Ferns

[marcusx]

Greetings

I found a nice little plot last week hopefully for next year. i was able to dig down around a foot and the soil was nice and dark but the place was packed full of ferns and fern roots. are areas with ferns generally ok ?

thanks for any replies

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[Cookie monster]

Only places i ever see ferns is either down the bog or down by the river and they are usually in shady places around here, i just assume they grow in poor conditions, maybe they don't it's just an assumption.

One thing i do know about them is if you clear a patch they will grow back fast in spring and summer, where we cut turf they are easily 4 foot high by June.

Might be no harm to improve the soil and clear away the ferns regularly...what are you planning on planting out??

 

[marcusx]

asked around and apparently fern areas will generally do ok, they are however hard to get rid of. im thinking of weed killer but most likely wont go dow that road, tiny path so they cant be to hard to remove manually.

the soils ph was 7 , so im just going to add some bone meal.

also anyone know if they sell NPK kits in capel street?

thanks

 

[Dakuta]

Footprints remain and snapped Ferns reveal the path.
Set `em and Forget `Em.
Best of the old Irish to You Marcusx.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

generally ferns/bracken will grow in areas with pretty poor soil or low light although not always the case. Ive done a few over the years in good looking spots what have ferns there and the plants never really done that well and always had some sort of deficiencies despite me digging in lots of compost and ferts. Best is to find a place with nettles ideally as the soil will be perfect for the herb to grow in due to its high nitrogen from the composted nettles/vegetation.

If you really must grow in areas loaded with ferns then dig them out just now and add lots of fresh shyte and topsoil/compost and dig in well and cover the holes with bin liners or a tarp or whatever to stop the roots growing back in spring losing all your hard work cos its a jungle!

If i was you i'd get out and about just now and look where there is going to be lots of cover still and lots of light till tea time. you'll find that picking spots in summer can mean much headache the next year when you realise the sun hardly hits them after 2pm in autumn and theres no cover causing much sleepless nights!

good luck mate