Love the thumbnails Dave! Great video as always

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

Nothing on fire or exploding but I think we're getting there!

Another great video, especially the music!

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

Cheers Nabeel

New to the allotment game and your videos just keep me going knowing hardcwork does pay off ...even when stuff gets eaten or weather hits hard 😂

@DigDaveDig

15 күн бұрын

Thanks for the great comment, I still get daunted sometimes if there's a lot to do , nothing is ever perfect, as long as it's enjoyable overall you've got to take the rough with the smooth. Keep at it . Cheers

Keep on going on, shit happens 👍🇦🇺

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

I'll be honest , I was a bit disappointed but like you say , you got to keep going, maybe I'll be more careful next year. Still chance for sowing other crops this year too. cheers

Dave😄 we're all in the same boat, everyone i have spoken to are having a dreadful time of it, everything eaten. You have me on the chiles....never seen that happen before! You di'nt do anything wrong, them plants were fine to go out! Things can only get better, never seen you beat yet😁

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

I've got to say I was a bit disappointed but onwards and upwards, I could maybe have taken more precautions but it is what it is. I think there are slugs and maybe ants or aphids on the chillies. Ah well still time to sow more courgettes. Cheers

Aww Dave its gutting. Been a great winter and spring for slugs and snails. Not to cold and very very wet for months. very tough on us gardeners. Treat yourself to a bag of strulch. Mulch it round all your precious seedlings. Its worth the price to save all the time and effort you put into the young seedlings. Not to mention the cost of seeds or plant starts. Keep your ear out you may hear another allotmentteer has excess courgette starts they would be happy to give you. On the plus side the new windproof structure is great.

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

Thankyou , I was gutted to be honest with you, I should have taken more precautions, especially as all my sunflowers and sweet peas seem to be being eaten as soon as they come up. I'll definitely be guarding my remaining pumpkins with something like strulch. Like you say , the new windproof area does the job, you've got to look for the positives sometimes. Cheers

Hi Dave. What a bugger aye. Here in NZ we have a product called Slug no more. It is a wool repellent that is a highly effective barrier against slugs and snails. Minute wool fires act as barbs that irritate and repel them. Slugs hate wool.

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip, it's never normally this bad, I'm gonna go back down to the plot soon , assess the situation and come up with a plan to protect the last of the pumpkins. I'll look into the wool thing though , cheers

my courgettes and cucumbers got wrecked too mate, been great fun

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

really bad year isn't it - keep going

Definitely re-sow them, should be up in a week. I'm already preparing for next year 😂

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

I'll try some more, just need to take more care of them I think, hopefully will be less damp soon. Good luck. Cheers

I’ve sown a huge amount of flower seeds but even time I put any out they never last the night. I’ll have a beautiful polytunnel but the beds will be a bit barren. There’s nothing worse than all your hard work being destroyed by bloody slugs. I feel for you.

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

Thanks, just seems worse this year. Hope you get some success. Thanks for the comment. Cheers

My tomatoes and onions are slug dinner, first time ever they have done this 😡. Hopefully something survives to actually give us a harvest 😂. Happy growing, Ali 🌧️🇨🇦

@2ndstarfromtherightsolas881

Ай бұрын

Really they ate your onions and tomatoes😮‍💨 that's just dreadful, never thought in a million years they eat onions, it's worst year ever in living memory for slug damage. I guess i'm lucky so , at least i have onions. I'm going to try again, it's all we can do!

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

Good luck with what you have left, seems it's not only me that has a problem and it's not just the UK. I'm going back to the plot shortly , so fingers crossed it's not got worse. Hope you get some relief from it too. Cheers

@2ndstarfromtherightsolas881

Ай бұрын

@@DigDaveDig Fingers crossed 😁

That is disappointing Dave but you still have the Jack O' Lanterns to take care of. Have you tried beer traps or a bit of wood on the ground to see how many slugs you got around. They usually hide under a plank and you can take a peek in the morning and see what is there. A few boards scattered through the plot you may find out if one part is worse than the other. I've lost most of my cucumbers this year, thought I had done a good job of hardening them off but once in the ground and the first sunny day they burned to a crisp and didn't recover. I've started some more seeds and will see what happens.

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

I may need to be quite overprotective with the pumpkins I've got left, hopefully weather will be less wet soon. I'm going to have to try something, maybe beer traps and other things. Sorry to hear about your cucumbers, hope your next batch works out. I'm going to see what else I can sow. Cheers

Okay. Someone else had slug issues, and they used these plastic collars called slug halves to push into the soil around each seedling of about 6 inches growth. They are made of transparent green plastic and have a neck about 4 inches high, and an inner circumference of about 3 inches for courgettes, or other ground growing plants. They might be cheaperthan slug-mulch. Well, they are £14.99 /pack of 6, or £ 12.99 for 2 or more packs. Up to you. They seem to be working

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

Thankyou, I've just had a look, very interesting, you wouldn't think something that simple would work but reviews seem to suggest so. Thanks for the tip. Cheers

@sianwarwick633

Ай бұрын

​@@DigDaveDigthere's more about how to make the slug haloes from items you might already have. Or straw might help.

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

@@sianwarwick633 it's too late for the current batch of courgettes, they've all been eaten, but I've got my emergency batch germinating so planning ahead for those using tips from the comments, so thanks for the suggestions. I may try and make my own haloes, but still in the design stage in my head at the moment. Thanks again

Have you got aphids on those chilies ? They lodge in the spot between the stem and the leaf 🍃. So maybe that's not it. I like your outside open window houses. Interested in your choice of pumpkins

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

I think what is attacking the chillies is different to what's attacking everything else yes, I suspect ants perhaps but maybe aphids too, I'll spray them with washing up liquid next time I'm down there. I think I need to look at slug control also , but don't want to put any poison down so will investigate, cheers

@sianwarwick633

Ай бұрын

​@@DigDaveDig yep agree, no poison.

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

pumpkins were larger ones "Big Max" but they're all gone now, left with smaller Jack O Lantern ones - hopefully I can look after these ones better

Can you not cheat and buy some plants? Not too late to resow courgette seeds, hope not anyway as thats what im doing.

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

I'm going to assess the courgettes again this weekend, can maybe sow some more , but pumpkins I think I'll just really look after the smaller ones and see how we go. Fingers crossed, I should have been more careful to start with to be honest. Oh well

@majordog2399

Ай бұрын

@@DigDaveDig it's just been ideal slug weather, well done for avoiding slug pellets.🦔

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

@@majordog2399 cheers - hopefully the weather and the slugs will both dry up soon

Dont go for slug control then fella?

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

No, but it's never been this bad before, the odd nibble here and there usually, think it's the wet warm weather. Ah well, too late now

@sinbadf7033

Ай бұрын

@@DigDaveDig aye. Know what you mean. Little sods aren’t they…

@dialecticcoma

Ай бұрын

brother have you been outside this year lol

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

@@dialecticcoma haha