Hi all,
It's my first year at the allotment after taking it over in a dire state. I managed to get rid of most of the larger weeds (it was covered in 4/5ft weeds at the time) but now, after planting out my veg (Brassicas, garlic, onion, beans, squash, potatoes, corn, carrots) smaller annual weeds have started coming through and are doing so at an alarming rate.
I can't get up there enough to keep on top of them all so I'm wondering how necessary weeding is, if they are not impeding the sunlight to the crop? All I can think of is that the crop will produce but just not as much as if the plot was weed free? An example is on the image, if I could keep the plot looking like what it is towards the left of the image do you think it would have too large an effect on the veg?
I know it's a difficult thing to answer but any help is appreciated.
Cheers