Dealing With Weeds - Allotment Grow How

[@terrykingsallotmentgardening]

Hello Adam, great honest update and the poor sunflower, sorry but I couldn't keep a straight face. Take care my friend and I really appreciate the time you spend sharing your allotment journey. 😆 Happy growing, Terry.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Hi Terry, thanks for the comments mate.... I was as dumb as a big bag of hair when using the strimmer.... I just got lost in the moment and strimmed the hell out of everything I could see.... including the bloody sunflower. I'm playing catch-up on vids at the moment.... I hope to watch a batch tonight. Cheers Adam

[@LindaPenney]

Awesome update thank you for sharing have a blessed day

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Thanks for the comments as always Linda. Cheers Adam

[@Selfsufficientme]

I hate weeding too - really hate it... poor sunny oh well accidents happen :( Good job Adam! Cheers :)

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Thanks Mark.... weeds can do one.... and yeah the sunflower was unfortunate, onwards and sidewards eh! Cheers Adam

[@diggerdooleysallotmentplot3905]

Hi Adam, I would like to pay my respect to the poor sunflower. I know I didnt know you poor fella but heard you was a fine chap with a sunny disposition and wish you fare well RIP The plot is looking very tidy now until a few more days when its weeding again. Best wishes

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Hey Derry, ha ha ha thanks for those kind words for the sunflower... he will be sorely missed. He has gone to that big sunflower field in the sky. Cheers Adam

[@loveatfirstsprout88allotment]

Lovely just Lovely, Thank You.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Thanks for watching and the comments - Cheers Adam :-)

[@eros9077]

Dude, you worked your ass off to cut those weeds. Beautiful lupines. Cheers!

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Thanks Eros, the lupins are pretty cool. Cheers Adam

[@rodhalliwelloutabout.4161]

Haha! loved the bit about the idiot :). Cheered me right up.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

I'm as dumb as a big bag of hair :-)

[@thegardeningaddictchannel4112]

Oh no Adam the sunflower killer... Woops I mean weed killer.. :-) well at least there was a proper memorial. Other than the brassicas the lot is looking good. Best of luck on the butternut squash... TFS, T.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Hey T.... yeah I got a bit crazy with the strimmer.... I managed to keep the unnecessary destruction down to that one sunflower though. Man, I hope that butternut squash makes it. Cheers Adam :-)

[@davidtansley1526]

Hi Adam, great to see you back again. Shame about the cabbage etc. I normally grow spring cabbage as you know, Spring Hero being the variety but this year one row went to seed before they even hearted up. Can't win them all I suppose. Let me know when the funeral of the sunflower is as I would like to attend. Dave.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Hi Dave, I'm not too fussed about the cabbages to be honest. I might have another go at growing them, maybe next year... but for now I'm happy to forget about them. Ha ha ha ha.... the sunflower is now on the compost heap... sorry mate, you missed it. Cheers Adam

[@rwglavin3794]

The cabbage...that's bad. The Lupine...that good. The weeds...that bad. You murdering that little sunflower...that's a mistake. If I had a dime for every flower I've pulled I'd be paying someone else to do the weeding for me in those flower beds. I did weed the veg beds today. Took me a whole nine minutes...lol There were four in the tomato bed. Oh and by the way...you talked me into a Lupine for next year. Great vid bud. Thanx for the post.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Hey bud, Lupins are the way forward... never been a flower man but they changed my mind. 9 minutes to weed your veg beds... I think if I had 9 hours free my beds would still contain weeds.... Thanks for watching. Cheers Adam

[@mattb8784]

You should try kale, and or cavolo nero - looks great and you don't kill it by harvesting - just take the odd few leaves when you want some. Also seem to be much tougher than all the other brassicas.

[@mattb8784]

Oops forgot, also purple sprouting - brassicas that stand through the winter seem t have far fewer pests...

[@terrykingsallotmentgardening]

Adam I agree with these comments and you won't be disappointed with the different varieties. 😆 Happy growing, Terry.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

I've always said I'd try kale... but my love for brassicas is low at the moment. Hopefully my mindset will change... but if I dont see another brassica again it will be too soon. ...... Just you watch, I'll bet you next week I try them again... :-) Cheers Adam

[@carrotsandcosmosjandg]

