SOWING SEEDS IN MAY / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS
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Make collars for your plants from plastic bott!we and wrap with copper tape. This should help prevent slug damage.
Emma don't chop down the broad bean. Spray with washing up liquid diluted with water.
Hi Emma, the ants don't kill the aphids they farm them for the honeydew they produce and protect them against their predators like the ladybird. The ants are the aphids body guards.
100% true
I was just about to comment the same.
I did read somewhere that ants bite the wings off of aphids to prevent them from flying away. That's just brutal.
Give the ants ajar of jam and they stop protecting the aphids who soon die out
Probably a bit for this year, but we have used ‘slug collars’ for a while with good success. They are plastic but they have lasted years and years. They work for runner beans and squash plants that are planted further apart. They can then be moved to others once the plant is big enough to survive. ‘Garden Organic’ stock them. My daughter and I love watching your diaries, your attitude and approach is very valuable and inspiring (bearing in mind we’ve been battling this veg growing for over 20years) and often now quote to just “keep whacking it in” 😅
Sprinkle snail pellets either side of your beans and young seedlings.
Also get big boxes and sprinkle them around the perimeters of your allotment regularly. I am afraid it’s the only way. Good luck.🙂
Slugs ate all my plants this year....i have a bare plot! Very upsetting....
Same
Ok my gardening friend im banging on about nettles and brambles again this year i left them wild around the main brassica tunnel and around my beds with the hoop netting on also water through a pipe so the ground stays as dry as possible mulch all over with them again this year and for 50 years little damage as always happy gardening Richardx
Hope you have a lovely time camping, we went camping over the bank holiday, came back with a cold, that’s taking its time to vacate 😒. I sow extras before going we went. There were some new slug damage after camp but not too bad phew. I have sunflowers and sweetcorn planted next to each other and both are doing well. I also have peas sown in amongst the sweetcorn and sunflowers. I will be going out into the garden when it’s dark to slay slugs with my trowel ( I will sprinkle salt on them if I finding too many to slice and my trowel getting too slimy ) sometimes just got to be brutal… I have a pond , there’s a toad or two about somewhere, I lots of birds visit my garden …and still there are lots of slugs and snails.
re slugs, could be because we are entering a solar maximum, more energy from the sun= warmer air, warmer air holds more water so more chance of rain clouds building. Also loving the slug genocide, just need a bit more swearing like the old days
Fabulous vlog as alwayZ Emma,
I hope you are enjoying youre camping holiday,,,
Its great to have the good bugZ combat the bad bugZ, its a fabulous year for ladybugs this year so im sure youre broad beans will be magnificent,
Ive been to the local garden nurseries and bought some established dahlias but mine where just £1 each plant,,
Im also growing sunflowers round my sweetcorn and maybe some more beans so the 3 sister method,
Im doing my pumpkin archway along with you too so will plant out when you do,
Thanks Emma i really appreciate all youre vlogs and advice x
blessingZ and positive planting x
I did a 20 minute walk today and counted 122 slugs on the grass path! The population has been growing exponentially since metaldehyde was banned. Give it a few more years, and the UK wont be able to grow ANY vegetables! 😮😮😮
We managed to grow vegetables before metaldehyde...
You have to simply be brutal with the slugs. There's no other way if you want stuff to grow.
Hello Emma, i saw a large hedgehog on site today.
Regards plot 56.
Awesome!
Poor little broad bean in the runner bean patch 😢 I would have dug him up and transplanted him elsewhere! 😂😂👍
Hi Emma we put bottles over our dahlias until there bigger you could even put a few slug pellets inside bottle for a little more protection
I do the 3 sisters every year. That's sunflowers, beans and squashes. The beans grow up the sunflowers. 😊 I'm afraid I am brutal with slugs. I grow most things from seed right into the ground. I use pellets when the plants are tiny. I don't spray anything, and have a pond etc. I'm on a very small budget and I depend on what i can grow. I really cannot afford for the slugs to eat everything. I tried for a year to use alternatives. When plants are established it's not so bad. Should add, i live in a flat and have no green house, hence sowing straight into ground. With your beans you could cover with cut plastic bottle until established. 😊
I thought 3 sisters was meant to be sweetcorn, beans and squashes.
@@siobhanpainter802 indeed. I missed out the corn. I grow beans, corn, squashes... and sunflowers. They thrive when grown together. My squashes always do better when grown this way. I think maybe nitrogen from the beans. My sunflowers grew to about 8ft! 🤣 I do have a large patch for this growing method though. No in a raised bed.
Hi Emma i will keep saying this to you until you try garlic spray spray your plants with the spray slugs will disappear good luck
But slugs ate my garlic plants!
I tried garlic spray for the first time this year and seems to work a treat
cafe AU lait........
