[Anton]

Dear Group Members,

I have bit of spare ground at the front of the allotment which I have mowed. I have four or so pumpkins that need planting but I don't have the time at the moment to dig up the whole patch. Has anybody had any success just digging out a hole, filling it with compost, putting in the plant and then just keeping down the weeds between the plants without digging up everything? I seem to recall my sister-in-law did this with her lawn, just taking out holes and planting the pumpkins. I don't know how successful she was though.

Anton

[BazTheGardener]

I've just chopped down a load of weed and am going to put down some weed suprestent sheets to try and keep weeds down then plant pumpkin and BNS through it. Hope it works. Might be worth a try for you.

BtG

[celjaci]

I think it would work well planting through a weed-proof membrane. I always go for the heavy duty woven stuff, kills the weeds while you are getting a crop.
If you cut a cross a foot accross you can dig a decent hole with a spade, I would put in Blood Fish & Bonemeal and maybe some potting compost.
It's getting a bit late but you should still get a crop with very little effort