Oh no, we've already had the longest day?! I'm still waiting for summer to start. It's been miserable here so far this summer. Maybe a total of 5 scorchers in between drizzle and storms. Oh no, your cabbages look like mine! I hate growing brassicas too. I planted about 45 different ones last year (bought plants) and didn't get to eat a single leaf! Got one left and that's being eaten too! was going to try broccoli raab as thats fast growing, and maybe things like kohl rabi and turnips that are smaller and less leafy. But the rest of your plot (apart from the weeds) is doing great and looks very healthy. Loving those lupins :) You make weeding look really fun! What the clucking bell did you do to your sunflower?! Rest in peace(s) dear sweet flower, cut down in your youth. Why does it always happen to the good ones?! Good call with your neighbour's seed heads. It's a shame you have to do that as well as your own. I don't hold out much hope that it will stop the weeds coming over from the thousands of others but every little helps! Good luck with your squash. I have never had much luck with them myself so hope you have the magic touch :) Another great video with a big thumbs up from me. Jazz.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Fraid so... it's only gonna get darker from now on :-( I think I might try some kohl rabi... as a one off, never tried growing it before. I'm saving the Lupin seed and when it's ready you can have some if you want. I hate weeding, as everybody else probably does too... I'm much more of a lazy gardener. Yeah, poor sunflower... I just got a bit carried away oops!!! Thanks for the comments as always Jazz :-)

[@carrotsandcosmosjandg]

I did sow sow some Kohl Rabi but not sure what I did with it or where it is...probably dead from neglect somewhere! I had kohl rabi soup in Germany once and it was really nice. I don't actually mind weeding but I don't think I'd like it on a larger scale like an allotment! My weeding consists of just pulling out the seedlings (where I can reach) and at the moment at least they are just easy ones, not things like mares tail or chick weed. Saying that, I would rather not do it than do it as I have to be a lazy gardener at the mo too haha.

[@melovescoffee]

Things are looking great! Brassicas, tell me about it. I´m not a huge fan of eating them either except the flowerhead ones and the ones i can stuff into a kraut vat, kohlrabi too. I might be doing only rootvegetables next year. I couldn´t get enough mesh netting to cover them so now they have caterpillars all over them. Fiddly things, i don´t enjoy growing them. I can´t get enough of the beetroot, kohlrabi and carrots. I just sowed another truckload of those. Just sow what you like eating, it´s not a show case. You have to eat it too. Also, brassicas take up a lot of darn space. I can grow 3-4 kilos of beetroot or carrots on that! Yummy.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Hiya, I'm with you on beetroot and carrots.... never tried kohlrabi. Might have to look into trying that. Yeah brassicas take up too much space and effort. I'm not interested anymore, it's salad stuff for me all the way now. Thanks for watching, Cheers Adam

[@melovescoffee]

Kohlrabi is a brassica too but the advantage is, it has a short sowing to harvest time and you eat the bulbous bit on the stem, caterpillars won't toch that anyway. And if you want cabbage greens, the kohlrabi leaves are tastier than kale. That bulbous bit is the unknown king of the kitchen. Peel it, slice it, eat it raw, steamed, roasted or stirfried, cubed, sliced, paper thin or chunky, spiraled if you want. Along with some purple sprouting broccoli, i'm affraid those two are the kitchen winners. I will eventually build a cage of some sort but i don't like the look of them. I grow them outside without netting and i just see what survives every year. Eventually i will be picking favorites but i haven't been growing them that long yet so i'm still exploring all those varieties and their pest resistance. The caterpillars seem to like one cabbage better than the other. Also tried growing nasturtium as bug bait but i don't know what it is with me and nasturtiums, i can never get them growing.

[@allotmentuk1303]

Hi Adam, do you think if we come out of the E.U. we will get our British weather back instead of that Continental rubbish? It has rained here all week as well. Tuesday we had a months rain in one day and today so far (more to come) we had a months rain in six hours! plus thunder and lightning. Not been to the plot since Sunday, dreading what it could be like. Did a potato reveal pleased with the results. You worked hard yesterday must be worth the effort. Cheers Mike B

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Hi Mike, lets hope we get a bit of sun eh! I'm sick of this rain... I'm playing catch-up with the vids at the moment... will definitely get around to yours. Cheers Adam

[@debb3249]

Hi nice video, earlier in the year you said you were going to take some cuttings of the grapes ? how did that go ? thanks.

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

Hi Deb... the grape cuttings worked for about 2 months, then all of them died, I have no idea why. I will mention that in a future video and see if anyone can come up with an answer. Cheers Adam

[@50shadesofgreen]

yes that there any downside to it but it comes with the territory have garden or allotment have weeds but would we have it any other way I don't think so

[@AllotmentGrowHow]

It'd be too easy ... and boring ... so bring on the weeds I say :-)