Stopping a weed takeover from an abandoned allotment patch

[Thelma Sanders]

Has anyone actually put this as an issue to your allotment administration??

I'm not involved with an allotments but I'd have the right hump if someone else's plot was downwind of me and seeding my plot with weeds ...... surely you must all have access to clear an unused site under those conditions??

My next door plot has been reported a few times. he turns up digs a little bit over and then disappears for a few months - meanwhile weed seeds are blowing everywhere

[alldigging]

My next door plot has been reported a few times. he turns up digs a little bit over and then disappears for a few months - meanwhile weed seeds are blowing everywhere

You need to have a 'two complaints within 12 months' rule added perhaps?

it is really hard when people say they really want an allotment but can't find the hours needed.

Whether people have excuses or reasons doesn't really matter when it's driving you mad cos of weeds etc.

[rustylady]

Post the pictures on here and we'll identify them for you.

[Two_Sheds]

...some weed specimens to I.D.

I think I've got a few common ones in an album somewhere.

Yeah, here you go:

spring weeds - a set on Flickr

click through the album for closeups