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    using lime

    Someone suggested I try using lime in my strawberry bed as I have a lot of buttercups and nettles, which is apparently a sign of acidity. However, used my ph tester (bought fairly cheaply last year from aldi) and my whole plot seems to be around 7, except one section of my potato plot, which was 5
    should I be using lime if it is already fairly neutral? (or do you think my ph tester isn't working?)
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    Strawberries prefer a slightly acid soil so liming would not be beneficial. I would use the reliable method of weeding by hand. It's very therapeutic.
    Mark

    Vegetable Kingdom blog

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    • #3
      ...And quite time consuming though!..I grow straws through mypex these days...even then the blooming buttercups root around the crowns and through the fabric!!!...but they are easier to get out- as are all the runners.

      Nettles will grow on any fertile ground...I grew up on the downs(all chalk)...I got stung plenty of times!

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      • #4
        nettles make very good compost or liquid feed,but youre right about invasive I can see them starting to shoot through even where I thought i'd got all the perennial roots out.
        my two lasagne beds are still clear though.
        don't be afraid to innovate and try new things
        remember.........only the dead fish go with the flow

        Another certified member of the Nutters club

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        • #5
          Part of my plot was infested with buttercups from a neighbouring plot. I covered them with thick black plastic for a year and planted through. What was a carpet of buttercups has now gone.

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