Monika wrote:I will certainly try your advice, Richard, and cut down the older plants when they are spent and hope for new growth coming up!
A member of this forum was the advisor though as usual I dont remember who it was to thank for the tip of cutting the old growth back to the stumps. I did leave a few leaves and my soil is heavily composted from the cow poo I laid under the soil.
Maybe it's the cow poo, sadly my local farmer built new barns and uses a new system for his waste. His waste used to be stacked in large piles so it composted, then he used it and it was from these piles that I used to get a JCB bucket full over the bank between us. Now he spreads it over his grazing every spring and it stinks for two weeks.
My first attempt at growing cabbage and kale was a disaster, mini slugs and catterpillar damage was so big I decided to not bother or form tunnels of enviromesh to keep the flying things away and pay more attention to keeping slugs down in the case of cabbage. I haven't bothered with cabbage since because I prefer kale and the enviromesh tunnels are 100% effective though the kale grows taller than the height of the tunnels unless you keep cutting them back.
How are you supposed to start and maintain a healthy lifestyle if it completely removes a wine lover’s reason to live?
Richard.