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Title: No no-dig
Post by: Unwashed on August 24, 2010, 18:28:21
Did my first bit of propper digging of the season where the new potatoes had been.  Ahhhh, lovely.  I just like digging, OK? :)
Title: Re: No no-dig
Post by: slyfox-mal on August 24, 2010, 19:09:34
i know that feeling nothing better than digging i did my potato bed a couple of weeks ago and then sowed a green manure into it  (fenugreek) i will dig it all in again in about six weeks
Title: Re: No no-dig
Post by: pigeonseed on August 25, 2010, 14:06:05
QuoteI just like digging, OK?

;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: No no-dig
Post by: electric landlady on August 26, 2010, 00:36:50
So do I! I'm going to pop some green manure where the spuds have been once I've got them all out....just for the sheer joy of digging it in again  ;D

Title: Re: No no-dig
Post by: lincsyokel2 on August 26, 2010, 14:27:29
manual digging is a pitb and hard work. On the other hand, i dont put much by the no-dig system, its wasteeful on space.

SO i rotavate, power hoe, and strim.....anything that uses an engine............
Title: Re: No no-dig
Post by: Cabagepicker on August 28, 2010, 20:31:16
Not sure I share the joy of digging, but have doen a few hours today!  If I dig manure in where my potatoes were, does that restrict what I can sow there next?  I am trying to work out a rotation of things and am unsure what'll be going there next?  :-\
Title: Re: No no-dig
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on August 29, 2010, 18:51:10
Digging's something to be avoided wherever possible, but I can't always get out of it!
Title: Re: No no-dig
Post by: 1066 on September 02, 2010, 10:31:40
Hi cabbagepicker and welcome to A4A
aside from these diggers, I think if you are adding manure you would want to avoid planting carrots and parsnips, cos they'll go all forky and stuff. There is a good thread on rotation at the moment, well I say good, lots of us on it our confused, but the ones that know their onions have lots of sound advice. I'll go and find the link

1066

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