The directions on the packet recommend using glyphosate weedkillers when weeds are in active growth. Certainly you'll get the best results using it in March or April - but that will be too late to clear weeds from under your fruit bushes. You can use glyphosate in winter as long as you remember its limitations. See this blog which may be helpful.
I've rather let things go this summer and parts of my plot are very overgrown, especially amongst the fruit bushes. Can I use glyphosate weedkiller now, or do I have to wait till the spring? I'd like to get it sorted.
The directions on the packet recommend using glyphosate weedkillers when weeds are in active growth. Certainly you'll get the best results using it in March or April - but that will be too late to clear weeds from under your fruit bushes. You can use glyphosate in winter as long as you remember its limitations. See this blog which may be helpful.
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I never used to get any problems with downy mildew on my onions. But for the past few years, just as they are beginning to bulk up nicely, the tips of the leaves start to go pale brown and when I look I can see the nasty grey spores developing. Is there anything I can do?
Downy mildew is definitely more of a problem than it used to be, and last year with it's damp conditions, followed by this year's cold late spring, have made matters worse. The spores are airborne so rotating the crop (which you should be doing anyway) won't help much. F1 variety Santero, from Suttons, is allegedly mildew resistant. Other things you can do are space the crop well, so the leaves don't touch, and watch any chives or welsh onion on your plot like a hawk - they may be harbouring the disease and infecting your onions. |
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