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    Just after grapes suggestions on what to mulch a bed with intended for root crops.

    For me it is more for keeping weeds down, rather than feeding soil and boosting crops.

    I am immensely rubbish at weeding/ hoeing, little and often and all that and it is unlikely to change any time soon

    Thank you as always

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    Originally posted by Norfolkgrey View Post
    after grapes suggestions on what to mulch a bed with
    weeds



    As long as they're not in seed, just chop 'em up & drop 'em on your soil. There are photos in my FB link below
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      If you have any herbaceous perennials that need cutting back (I have a load of crocosmia), you can chop the leaves and stems and mulch with that. Just make sure that you don't include any bits of root or you will be creating a flowerbed.
      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Norfolkgrey View Post
        For me it is more for keeping weeds down, rather than feeding soil and boosting crops.

        I am immensely rubbish at weeding/ hoeing, little and often and all that and it is unlikely to change any time soon
        In that case I would recommend Mypex / woven weed supressing membrane.

        Put down a layer of whatever compost / manure / etc. mulch you like first, for the benefit of the soil, and then cover with Mypex and plant through that. You can reuse the Mypex year-after-year (probably 5 - 10 year lifetime) provided you are organised enough to label the pieces for same-spacing crops next year. I have 4 beds in my crop rotation, all same size, and I just move the pieces one-bed-to-next each year.

        Alternative to that is Cardboard, under the mulch, which will keep the weeds down for a season and then rot down with the mulch thereafter. Get big boxes - e.g. from cycle shops and white-goods ones; those shops have to pay for rubbish to be taken away, so you are doing them a favour taking them off their hands
        K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden

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