Them experts (....) always say Pinch out the top of your broad beans - this restricts the blackfly (who apparently like the top bits best?!) AND makes for a bushier plant. I am a slug and snail killer too (I throw them at conifers!)😂
Emma have a lovely holiday but I would have taken the tips out. Broad beans don’t get tall. They have lots of flowers so time to pinch out the tips as soon as you get back.
Talking of brutal methods and slugs, I am vegetarian, but was thinking that if we have no veg left due to the slimy b***s we may have to go french and start harvesting the snails to eat intead?!
Completely agree with you Emma - slugs and snails are a menace and have destroyed my little plot 😢. Good luck and keep going!! Love your videos xx
I've seen other gardeners say that they're considering writing this year off as slugs are just destroying everything. I've still got narcissi sending up buds because the slugs keep eating them before they flower.
Hi Emma, the slug problem, if you borrow a can of beer from you husband, poor it into a bowl and place the bowl where you are having problems with the slugs , they will go for it and they will die Happy 😀, The Robin when he is about ,stand with a hand full of mealworms and he will feed from you , and I know some of our plot holders watch your vlog, we do talk about you and we love it well done. cheers
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Beer traps attract slugs see my comment later for a more effective methodhappy gardening Richardx
17:43 Pea aphid. They like vetch. Don't seem to do as much damage as the green aphids.
The ants are farmers! The herd aphids!
I have a red salvia and it is in its 2nd year. It started flowering at the beginning of may and still had flowers late October/ early November …will be a great addition to your plot 🥰an idea for the bottom of your new plot where you have the “stick” hedge is a rambling rose, will look beautiful
Pinch the tops off your broadbeans. The blackfly like the fresh new growth and it will encourage your plants to develop the beans better.
I did ‘no mow May’ for the insects but then found out that the slugs loved the long grass to hide out in and I counted 47 which I had to dispose of!! Bloody demons they are!
Those butter beans you are trying to grow up the arch are dwarf/bush beans not climbing beans so they won’t climb, I grew the same ones last year
Hi been told to put rhubarb leaves in a bucket of water cover for a few weeks apparently smells terrible but great slug repellent-happy hunting
I loved the shot with the snail climbing the tree in the foreground, and you working in the background. Very cinematic!
Emma, your blueberry plants will only produce fruit if planted and fertilised with Ericaceous compost and food. They can be saved. We have 3 in our garden in large pots with Ericaceous compost. Try it, you'll be rewarded.
I beg to differ. Always have good crop for 2 months from my 3 blueberries and they are not in ericaceous. I feed with liquid seaweed every ten days when fruits start to form.
How odd does it seem to be that it's only been a very short time the original slug pellets got took off the market then first wet summer and the numbers of slugs have gone stupid how strange since original slug pellets are gone and nothing seems to work as well as the old pellets on the market yet
Hi Emma do you not video your garden from home anymore and also seeds you are planting for that month Thanks
Wow I’m the first viewer yayyyyy 😂
Ugh the slugs have destroyed half of my crop this year 😢
Why don't you just plant your plants in pots, then get some chairs and sit the pots on them. That should stop the slugs and snails from eating your plant.
I do the chair thing. Mind I have a plastic greenhouse and either slugs or snails still manage to make their way up to the top shelf and munch my seedlings.
The ants farm the black fly for the honey like secretions. The reason given for taking the tops out of the Broad beans is to stop the black fly as supposedly they go for the young shoots at the top! This doesn’t seem to me to be true as mine have the black fly down the stem like yours. I am going to try the washing up liquid unless I find ladybirds! Good luck. Plots are looking fantastic.
why do you say Cafe au lait with an east end accent? lol
Haha yes I gather up the leaves too 🤣🤣
I grew sunflower and sweetcorn together last year. They both did amazing well.
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Love the jacket! You always look so adorable creating in your garden.
A lovely vlog, Emma 😊.
Well done to the ladybirds and ants😊
Slugs love the new shoots of dahlias! Try to cover the new shoots with a clear plastic dome or a clear plastic pot and make sure there is no gap between the pot and the soil. The slightest gap and the slug or snail will get in. Once the shoots have leaves then you should be ok.
Hi Emma, I tried making a "natural" herb-based spray to get rid of the blackflies. I came back to see if it worked later, and I think there was no difference. I don't think they do any real long-term harm as, like you said, they still grow. I watched a famous veg grower on TY and he reckons leave them, and I agree. All those flowers are going to be beans, and chopping them off seems silly when it's what you're growing them for, plus if we don't give the bugs their food who they won't be in our garden. Just my tuppence worth. Thanks for the video
Emma, the ants 'frm' the aphids- they collect the 'dew' that the aphids produce.. Ladybirds definitely eat the apghids though so gret they are on your plants! Have a great break 🙂
Is a ladybird a ladybug?!😮
Well, I looked it up, and it is. I mean, I live in the US. Why, though, would you call a 🐞 a ladybird? Just curious...
