Gardening Thread

[kaz7]

The badgers keep digging up my new lawn,it's not a big area but needs something
Can anyone recommend something prickly i can put down there,needs to be already a decent size so it stops them off digging it up,ta

should this not be in the viz thread? fnack! fnarrr!

I was going to ask for a prickily bush but thought better of it lol

 

[york away to this!]

The badgers keep digging up my new lawn,it's not a big area but needs something
Can anyone recommend something prickly i can put down there,needs to be already a decent size so it stops them off digging it up,ta

should this not be in the viz thread? fnack! fnarrr!

I was going to ask for a prickily bush but thought better of it lol

You really should trim it well back, though if it remains prickly I am sure there are some powders available over the counter... Failing that you need to pull it out by the roots.

 

[idahoblues]

Finally got some decent weather, most of the beds are ready to go, tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse, garlic 8 inches out of the dirt....it'll probably freeze harder than a witches tit tonight and snow all May

 

[foetus]

All the rain Sydney had a couple of weeks ago killed my coriander, mint, capsicum and chilli :(

Coriander is so feeble. Slightly too much sun or rain kills it.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

We have a connundrum.
Does any one know what these mini Beanstalks are please.
I cut them down to the floor so we could see the river below.

I went on holiday and came back to this.

They are made of fragile bambo stems crowned with green foliage and are at the moment around 7 feet high.
I could cut them all down again but I worry they could grow back twice as big blocking out our window.
Old Mr Johnson in the flat below said he can actually hear movement and rustlings at night.
Obviously they are not Beanstalks and obviously old Johnsone aint no Jack.
But what are these Triffids and how do I fix them.
We yearn to see our babbling brook once more.

Foliage shot.

Calling @johnny on the spot or any of his apprentices.

 

[TCIB]

That looks like Japanese knot weed leaves mate, if it is your fucked. I have spent 3 years digging every root out. It is super super tough, a bit of stem left in shade will survive to shoot out roots and become another node.

You can not re-mortgage your house you know if you have that shit in your garden. Get rid of it sharpish.

I am not kidding now, burn it all to, you are not allowed to put that in garden waste either i don't think, it is that invasive.

 

[Gabriel]

Good videos on YouTube about how to counter JKW.

Here is the RHS link:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=218

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Thanks for the information chaps.
Most of the foliage on our triffids appear to be in a heart shape but the ones on most of the pictures are flat at the back.
Tommorow before work I will take a cutting and examine photograph and upload for persual.
There are similar types that mimick Japanese Knotweed like some forms of Hogweed and hybrids.
I need to see the stems and cut one in half.I need to acertain if the nodes send the shoots alternatively.

They are growing alongside an eight foot sloped embankment leading to the brook.
It is their rate of growth that is causing much consternation.
They do look pleasing to the eye but the idea was to open up the space to see the river with Herons and kingfishers being regular visitors.
If I get definate confirmation then I will hack them down and treat regularly with strong weedkiller every month.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Here we go.
Close up shots.

 

[Gabriel]

Here we go.
Close up shots.

Heavens, I thought it had spread into your accommodation already! Good luck with it if it is indeed JKW.