New & Hi + Help !!!!

[Veggi_Kid]

Hey everyone,

First thread on this site so hi to all,

Firstly i am 21 years old so not sure how old (or how young) people are with growing veg???, but i enjoy it.

Anyway my query, I have a single veg plaot which is a new area which i have developed under where a unused bit of lawn was.

I rotavated the patch (sorri) and then single dug etc. Got a rook a stones out. All i ever seem to do is be taking stones out though. The soil seems to have a lot of clay in it so i broke it down with a bit of sand. Brill.

So how bothered should i be with stones? can it get addictive trying to remove them?

Regards Daz

[BumbleB]

Hi Daz

I dont think I could get addicted to removing stones! For things like carrots a stone free bed is better but most other stuff should be on unless you have rocks!

Welcome to the Vine

[Veggi_Kid]

well i remove a few then a few more yet the amount of stones never seem to go down, drives me mad. lol

[taff]

Cultivating the soil in some gardens round here seems to throw up the same problem.The more you dig, the more you find.
Keep them to make a path with

[Maximillian]

Also use them in pots for drainage. Welcome! What are you going to grow?

[Veggi_Kid]

Well....so far we have a some salad potatoes in for a July / August harvest. IN the other bed we have radishes, spring onions, carrots, broccoli.

Its a bit of a trial and error this year. I feel we are slightly too late with certain things but its all good fun.

do you soil up leeks?

[NOG]

You need stones to help with dranage. I would leave them unless they are brick sized.

[Maximillian]

You can still grow plenty of stuff for later in the year. There's still time for courgettes peas runner beans and salads are better later when it's cooler anyway