@@foragingandurbanfarmingatt4745 They've always been called ladybirds in the UK.
When I saw your video thought you were back from your camping trip it would’ve been a couple of days but now I no your out relaxing, those slugs and snails are terrible this year also the worms I’m so far away in a Caribbean country and we are getting the same problem, have fun Emma ❤❤❤
Hi Emma I grow my runner beans and French beans in modules until they are quite tall - 8-10 inches the transplant them so that seems to stop the slugs.
Happy camping trip Emma and family. Remember to put some slug pellets under the groundsheet to avoid nocturnal nibbling of your toes !!
Hi Emma. You are doing a great job.
I have purchased a pair of gloves. Thank you for the discount.
I hate slugs and I can't afford to be replacing my precious crop. Sorry, it's the salt on slugs approach for me.
Only seem to have to do it once or twice Xxx
My father-in-law always grew successful broad beans and his plants were always covered thickly with black fly. I’m sure they will be fine Emma!
Lavender grows best in full sun in a dryer area. They're Mediterranean plants. If you put them in with vegetables, peppers etc the fragrance will deter the insects that eat the food plants.
I tried an experiment, pushed soil firmly against the edges of the beds because I noticed the gaps the slugs may use to stay out of the sun. It does seem to work, fewer slugs in a week.
Hiya Emma Thankyou for visit, yay for the Ladybirds. Blessings luv Ontario Canada 🐝🇨🇦
I find that if you planted lettuce around the edges of your beds the slug would prefer them to the crop you really want to grow x
Love your vlogs 👍🏻 have you tried making a stumpery with your tree stump? I watched Charlie Dimmock make one on Garden Rescue, might be worth a look!
Don't ants farm those bugs? So imo ants on broad beans are a warning sign. I topped off all my broad beans mainly because I hardly got any flowers going on. But I think I also sowed the wrong variety for Spring as in Aquadulce Claudia. Which is supposed to be an autumn sown variety. If I get a meals worth it's a lesson learned. Don't grow it again in Spring.😅
Also protection from the wind (sunflowers/sweetcorn)
I was chopping my slugs in the allotment in half with scissors today, they had destroyed my peas. I have had to replace many runner beans because of the slugs and even my strawberries have been seriously munching them.
My butter beans germinated poorly as well despite a heat mat!!
I'm quite lucky with slugs. Lots of trees and birds nearby and they seem to keep the numbers down
I suspect the increase in slugs and snails this year is due to the warmer and wetter winter and spring. I have never used slug pellets before but have had to resort to it this year. Thankfully I found some that are safe for pets and wildlife.
The red ants on your broad beans are probably farming the aphids. The ants move the aphids to the top of the plants where the best sap is.
My chooks for the first time ever have been outside free ranging from lunchtime each day, this autumn am sure the slugs have been eaten occasionally the black birds, thrushes and starlings have been having a field day going through the areas after the chooks. Have netted everything.
Great audio Emma, highlighting bird song.
Yup I do the hairdresser thing! Loving your videos Emma. Great job x
I grow my beetroot at home every year in the greenhouse and then plant out when bigger. Works brilliantly with beautiful beets. 😊
I always put my beetroot in modules and they grow well mine have been in the ground for about 3 weeks now and are doing well I live in the northwest
Hi Emma you can grow sweetcorn , beans and squashes
Pinch the tops off the broad beans; that’s what the black fly like.
If your brodb
If your broadbeans don’t seem affected by the black fly don’t worry there so many other things to take care of like dahlias and cornflowers😂
Soapy water sprayed onto the plants for black fly
Hi Emma I am having exactly the same thing with my allotment x
it isn't seem to be a problem where I am on the isle of man, maybe its where you are.
Yes, to the hair bobble-type thing when adding earth! 😂
Thank you ! Have a nice camping trip.
Emma , Your coats which have worn the last week or so are great. You said you would put a link where to get them from in the link below but I cannot see a link. Help please as I would love to buy one.
Have found the link now------sorry
To other allotment holders that watch Emma, just imagine if you were feeding your family from your plots so far this year???
We'd be in hospital bed, hooked up to a drip/feeding tube due to malnutrition!
Go to Robbie and Gary gardening page they will show you the chair method.
I love Robbie, her videos on composting are so helpful!
The jacket is adorable ❤❤❤
Use the beer traps!
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Mild Winter Emma. 😎More slugs survived, with global warming expect hoards of rabid giant snails to devour the planet! Such is life
Can I suggest a SULG CASTLE OF DEATH - Pyramid of bricks with a slug beer trap in the centre. 1 inch gaps between bricks. two or three layers of bricks. The cold bricks attract them. Needs replacing / empty once a week.
Mild winter also means that wasps will have survived. I suspect that we'll be having a very waspy summer.