Posted by Wildbilly on February 16, 2010, 11:02 am
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> I grew red clover amidst the tomatoes
> one year to give the weeds less space to grow.
So what happened? Why didn't you repeat with the red clover?
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Posted by kate on February 16, 2010, 1:26 pm
wrote:
>wrote:
>> I grew red clover amidst the tomatoes
>> one year to give the weeds less space to grow.
>So what happened? Why didn't you repeat with the red clover?
I was growing large scale - close to 200 tomato plants. I planted the
red clover too late to be really effective but it was awfully cute
coming up en masse.
Now that I'm small scale again, I still plant with red clover, but
more because I want the red clover. I use it to control hot flashes
and night sweats, in a brandy tincture.
Posted by mj on February 16, 2010, 1:58 pm
On Feb 16, 1:26 pm, k...@notme.com wrote:
> wrote:
> >wrote:
> >> I grew red clover amidst the tomatoes
> >> one year to give the weeds less space to grow.
> >So what happened? Why didn't you repeat with the red clover?
> I was growing large scale - close to 200 tomato plants. I planted the
> red clover too late to be really effective but it was awfully cute
> coming up en masse.
> Now that I'm small scale again, I still plant with red clover, but
> more because I want the red clover. I use it to control hot flashes
> and night sweats, in a brandy tincture.
Tell me more about how it controls hot flashes and night sweats.
Goodness if it works where can I get some?
MJ
Posted by kate on February 16, 2010, 4:55 pm
wrote:
>On Feb 16, 1:26 pm, k...@notme.com wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>> >wrote:
>>
>> >> I grew red clover amidst the tomatoes
>> >> one year to give the weeds less space to grow.
>>
>> >So what happened? Why didn't you repeat with the red clover?
>>
>> I was growing large scale - close to 200 tomato plants. I planted the
>> red clover too late to be really effective but it was awfully cute
>> coming up en masse.
>>
>> Now that I'm small scale again, I still plant with red clover, but
>> more because I want the red clover. I use it to control hot flashes
>> and night sweats, in a brandy tincture.
>Tell me more about how it controls hot flashes and night sweats.
>Goodness if it works where can I get some?
I imagine you could buy it in a health food type store, but I harvest
the blossoms of red clover (Trifolium pratense) that grows in my yard
(I sowed the seed). Fill up a pint or quart jar with blossoms, cover
with brandy so the brandy covers the flowers by and inch or so, cover
and shake up every day for 6 weeks and viola, you have a red clover
tincture. I take about 10 drops twice a day and it works for me. I
sure know when I've skipped a couple of days.
Posted by mirandamc on February 15, 2010, 6:41 pm
chen;877522 Wrote:
> OK I have gotten a lot of responses, and no I am not
trying to kill
> the planet--I just want to grow some veggies!
>
> I live in Missouri, and have a lot of crab grass, thistle, and poison
> ivy, etc. The garden patch has been extremely difficult to control
> the weeds in the past couple of years.
>
> I have tried mulching, almost 4" in deep across the whole area--does
> little if anything to stop weeds.
> I have tried black plastic, which seems to stop or slow down the
> weeds--but makes everything else that much harder to grow.
> I have sprayed repeatedly with RoundUP and everything else they sell
> at Lowe's, and actually the only one that worked at all was a no name
> brand that did kill the weeds for up to 2 weeks. But they came back.
> I have tried burning the whole area, looks ugly for a couple of
> months---but weeds came back.
> I have crawled around on my hnds and knees pulling all of them out and
> removing the roots and all. Still they came back.
>
>
> Gardening should not have to be this difficult. Com'on folks tell the
> secret potion I need to fix things so I can have a good garden this
> summer.
This is my first time on this forum, i love gardening and have not done
so
outside uk but i suggest you find a positive in your situation, focus
on what is
growing that you are having success with, if you are doing
really well with
vegies or have huge sunflowers why not grow more of the
same, give the weeds a
bit of competition. Weeds can only spread where
they have the space to do so.
After it has rained the weeds can usually
be lifted out more easily.
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mirandamc
> one year to give the weeds less space to grow.