Well..... I'm actually 37!
Morning team...
I got my hands on an allotment yesterday so am sooooooo excited! My main problem being i know absolutley nothing whatsoever about gardening but have been glued to this computer doing lots of reading and am brimming with ideas,,, This site is ace and i am going to deluge it with daft questions from here on in- please be patient!
The plot is a 'half plot' (Although it seems massive to me!) and has been abandoned with stuff in it. The allotment boss man informed me that the abondoned stuff is leeks and sprouts, which i recognise... And there appears to be a fruit section, which to me, looks like little sticks poking through weeds, spread about around a quarter of the plot in a higgledy piggledy fashion. Apparently, these are raspberrys, weeds, blackcurrents, weeds, gooseberries and weeds. There also appears to be a load of little strawberry plants mixed with weeds carpetting a corner of the plot. there also appears to be a couple of raised beds with stuff in that may just be weeds, and there is generally weeds everywhere else. with weeds in between them. and weeds.
1) What do i do with the leeks and sprouts if they're no good? i assume if i throw them in the compost thing they will just rot? is that good or bad? (the compost thing is on my plot- not communal- and is pallets on their sides with no roof on)
2)When i dig, do i just turn everything over and break it up with my new shiny spade? I surely don't have to pick all the weeds out?
3)If them little stick things are fruit, can i dig them up and replant them in some sort of order?
4)i am planning to grow potatoes but it seems to early to plant them yet... do i need to buy some seed potatoes and have them 'chit' somwhere before i plant them?
Many more question will follow- but the first stage is just going to be digging, i fear.... i will also post some pictures to illustrate some of my questions...
ANY advice greatly appreciated..
Chris
Morning team...
I got my hands on an allotment yesterday so am sooooooo excited! My main problem being i know absolutley nothing whatsoever about gardening but have been glued to this computer doing lots of reading and am brimming with ideas,,, This site is ace and i am going to deluge it with daft questions from here on in- please be patient!
The plot is a 'half plot' (Although it seems massive to me!) and has been abandoned with stuff in it. The allotment boss man informed me that the abondoned stuff is leeks and sprouts, which i recognise... And there appears to be a fruit section, which to me, looks like little sticks poking through weeds, spread about around a quarter of the plot in a higgledy piggledy fashion. Apparently, these are raspberrys, weeds, blackcurrents, weeds, gooseberries and weeds. There also appears to be a load of little strawberry plants mixed with weeds carpetting a corner of the plot. there also appears to be a couple of raised beds with stuff in that may just be weeds, and there is generally weeds everywhere else. with weeds in between them. and weeds.
1) What do i do with the leeks and sprouts if they're no good? i assume if i throw them in the compost thing they will just rot? is that good or bad? (the compost thing is on my plot- not communal- and is pallets on their sides with no roof on)
2)When i dig, do i just turn everything over and break it up with my new shiny spade? I surely don't have to pick all the weeds out?
3)If them little stick things are fruit, can i dig them up and replant them in some sort of order?
4)i am planning to grow potatoes but it seems to early to plant them yet... do i need to buy some seed potatoes and have them 'chit' somwhere before i plant them?
Many more question will follow- but the first stage is just going to be digging, i fear.... i will also post some pictures to illustrate some of my questions...
ANY advice greatly appreciated..
Chris
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