Landscape fabric to make life easier

If we have them then they don't seem to come out into the daylight and no slug damage at all. I don't know what would happen if we sowed seeds directly into the ground but we grow everything separately and plant out when they are big.

 

Not very often at all.

 

I took up the material from one bed yesterday and found this lot underneath waiting to be fed:

 

Now that I have covered the bulk of my planting area with fabric and am really quite pleased with the concept... what about feeding? I have planted with some chicken manure pellets going into the soil around plants, but generally I feed with those and growmore as a top dressing - - how does that work with fabric? Does it breakdown/dissolve with watering and seep through?

 

I don't feed anything on the allotment, maybe growmore prior to planting but I haven't bothered with that for a few years. If I were to use something for areas with membrane I would try a liquid feed aimed at the planting holes. Granular stuff and pellets might just sit on top and be wasted.

 

We don't feed our veg area, where we have the membrane, because we dig in compost each Autumn and that seems to easily be sufficient. Any veg that has deep roots will also feed from the clay soil.

 

Thanks all, I am going to have to look for some liquid feed then because I have not put all that much chicken poo in (didn't want to overwhelm the young plants) and have definitely not dug any manure in for the past couple of winters. Any suggestions for good liquid feed welcomed?

 

You do know you have friends in the UK willing to send it to you? Or would it not be allowed into the country?