and family pressures! -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
In article ,
Roger Tonkin wrote: I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Plant new ones, preferably somewhere else. Mulching won't help worth a damn in such a case. Yeah, I know that is what I ought to do, but there are a couple of problems: 1) Space - there is no where for a new fruit cage to go, apart from the lawn, and swmbo will not allow that! 2) The possibility that we move, age, remoteness, large garden and family pressures! Then plant new ones in the same location! I really do mean that there is no hope of any of the Rubi recovering once they have started to go downhill. They haven't adapted to recovery from fungal root-rots, viruses etc. and rely on new plants taking over. Longer-lived and more woody plants have some recovery mechanisms, but Rubi are not like that. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
In article , nmm1
@cam.ac.uk says... In article , Roger Tonkin wrote: I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Plant new ones, preferably somewhere else. Mulching won't help worth a damn in such a case. Yeah, I know that is what I ought to do, but there are a couple of problems: 1) Space - there is no where for a new fruit cage to go, apart from the lawn, and swmbo will not allow that! 2) The possibility that we move, age, remoteness, large garden and family pressures! Then plant new ones in the same location! I really do mean that there is no hope of any of the Rubi recovering once they have started to go downhill. They haven't adapted to recovery from fungal root-rots, viruses etc. and rely on new plants taking over. Longer-lived and more woody plants have some recovery mechanisms, but Rubi are not like that. Regards, Nick Maclaren. That's encouraging, but I understood you should not use the same patch, partly because of the problems you outlined. -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
On 08/05/2013 19:05, Roger Tonkin wrote:
In article , nmm1 @cam.ac.uk says... In article , Roger Tonkin wrote: I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Plant new ones, preferably somewhere else. Mulching won't help worth a damn in such a case. Yeah, I know that is what I ought to do, but there are a couple of problems: 1) Space - there is no where for a new fruit cage to go, apart from the lawn, and swmbo will not allow that! 2) The possibility that we move, age, remoteness, large garden and family pressures! Then plant new ones in the same location! I really do mean that there is no hope of any of the Rubi recovering once they have started to go downhill. They haven't adapted to recovery from fungal root-rots, viruses etc. and rely on new plants taking over. Longer-lived and more woody plants have some recovery mechanisms, but Rubi are not like that. Regards, Nick Maclaren. That's encouraging, but I understood you should not use the same patch, partly because of the problems you outlined. I would try a good high nitrogen feed now and then a potash feed in August, and give a good mulch of grass clippings once the new growth is about 12 inches or more. Nothing to loose. |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
In article ,
Roger Tonkin wrote: Then plant new ones in the same location! I really do mean that there is no hope of any of the Rubi recovering once they have started to go downhill. They haven't adapted to recovery from fungal root-rots, viruses etc. and rely on new plants taking over. Longer-lived and more woody plants have some recovery mechanisms, but Rubi are not like that. That's encouraging, but I understood you should not use the same patch, partly because of the problems you outlined. Ideally, you shouldn't. However, in the wild, they often tip-in or sucker into areas where other canes have just died. I find that young plants (not raspberries, but others) often thrive even where and old one has been dying horribly. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
On Tue, 7 May 2013 20:25:45 +0100, Roger Tonkin
wrote: I have tried this technique once or twice without much success. Either I get masses of weeds coming through, or the grass clippings coagulate into a sticky mess (as they do in a compost heap if you put too many in at once). I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Any tips please? If you dry them (rake them up rather than collect them) then they won't heat up when you apply them as a mulch. Thin layers regularly of fresh clippings is the way to avoid it heating up. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
"mogga" wrote in message ... On Tue, 7 May 2013 20:25:45 +0100, Roger Tonkin wrote: I have tried this technique once or twice without much success. Either I get masses of weeds coming through, or the grass clippings coagulate into a sticky mess (as they do in a compost heap if you put too many in at once). I would really like to use the clipping to mulch around my respberries as they are getting old and weak and I was hoping that would help next years canes develop. Any tips please? If you dry them (rake them up rather than collect them) then they won't heat up when you apply them as a mulch. Thin layers regularly of fresh clippings is the way to avoid it heating up. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk Two things that help make mowings work well as a mulch are 1 cut grass regularly, keep it short, this cuts down on seed heads, 2 apply it at the right thickness, too much and it heats up, to little and it doesn't do its job, couple of inches works for me. It goes without saying that if you are using the mowings as a mulch don't use weed n' feed type products!! -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Mulching with grass clippings
On Fri, 17 May 2013 20:06:26 +0100, Roger Tonkin
wrote: Any tips please? If you dry them (rake them up rather than collect them) then they won't heat up when you apply them as a mulch. Thin layers regularly of fresh clippings is the way to avoid it heating up. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk Two things that help make mowings work well as a mulch are 1 cut grass regularly, keep it short, this cuts down on seed heads, 2 apply it at the right thickness, too much and it heats up, to little and it doesn't do its job, couple of inches works for me. It goes without saying that if you are using the mowings as a mulch don't use weed n' feed type products!! Thanks for the warning, I was aware, and at the moment have just done the second cut following weed & feed. All the cuttings gone into bin bags to go down to the recycling at some stage. Probably start using 4th cutting for mulching, unless anyone throws uo their hands in horror I'd have the rest in a big heap in a corner for growing worms. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Grass clippings as mulch? | United Kingdom | |||
Grass clippings | Gardening | |||
Leave grass clippings on site? (not composting this year) | Gardening | |||
Grass Clippings | Australia | |||
Grass Clippings | Australia |