Gardening with Joey

[orchard]

Bloody dry here. Awkward when there's little ground cover. Not great for parsnip or carrot seed germination, holding off on the carrots for now.

Potting shed's crazy full. Need some rain...

@Joey66 what's the worst perennial weed? Almost inherited a full house here, less bindweed*.

*Touches wood

 

[Joey66]

Bloody dry here. Awkward when there's little ground cover. Not great for parsnip or carrot seed germination, holding off on the carrots for now.

Potting shed's crazy full. Need some rain...

@Joey66 what's the worst perennial weed? Almost inherited a full house here, less bindweed*.

*Touches wood

Gylcospate from home bargain is a translocted weedkiller spayed on the stems back plus front of the leaves on any perenial.weed - worst weed has to be mares tail - bindweed is easily killer spray twice Hythe concentrate of Glycosphate cheapest Home bargain

 

[orchard]

Gylcospate from home bargain is a translocted weedkiller spayed on the stems back plus front of the leaves on any perenial.weed - worst weed has to be mares tail - bindweed is easily killer spray twice Hythe concentrate of Glycosphate cheapest Home bargain

Cheers mate. Had hares tail at my last joint, it's a good un admittedly. You just reminded me to chase up my preorder for asparagus crowns, cheers.

I'm Organic and need good granola to power through the day with no chem's and hand tools only.

Anno, just asking for trouble.

 

[Joey66]

Cheers mate. Had hares tail at my last joint, it's a good un admittedly. You just reminded me to chase up my preorder for asparagus crowns, cheers.

I'm Organic and need good granola to power through the day with no chem's and hand tools only.

Anno, just asking for trouble.

Trying to be organic with Bindweed eg weeding it out if it snaps you are just propagating it as it will return in abundance - you need to kill the root - any hardy perennial weed has this feature - Glycosyphate if used properly is safe .... it kills the root base put washing up liquid a drop in a litre as it acts as a spreader - in your mixture shake well use gloves & a paper mask on a still day - no problems do it your way if it has worked on mares tail

 

[Joey66]

Ideal time to give your lawn a first cut - then fork over any baldy patches add a multi-purpose compost about a 1/4 of an inch reseed & rake the seed from the birds - tread down lightly - water in well - germination will be 7-10 days cut your lawn when the germinated seed establishes

 

[orchard]

Trying to be organic with Bindweed eg weeding it out if it snaps you are just propagating it as it will return in abundance - you need to kill the root - any hardy perennial weed has this feature - Glycosyphate if used properly is safe .... it kills the root base put washing up liquid a drop in a litre as it acts as a spreader - in your mixture shake well use gloves & a paper mask on a still day - no problems do it your way if it has worked on mares tail

Nope, didn't work with mares tail mate. Usual mode is to keep taking the surface growth out and starve the root over a year. Didn't work with horsetail, it still came back into the beds every year (even though I'd continually cleared them), presumably from a very extensive root system.

 

[orchard]

Alternative:
Reseed with indigenous meadow seed. Buy a scythe/borrow sheep.

 

[Blue Sky]

Mares tail , move house the only remedy.

 

[Joey66]

Mares tail , move house the only remedy.

Mares tail - heavy duty waterproof gloves - Glycosphate with a drop up.liquid & strong mixture into a 5 litre bucket - dip your hands in & smother the mares tail by hand - repeat 7 days later .......

 

[Blue Sky]

Mares tail - heavy duty waterproof gloves - Glycosphate with a drop up.liquid & strong mixture into a 5 litre bucket - dip your hands in & smother the mares tail by hand - repeat 7 days later .......

Does it complete kill it ?

 

[Joey66]

Does it complete kill it ?

Persistance - plus add a stronger dose of Glycosphate wear a mask .....the was in up liquid acts like a spreader helps it to stick to the weed

 

[Blue Sky]

Persistance - plus add a stronger dose of Glycosphate wear a mask .....the was in up liquid acts like a spreader helps it to stick to the weed

Fortunately I don’t have any but I have seen some shocking infestations , one house had it everywhere , it would go under the front wall , pavement and come out in the gutter . Been around since prehistoric times , miners have seen roots in their pits .

 

[jazzy]

Bloody dry here. Awkward when there's little ground cover. Not great for parsnip or carrot seed germination, holding off on the carrots for now.

Potting shed's crazy full. Need some rain...

@Joey66 what's the worst perennial weed? Almost inherited a full house here, less bindweed*.

*Touches wood

Groundelder

 

[Whiteandblue]

Ideal time to give your lawn a first cut - then fork over any baldy patches add a multi-purpose compost about a 1/4 of an inch reseed & rake the seed from the birds - tread down lightly - water in well - germination will be 7-10 days cut your lawn when the germinated seed establishes

Thats highly dependent on location though? I still have about 20cm of icy snow on most of my lawn, sure as h3ll wont push a mover through that..!

 

[orchard]

Thats highly dependent on location though? I still have about 20cm of icy snow on most of my lawn, sure as h3ll wont push a mover through that..!

Just put loads of burning coal in a barrel and roll it around ia bit first mate.