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sallykate Apr 2022 4:03pm, 26 Apr 2022 9,720 posts	Quote Pin sallykate They decimate my Solomon’s seal too but I tend to let them get on with it.
Flatlander Apr 2022 4:05pm, 26 Apr 2022 2,424 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander My asparagus has only just started spearing, which is late. I know asparagus dislikes getting its feet wet but I think it has been too dry for it.
Fragile Do Not Bend Apr 2022 4:41pm, 26 Apr 2022 9,619 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend Yes, we get Solomans Seal sawfly too, but TBH I’m not too fussed about those plants. We inherited them with the garden and they seem sturdy enough to cope with the sawflies.
D2 Apr 2022 4:47pm, 26 Apr 2022 12,312 posts	Quote Pin D2 I had my first meal of asparagus yesterday and my earlies are well and truly through, I suppose its down to different parts of the country.
Hanneke Apr 2022 9:32pm, 26 Apr 2022 88,518 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke They decimate my Solomon’s seal too but I tend to let them get on with it. Same here, but after the finish flowering, so I too let them get on with it.
Hanneke Apr 2022 9:34pm, 26 Apr 2022 88,519 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke I just planted my spuds. Going to make a second bed on Monday, as I have so many spare. In the food forest which is rapidly becoming populated with food and meds this Spring
Columba Apr 2022 9:16pm, 27 Apr 2022 21,729 posts	Quote Pin Columba What meds are you growing, Hanneke?
Hanneke Apr 2022 9:49pm, 27 Apr 2022 88,553 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Loads and loads of different ones. Your question reminds me that, now I will be growing medicinal plants properly, I need to create a materia medica of all plants I grow... On top of that I also forage, for things like hawthorn and elder. I have planted a mixed native medicinal hedge though, as boundary on one long side of my food forest. It contains: Hawthorn Blackthorn Dogrose Elder Wild pear Crabapple Wayfairing tree Cherryplum A bit of hazel Raspberries A rowan tree. Some trees are grown in this hedge too. Everything is edible, medicinal or both. I largely grow nervines, anti-inflammatories and anti-microbials.
jacdaw May 2022 10:10am, 12 May 2022 3,687 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw Am I too late to divide a Hosta. I am in two minds.
Hanneke May 2022 4:26pm, 12 May 2022 88,901 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Nah, will be fine. Just make sure you water well and keep watering until clearly established.