3 Effective Ways to Clear your Allotment of Weeds | How to Remove weeds from your plot | Best Ways!

Great setup there. I grow peppers in pots and will grow runner beans this year in large pots and on the available plots I have.

I had the same situation with weeds when I took on my plot. Wish I'd covered them now tbh, removed the lot by hand during the Summer of 2020. Was exhausting and they soon came back!

Looks like you've got a similar setup to me now. I'm going to try a few no dig beds this year to try and keep weeds down.

Get a goat . If you want to do it faster get more goats.
I’ve used many methods over the years on many plots . The old method was weed killer then burn the results killing off surface weed seeds. You could still do that with ammonium sulphamate expensive not dangerous and gets rid of knotweed ,couch grass , bindweed, comfrey, horsetail.
The black plastic method is good because you can do this every off season time. Even in summer you can solarise the weeds.
The tumbledown method is good . Strim with blades, then strimmer line ,level ground , continue to trim often . When all debris like wire , stones gone use a lawn mower with collection box. Eventually it will turn to grass . Then you can cut beds out.

Good job
I would love an allotment I eat tons of veg an spuds

Just got my 1st allotment and found your channel. Thank you and will be binge watching some episodes.

Very helpful, thank you!

Good info!

Great video, thanks. So assume still need to strim down to low level before letting loose with rotavator? Could then cover with black plastic and do a couple of no dig beds at a time... that way don't need to pay out all at once for all that compost!

I took an allotment in October, the plot is covered in bricks, paving slabs, broken glass, I've started cleaning a 8x8 section by an old chicken coop and if i dig down the soil is full of broken glass and bricks. So much work

Brilliant.
When I first got my allotment I thought it would be this ....
Clearance, weeding, planting, crops, shed, thermos.
I quickly realised that it would be better if I did this ....
Shed, thermos, camping stove, lots of digging and plastic sheets, and accepting the fact that it might take me a year to grow anything on the land that wasnt in tubs or pots.

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What is the besy time of year to cover the lot and leave it?

This is the most helpful video I've seen, and I've seen quite a few. I'm a complete newbie here and I thought the traditional way might be best but now I'm thinking long term no dig. As I'm impatient I'm thinking a combination of both. I'm a new subscriber 💯 as I love your content

IF there is BIND WEED [CONVULVUS] WALK AWAY. it will win YOU WILL LOSE even if you have superstrong SYSTEMIC TRADE HERBICIDES. it will STILL WIN- YOU WON'T.

Does your allotment still look this good. Or has your work conflicted with time needed to maintain it

Amazing advice, thanks for sharing your tips!

Great video. Thanks for posting.
We have an allotment and have had half of it under plastic for 12 months. We've not looked under there yet but when we do, how should we tackle what's under there (it will be dead couch grass)? Any tips would be most welcome. Thanks

Thanks for posting your allotment videos. They are honestly the best out there. I wondered if you knew of any way of getting rid of mares tail. I’ve tried everything but it just comes back.
Cheers, Jackie

I like your video & your delivery. Keep up the good work.

Ive got an over grown plot. My plan is to rotavate and cover with plastic or cardboard for the winter. May plant a small section with winter crops and cover crop in prep for heavy feeding annuals.

How big is your allotment?

Great stuff sound advice.😊

Black plastic overwinter is a great start and makes spring dig a bit easier.

Hello there my friend. I have no idea how to plant even a carrot. At 58 i am the consequence of a NHS surgery gone wrong thing. (7 months in coma, now 2 bags on my tummy for my waste blah, blah) a mind full of energy albeit the body very challenged and i thought an allotment would be a cracking way to give me more time at life. It has been set aside for me as i am seeing it on Saturday. It is 8 metres X 14 metres and not heavily overgrown. Do you think that someone who is physically quite disabled, (yet mobile) and has never planted anything other than thoughts, could make a go of a plot this size?