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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: caroline7758 on August 09, 2015, 22:06:12
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I have lots of nasturtiums on my plot and I don't like to pull them up because they are so pretty. I also reckon they do a good job of covering the soil so stop it from drying out so quickly. But they are rather swamping my courgette/squash patch so I wondered, will they take much goodness and /or sun away from the veg? Given that the squash are very leafy anyway I wouldn't have thought they'd do much harm?
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You could eat them! :)
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Given that a weed is simply a plant growing in the wrong place if they are causing a problem you could cull a few.
However they are shallow rooters so unlikely to rob or bother unduly the cucurbits, being strong growers themselves.
They certainly look pretty and so useful to bees and cabbage whites! :happy7:
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I find they also often tempt the blackfly away from more valuable crops. However - I never know if that means that it attracts more blackfly to the area or stops them eating so many of my broad beans!
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I have hundreds of self sets growing up the back of the toilet block where little else would establish itself... :sunny: