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Onoff
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I worry about nematodes invading my brain so have never used them.
I think it may be too late...
Greeves246
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With all this rain I’ve joined a dating website that specialises in oriental ladies. Really want a farmer’s daughter who can plant rice in my waterlogged side lawn.
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There are many producers of poison. EDTA is good for plants. In our clay there are astonishingly many huge 10 cm worms for such thin soil. I think that you shouldn’t bother with endless test tube research; more of these papers have been written than the current AI can digest.
Onoff
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I think firstly I used too small pots for my beans. A couple look like they're shrivelling. They're a bit "root bound" as well. Got little mushrooms coming up in some pots too. Planting out at the mo and letting them take their chances.
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New (to me) plot so spent a lot of time sorting stuff for planting....basically digging out all the couch grass that had invaded!!!
The greenhouse needed reglazing...did half and patched the rest!
So I'm a bit late planting...hence using grow bags this year. I'll see how they do...might be ok...might need moving!
At least it feels like I'm starting to win...the beets went in today finally. Now all I have to do is fix the shed thats falling down!
The greenhouse needed reglazing...did half and patched the rest!
So I'm a bit late planting...hence using grow bags this year. I'll see how they do...might be ok...might need moving!
At least it feels like I'm starting to win...the beets went in today finally. Now all I have to do is fix the shed thats falling down!
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Onoff
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Moved the dead fox a bit further up the garden. Still getting a whiff now and again. Cleared the collapsed box section / netting frame where the 3D printed connectors failed:
Weeded the bean patch. Planted the assorted variety of runners in no particular order. Who knows what's what in there? Put in 25 in the same space as I had 50 last year. As in the plants further apart. Hoping the birds will get in better and pick off the aphids etc.
Creosoted the top of the sleeper surround and cleared a path to one side. Might give the hedgehogs a clear run to go slugging.
Did notice the slugs like to hide between the DPC I lined the sleepers with and face of the sleeper. Might have to wait until it's a bit drier, Hoover it out and staple it tighter.
Got a dozen stragglers to find homes for:
Weeded the bean patch. Planted the assorted variety of runners in no particular order. Who knows what's what in there? Put in 25 in the same space as I had 50 last year. As in the plants further apart. Hoping the birds will get in better and pick off the aphids etc.
Creosoted the top of the sleeper surround and cleared a path to one side. Might give the hedgehogs a clear run to go slugging.
Did notice the slugs like to hide between the DPC I lined the sleepers with and face of the sleeper. Might have to wait until it's a bit drier, Hoover it out and staple it tighter.
Got a dozen stragglers to find homes for:
DAPPH
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Been using slug nematodes for several years , no slugs or snails the last two years so not used this spring . No decent frost or cold and lots of rain and suddenly as it warmed up zillions of the darn things , mainly snails at present . hence me sterilizing seed compost mix by live steam for an hour and a half .
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Grow the stragglers on in fours, in tubs.. then after the main planting is nine inches high most of the danger from slug and snail meals passes . So if not used to replace eaten ones they can be dumped in the compost or given away .
Onoff
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Creosote rules! Treated the sleeper tops yesterday and it proved a great slug barrier overnight. 25 beans in yesterday, rained all night and this morning they're thriving with no predation.
Seems somebody likes 7.3% McEwan's!
Seems somebody likes 7.3% McEwan's!
Onoff
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My brother is using these nematodes:
mr-fothergills.co.uk
Still can't get my head round using them in case they invade my brain!
My old man managed without, used beer traps & upturned grapefruit skins. All by the light of a Silk Cut as he was too tight to buy torch batteries...
Slug Control Nematodes 40sq.m.
Slug Control Nematodes 40sq.m. From Mr Fothergill's Seeds is an environmental friendly and pets, kids safe way of stopping slugs and snails coming to your garden.
mr-fothergills.co.uk
Still can't get my head round using them in case they invade my brain!
My old man managed without, used beer traps & upturned grapefruit skins. All by the light of a Silk Cut as he was too tight to buy torch batteries...
Pigeon_Droppings2
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^^^i bought some of these to try too. From what I read they increase the concentration of what's already in the soil.
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what a waste of champion
Onoff
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I couldn't drink it. Bought by mistake. I'm off to the pub in a mo to see if the landlady will save me the slops. Found another use for these pvc pipe offcuts here:
Onoff
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Just drinking with a Belgian lad funnily enough. He was giving me gardening tips.
Onoff
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No takers for the trap filled with Cherry Bakewell Cider. Not even one and I buried it flush in the ground to make it easy.
The McEwan's mind was just sat on the ground, not buried flush so they had to climb up and in. Keeps pulling 'em in. Maybe they're Scottish slugs?
The McEwan's mind was just sat on the ground, not buried flush so they had to climb up and in. Keeps pulling 'em in. Maybe they're Scottish slugs?
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I’m more worried about having drunken hedgehogs roaming about apart from the fact there’s no beer in the house and not likely to be. One of the gardening programs said to put slugs into the compost bin to help break it down.
My low opinion of slugs has just improved a tiny bit.
Drowning themselves rather face the Cherry Bakewell Cider !
