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jacdaw
I think aster is my best guess too.
Apr 2020
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Diogenes
Thank you
Apr 2020
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Markymarkmark
Weed 1 is FMN. I quite like it as ground cover, and it comes up easily enough when you want it to.

I had Michealmas daisy 8n my head for "weed 2".

Hardening courgettes involves lots of running in and out in the mornings to put them out in the early morning sun, moving them into the shade later on, and evenings to put them under cover if it's going to be frosty!

That said I've stopped taking them in at night now. But they're running out of nutrients in the lord, I think, so are ready/need to go to their forever homes now.
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Garfield
Thanks MMM!
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8:21am, 22 Apr 2020
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I’ve never done that with courgettes (or anything else for that matter). I sowed mine a few days ago on the windowsill, they’ll be potted on into bigger pots in the greenhouse when big enough then planted outside in May sometime.
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Eynsham Red
I’d say michaelmas daisy as weed 2 too.
Apr 2020
8:40am, 22 Apr 2020
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Garfield
Thanks for the additional info Frag! :)
Apr 2020
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Rosehip
I do similar to Frag with most things that need frost protection - until I run out of space and then they get planted out early with some sort of cloche at the ready just in case.
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Garfield
Everything is currently residing in my kitchen on a trolley by the door with a nice window to morning sun. It gets put out on warm days...then brought in overnight. Some need to be put into larger pots later this week until they go into their larger containers for proper growing in.
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10:55am, 22 Apr 2020
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jacdaw
To add to the defence of forget me not, it is a great food source for early solitary bees. I encourage it, rather than removing it, but it doesn't do well here.

I suppose the aster / michaelmas daisy thing would act as ground cover to keep other weeds down, but will probably out compete any plants you actually want to grow. But it is definitely a good food source late in the summer for invertebrates, so definitely better than bare soil.

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