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    How to get rid of old carpet in allotment?

    Hello all!

    Just got a new plot, and it has miles of carpet all over it! And its been overgrown and everything is growing through the carpet, so its very difficult if not impossible to lift. Any ideas on how to get rid of it? Would killing the weeds make it easier to remove? Many thanks!
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    This is one reason that some allotment sites are now banning carpet. I had the same problem, but also with a lot of rotting roofing felt and corrugated plastic to boot.
    As I have no car, I had to cut it/smash it with Stanley knife and hammer into smaller pieces and take it away in carrier bags. Then dropped it in street bins
    It took a while to get rid of all of it, but little and often will do it, as with anything.
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      Build bonfires over it. and burn it and the weeds.
      My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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      • #4
        Originally posted by NOG View Post
        Build bonfires over it. and burn it and the weeds.
        Toxic smog, though
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
          Toxic smog, though
          We've got bonfire night coming up soon..............
          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

          Diversify & prosper


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          • #6
            I've been getting it off bit by bit, but it covers about half the plot! plus there's underlay, plastic and sometimes even concrete slabs hiding underneath the weedy carpet! I need a machete or similar to cut it off, I tried with a swiss knife with no much luck I did think of a bonfire but was wondering about chemicals contaminating the soil? Plus, of course, the toxic smog as Two Sheds said...

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