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  • #1

    how do I weed my asparagus bed?

    I know, "carefully", right?

    I don't want to use a hoe, as this might damage the new spears which may well be lurking in the ground waiting to leap out, but I don't seem to be able to keep up with the growth by hand weeding alone - damn all this rain.
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    Apply salt at an oz per square yard. and/or mulch with seaweed.(preferably) keep mulching with mushroom compost or leafmould....keep hand weeding

    After a year or two you'll just be left with bindweed ... that requires canes to grow it up then unwind and stuff into plastic bag and give a shot of weedkiller - apply a laccy band - leave a few weeks.

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      Thanks for the salt tip - is the application a 1-time (per season) thing, or at more regular intervals ? How much would be too much/too often for the asparagus ?
      I have the same dilemma as QotC - a total carpet of weeds has sprung up this week and Im feeling a bit overwhelmed... I will also try a mulch as its a new bed with lots of bare earth at present.
      odd notes about our kitchen garden project:
      http://www.distractedbyathing.net/tag/garden/

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