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New Lawn Problem - Potatoes !
As a new member and relatively new gardener I am looking for some advice regarding my new lawn.
I have recently bought a new house and, like the house itself, the garden is in need of a great deal of attention. The elderly gentleman who owned it before me used almost all of the plot for growing vegetables and although I want to keep some veg I decided to convert a large portion of it to lawn. I spent several weeks weeding, leveling and digging out all the old veg. I sowed the grass seed a few weeks ago and there is now a lovely covering of new grass. Unfortunately this week I started to notice the new leaves of potatoes also coming through. I was gutted because of the amount of time and effort I put in preparing the site. I'm now not sure what to do. As there appear to be 40-50 plants coming through I don't really want to mess up the new lawn by digging them all out but I'm guessing that if I just mow the tops off them they won't die but will just multiply. I'm hoping someone might be able to suggest a solution - maybe there is some systemic treatment I can use to get rid of them ? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated as I really don't fancy the idea of having to start all over again ! |
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mikem1066 wrote:
As a new member and relatively new gardener I am looking for some advice regarding my new lawn. I have recently bought a new house and, like the house itself, the garden is in need of a great deal of attention. The elderly gentleman who owned it before me used almost all of the plot for growing vegetables and although I want to keep some veg I decided to convert a large portion of it to lawn. I spent several weeks weeding, leveling and digging out all the old veg. I sowed the grass seed a few weeks ago and there is now a lovely covering of new grass. Unfortunately this week I started to notice the new leaves of potatoes also coming through. I was gutted because of the amount of time and effort I put in preparing the site. I'm now not sure what to do. As there appear to be 40-50 plants coming through I don't really want to mess up the new lawn by digging them all out but I'm guessing that if I just mow the tops off them they won't die but will just multiply. I'm hoping someone might be able to suggest a solution - maybe there is some systemic treatment I can use to get rid of them ? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated as I really don't fancy the idea of having to start all over again ! Mowing should kill them off all right; but you could pull the tops off by hand. No cause for alarm. -- Mike. |
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"mikem1066" wrote in message ... As a new member and relatively new gardener I am looking for some advice regarding my new lawn. I have recently bought a new house and, like the house itself, the garden is in need of a great deal of attention. The elderly gentleman who owned it before me used almost all of the plot for growing vegetables and although I want to keep some veg I decided to convert a large portion of it to lawn. I spent several weeks weeding, leveling and digging out all the old veg. I sowed the grass seed a few weeks ago and there is now a lovely covering of new grass. Unfortunately this week I started to notice the new leaves of potatoes also coming through. I was gutted because of the amount of time and effort I put in preparing the site. I'm now not sure what to do. As there appear to be 40-50 plants coming through I don't really want to mess up the new lawn by digging them all out but I'm guessing that if I just mow the tops off them they won't die but will just multiply. You guess incorrectly, they will die eventually if you keep mowing them. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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"mikem1066" wrote in message ... As a new member and relatively new gardener I am looking for some advice regarding my new lawn. I have recently bought a new house and, like the house itself, the garden is in need of a great deal of attention. The elderly gentleman who owned it before me used almost all of the plot for growing vegetables and although I want to keep some veg I decided to convert a large portion of it to lawn. I spent several weeks weeding, leveling and digging out all the old veg. I sowed the grass seed a few weeks ago and there is now a lovely covering of new grass. Unfortunately this week I started to notice the new leaves of potatoes also coming through. I was gutted because of the amount of time and effort I put in preparing the site. I'm now not sure what to do. As there appear to be 40-50 plants coming through I don't really want to mess up the new lawn by digging them all out but I'm guessing that if I just mow the tops off them they won't die but will just multiply. I'm hoping someone might be able to suggest a solution - maybe there is some systemic treatment I can use to get rid of them ? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated as I really don't fancy the idea of having to start all over again ! -- mikem1066 I'm guessing that if I just mow the tops off them they won't die but will just multiply. No - that's worms!! Just pull the leaves off, the remainder will rot away over the summer. |
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Well, thanks for all the replies. It's a relief to know it won't be a major problem.
Cheers ! Mike |
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