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Just over 12 months ago, I bought a Qualcast CGT18LA1 18v strimmer from Homebase to use on my allotment. It is absolutely brilliant and the battery lasts well. I have tried looking who sells them but it looks as though they are no longer available. I know that one lady who has a plot near me bought quite a cheap one from Argos and was really pleased with it. Here is the Argos link - https://www.argos.co.uk/search/18v-strimmer/
We have a GTech battery powered strimmer. It is rubbish. Avoid like the plague.
Quote from: MervF on November 22, 2018, 19:28:26Just over 12 months ago, I bought a Qualcast CGT18LA1 18v strimmer from Homebase to use on my allotment. It is absolutely brilliant and the battery lasts well. I have tried looking who sells them but it looks as though they are no longer available. I know that one lady who has a plot near me bought quite a cheap one from Argos and was really pleased with it. Here is the Argos link - https://www.argos.co.uk/search/18v-strimmer/ Thanks for that, stupid question, do I need to strim it in the winter (i.e now) or can it wait until Spring?
A strimmer is an excellent bit of kit. I have a good petrol driven one that is great for path edges.But if you want to avoid the expense, you could consider controlling the weeds around your gooseberries by the application of a good thick layer of mulch from time to time. It's a lazy method. Only needs doing a couple of times each year but pretty effective. I do this around all my fruit bushes.Also to be honest I can be a bit clumsy. With a strimmer it would not be long before I had got too close and stripped the bark off some innocent fruit bushes either killing it or at least doing a lot of damage. I wear steel toe caps when strimming for the very same reason!!
Quote from: Beersmith on November 25, 2018, 01:07:45A strimmer is an excellent bit of kit. I have a good petrol driven one that is great for path edges.But if you want to avoid the expense, you could consider controlling the weeds around your gooseberries by the application of a good thick layer of mulch from time to time. It's a lazy method. Only needs doing a couple of times each year but pretty effective. I do this around all my fruit bushes.Also to be honest I can be a bit clumsy. With a strimmer it would not be long before I had got too close and stripped the bark off some innocent fruit bushes either killing it or at least doing a lot of damage. I wear steel toe caps when strimming for the very same reason!!Thanks for that, what is the easiest mulch to use?
Quote from: davholla on November 26, 2018, 08:16:31Quote from: Beersmith on November 25, 2018, 01:07:45A strimmer is an excellent bit of kit. I have a good petrol driven one that is great for path edges.But if you want to avoid the expense, you could consider controlling the weeds around your gooseberries by the application of a good thick layer of mulch from time to time. It's a lazy method. Only needs doing a couple of times each year but pretty effective. I do this around all my fruit bushes.Also to be honest I can be a bit clumsy. With a strimmer it would not be long before I had got too close and stripped the bark off some innocent fruit bushes either killing it or at least doing a lot of damage. I wear steel toe caps when strimming for the very same reason!!Thanks for that, what is the easiest mulch to use?Purely a matter of choice. I mix my allotment heap compost (well rotted) with equal quantities of well rotted horse manure. Seems to work fairly well as a weed suppressant, and feeds the bushes too. But when suitable material was in short supply I once used several bags of shredded Forsythia prunings. I have a good shredder and prefer to make use of green and woody material if I can. It can help to put cardboard under the mulch for improved weed suppression.
Thank you I don't have any compost material nor a shredder. Any other ideas? I need to get the pot looking good by the end of February or I will lose it.Ideally cheap and easy mulch.Would this be any good?
@VinlanderBut won't it look bad and get me chucked of the allotment? If it were my garden I would have done it already.