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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: wannabesmallholder on April 20, 2017, 08:35:11 pm

Title: Would you start again?
Post by: wannabesmallholder on April 20, 2017, 08:35:11 pm

So....
The sheep got into my veg patch yesterday. Don't ask how.

Actually, got away with surprisingly little damage, but what they have done is had a wonderful time dancing in my two large raised beds that I had lovingly down with neat rows of root veg at the weekend.

What do I do? I imagine the seeds are all over the place.

Scrape off the top layer and re-sow? I have enough seeds, but have run out of homemade compost so will have to buy some and budget is tight.

I wondered if I should just leave them and see what comes up, but is that likely to be a disaster? I expect so...

Title: Re: Would you start again?
Post by: hexhammeasure on April 20, 2017, 09:31:45 pm

sow some in a seed tray now and transplant in any gaps that become apparent. if you sow under heat they will germinate slightly faster than the outside ones

Title: Re: Would you start again?
Post by: pgkevet on April 21, 2017, 06:01:12 am

Resow into marked rows then weed out the inappropriate stuff as it comes up.

Title: Re: Would you start again?
Post by: Terry T on April 25, 2017, 05:28:24 pm

I'd just rake it over - no mew compost and then sow again, weed put anything tjat comes up outside your rows