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Columba Jul 2020 3:43pm, 4 Jul 2020 19,967 posts	Quote Pin Columba High ground in mid-Wales; everything's at least 3 weeks behind, say, Hereford which is lower ground and further east. However, I've been eating broad beans and chard for a while.
Eynsham Red Jul 2020 10:00pm, 5 Jul 2020 6,156 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Early visit from a hedgehog tonight. Then a second visit about ninety minutes later. I’ve not seen it in daylight for a long time. I think that it might have been the same one, but can’t really be sure. Our neighbours have had two noticeably different ones in their garden.
sallykate Jul 2020 9:42am, 6 Jul 2020 6,672 posts	Quote Pin sallykate I visited the allotment for the first time in about three (maybe four!) weeks yesterday. Weeds could be worse I suppose. The squash patch is thriving and I was surprised to see buds on my artichokes - small and a couple of plants are covered in blackfly but there were also ladybirds and larvae in evidence. One big issue: horseradish, which is growing next to a concrete area so I suspect the roots are underneath the concrete (in fact it's breaking through the concrete in one place). Can anyone give me hope of eradicating it? At the moment I'm considering either resorting to glyphosate or resigning myself to not being able to grow much in that area, but even then I'd want to control it in some way.
Markymarkmark Jul 2020 10:36am, 6 Jul 2020 12,046 posts	Quote Pin Markymarkmark Can you paint something systemic on the leaves of the individual plant, sallykate? (Sold as "Tocuhweed" or something similar? I've got a dandelion "stick" - looks like a dark green Pritt stick! - for individual specimens I can't get a weeder/tool under. I've had it for a few years.)
sallykate Jul 2020 10:42am, 6 Jul 2020 6,673 posts	Quote Pin sallykate I have some glyphosate gel which I use for some things - I might need a whole bottle for this lot though!
Dvorak Jul 2020 11:01am, 6 Jul 2020 20,131 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Did an autocorrect creep in there? Do you really have a rampant horseradish problem ?
sallykate Jul 2020 11:07am, 6 Jul 2020 6,675 posts	Quote Pin sallykate No autocorrect, it's an absolute thug!
D2 Jul 2020 12:44pm, 6 Jul 2020 11,744 posts	Quote Pin D2 It is indeed a thug, I think I would probably use weedkiller in this instance.
Big_G Jul 2020 12:57pm, 6 Jul 2020 98 posts	Quote Pin Big_G When I saw "thug" I actually read "slug", the slimy little things! Which reminds me, did anyone see that "anatomy of a slug" joke going around recently. I don't know the etiquette here as it has a starred out swear word as part of the image, but it was amusing. I can post it if interested.
Eynsham Red Jul 2020 1:20pm, 6 Jul 2020 6,158 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Maybe post it on the Joke thread Big_G then no risk of upsetting anyone here. People who visit the Joke thread probably expect that they may be offended 😀