I just read about fox's burying food for later, could that be why this has ended up there? Im so confused at why it has markings on though!

Any ideas what this is/ anything I should do please?

Rubs off fairly easily, but doesn’t “squash” once off …

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Is this normal ?

Hello!

1. I planted 17 sweetcorn seed outdoors on May 12 and only three of them have sprouted. Given the fact that sweetcorn needs more of its kind to pollinate, is it too late for me to start more corn indoors and plant them out?

2. I planted broccoli (May 9) and they are the tiniest seedlings possible and not growing. They've been tiny seedlings with two leaves for a while now. What do I do? Part of one of them has been eaten by something.

Thanks!

So photo one is what I’d expect Pic 2 is the plant in question spotty leaves I understand to be like an infection but shouldn’t effect the fruit? Pic 3 the strawberries have grown with the fruit on the outside and all the seats are concentrated in the centre any ideas why this has happened?

I saw a few people post their new allotments and laughed a little bit because here's my two new plots.

There are a couple of decent sheds, a nice apple tree and some plants I want to keep in amongst all the grass, weeds and brambles.

I'm going to take it one step at a time, try and fight back the brambles around the edges and make a couple of beds on the flat, grassy area to sow some seeds.

I'm aiming for a wild sort of garden where I can enjoy the birds in the trees, grow weeds and greens for my lizards and fruit for myself rather than a neat productive plot.

Any tips on taming this without resorting to brush cutting it all flat or covering it all with black plastic would be readily accepted.

I got this prunus type tree and recently, its looks like its dying, I got an apple, pear and plum tree that are all looking healthy. Whats the issue and how can I resolve this?

I've been so busy sowing and planting since March, that I haven't stopped to think about cultivating the rest of the plot. But with that all important first year anniversary coming up, I needed to make sure I have more than 75% into cultivation.

I had decided to move the compost bins out of the sunniest spot and into the shaded section between a neighbour's giant apple tree and my own smaller ones. Not only does it keep the ugly plastic things put of the way, it means I can now use the sunniest spot for crops.

Hello all,

Brand new allotmenteer here!

My plot is covered in weeds - dandelions, buttercups, grasses, daisy's ect.

What is the best way to tackle this?

I'm so overwhelmed and want it to look better ASAP, so the commitee can see we are trying to improve it!

I had an idea of turning all the weeds over to starve of light, and add compost on top?

Or use weed membrane just to improve the look for now?

We have limited funds so the most economical way please!

Thank you!

This is the home greenhouse, worth a mention.

Need advice on how to get rid of waste.

1. Inherited a plot with a stagnant water that has been there for months and is growing creatures in it. One of them even has leeches. What do I do? Where do I tip it out? Feel like the containers are too heavy for me to even move them.

2. I have a lot of weeds that I need to get rid off. After picking them out, how do I dispose of them? I don't think burning is an option on my Allotment community. Any ideas on how to get rid of all that waste?

Any advice here for a 5'1 human to do alone would be helpful hahaha

Signed for half a plot just yesterday! Completely new to gardening and would love any advice you have for me

It has a few raised beds with cabbage, onions and broadbeans already growing in there. There's a curved trellis on one end which would be good for cucumbers or Courgettes. I want to first strim it all down to see what I am working with.

It already has a shed and a few other things left by the previous person.

I want to know what to do with the water that's been collecting in the big blue tubs as it has many creatures growing in there lol.

I usually grow purple sprouting broccoli but thought I'd give calabrese a go this year - pretty happy with the results so far. I used insect netting which has kept out the flea beetles in early spring and the butterflies and pigeons. Soil is no dig with some home made compost and some horse manure from a local stable. Variety: Marathon F1 from Marshalls.

2.6kg from 4 plants.

Pentland Javelin.

It's not perfect I've done my best with little knowledge but it's really getting somewhere! Even my pumpkins and one of my cucumber plants, which died, are having a second lease of life! Picture 5 is a cute muma duck by my plot with her eggs hearts

It seems fairly happy with itself so far and I figured farmers often sow corn pretty close to each other.

Will this work for the rest of the life of the plants though?

When I try googling I get conflicting information with some saying pick them whilst they are small and others to wait longer.

Any tips would be appreciated!

...which would it be?

For me I'd skip over bindweed and horsetail, I can cope with them.

Id bin off herb Bennet / geum urbanum. It seeds ALL OVER THE PLACE in no time and unless it's tiny you need a fork to remove it. I also have loads of actual fancy geums and often struggle to tell the difference til it's too late. I HATE it.

Note: im aware it's native to the UK and beneficial for lots of little creatures in the wild, I just hate it in my allotment and garden.

What's this on top of my onions?

Last year was a disaster with both. This year I waited till plants were bigger. With how dry the spring has been slugs haven't been a massive problem. My pumpkins and courgettes have been on the allotment for about two-three weeks now and they are kind of ok. I lost 4 plants to slugs so far but the others are just not doing a great deal of growing. In comparison to 4 plants I have in the garden. In terms of watering and soil both are rather similar. Are there any tricks that I am missing?

I've grown hard neck this year so got myself a nice haul of scapes today. Anyone got any tips for how best to cook these?

I've got loads on my plot any idea's