Do you have a weeding 'strategy'

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Stripey_cat

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2009, 12:34 »
Hoe for annual weed seedlings; larger annual weeds and grass go in the compost heap.  Perennial roots go on a concrete path to dry out (the tops go in the compost), and either get burned and the ash spread on the soil, or soaked in water to make liquid fertiliser.

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2009, 13:08 »
I rarely hoe.  I am a strange sad little creature and actulaly enjoy digging the things out!  Or rather losening the soil and pulling them out.  and dig out the perrenial roots at the start and end of the season.  But it does mean I am going to have to elave more room in between plants to allow me to do this or it is very hard work.  Hate weeds.
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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2009, 14:49 »
i hoe and hand pick them out then burn them,,im very fussy  dont want them coming back
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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2009, 16:11 »
I am sure everyone knows the saying ""If you hoe before you have to then you never have to"
Keep the hoe handy and walk with it when ever you go up the plot.
Some one said on Larkrise to Candleford recently that his dad said you had to tickle the ground to keep it awake meaning regular hoeing was crucial -- nothing changes
R

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2009, 16:23 »
i go for close quarters combat with a handfork technique, works everytime :)
Me too, well mostly - I hit too much of the crop when I hoe!

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2009, 16:30 »
I've been trying to hoe more this last year but if the weeds are already up I hand-weed with 2 buckets.  One for the compost heap, one for perennial weeds and stones.

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2009, 15:14 »
I am sure everyone knows the saying ""If you hoe before you have to then you never have to"
Keep the hoe handy and walk with it when ever you go up the plot.
Some one said on Larkrise to Candleford recently that his dad said you had to tickle the ground to keep it awake meaning regular hoeing was crucial -- nothing changes
R


yeah i heard that saying as well ,,,,,,,
i thought it was a great  saying

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2009, 15:47 »
Weeds - never let them see a Sunday !

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2009, 23:24 »
I'm a signed up member of the hoe hoe hoe brigade, but follow this with mulch mulch mulch.

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2009, 19:11 »
Hoe, hoe....quite agree. ;)

Bought a brilliant onion hoe a couple of years ago....old I guess. It has a curved handle and curved blade almost spear shaped. It is brilliant. I've not seen one quite like it before or since. Makes me wonder if it might be hand forged. Great for very close-up work when it is warm enough to sit around the edge of the rows and relax (summer holidays!).
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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2009, 20:25 »
I mulch as much as possible.  Bark and wood chippings between the fruit bushes and fruit trees.  Manure on open ground where suitable.  Gravel between the herbs in the herb patch (pea shingle is excellent value at £1.25 per bag @ B&Q).  Keeping paths clear really helps too.

Then I grab a file and sharpen my hoe and I hoe.  Everyone says it.  Little and often as soon as it is dry enough.  It's not so much a strategy as permanent fixture on the to do list.  If in doubt, hoe.

I love Aunt Sally's moto.  Weeds. Never let 'em see a Sunday.  Excellent.

Nothing clears my usually foggy Sunday morning head like a trip to the plot and a hour or two of hoeing plugged into the ipod.
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RichardA

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #26 on: March 06, 2009, 22:30 »
So what is good music to hoe to ???????????????????
R
(Johnie Cash's Walk the line  maybe ?? - hey its late thats all I could think of)

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #27 on: March 06, 2009, 22:48 »
So what is good music to hoe to ???????????????????
R
(Johnie Cash's Walk the line  maybe ?? - hey its late thats all I could think of)
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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #28 on: March 07, 2009, 13:11 »
surely it's got to be 'Hi hoe... i hoe... it's off to work i go' :lol:

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Re: Do you have a weeding 'strategy'
« Reply #29 on: March 07, 2009, 15:15 »
So what is good music to hoe to ???????????????????
R
(Johnie Cash's Walk the line  maybe ?? - hey its late thats all I could think of)
Derrrr...... rY0WxgSXdEE ::) :lol:

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