Weeds in pots

Hello i get the feeling that weeds are more likely to occur in ericaceous compost. Does anyone agree ?

 

No. I get weeds in all sorts of composts.

 

Again no we get weeds in a variety of composts.

 

Weeds are usually opportunistic plants that grow anywhere and in any conditions, taking the advance of a mild unseasonal spell too.

@hi_2u_uk, perhaps weeds are more noticeable in circumstances where one is focusing on a smallish project, such as an ericaceous compost planter?

In general, I agree with the above, there is no noticeable difference on weed population between different soil types. They'll adapt and take over the world.

 

hmm interesting well in my place plants in ericaceous compost definitely seem to be more prone to having weeds growing in the pots

 

Maybe it's the quality of the product itself rather than it being ericaceous.

I can't say I've noticed any difference re container weeds, but I wouldn't really be growing anything in a pot that actively needed ericaceous soil, as the garden soil is fine for any plant of that type, so it wuld be planted out or I'd just use some garden soil for it.

 

I get a lovely crop of oxalis in all pots regardless of compost type or composition.

 

I was away for a week and when i got back 2 days ago this plant was growing in my blueberry pots.
Generally speaking i have to remove unwanted plants from the ericaceous pots more than the others but maybe it was just a dodgy pack of soil i used

 

I have completely failed to grow Nicotiana - maybe I should just broadcast the seed across all the pots where I don't want it to grow?
I get weeds in all my pots, I currently have a very lovely large Dill growing in one of my blueberries. There was a potted Dill on the patio last year so a seed must have found its way across.
I also get lots of little cherry trees where the birds sit on the edge of the pot and poop.

 

I don't get a lot of weeds either @shiney, but as I reuse compost and I also have molehill soil in some containers, I get the odd one or two, although most are just self sown seedlings of plants I already have, so it depends how I feel about them to start with as to whether they're weeds! I've been getting alot of bronze fennel this year- due to the non winter, I expect.

I don't get a lot of weeds, full stop, but I plant quite densely, which helps.

 

Topping the compost in pots with grit, gravel, slate or decorative pebbles can reduce weed growth, but it doesn't prevent the most determined seeds from germinating!

 

My own compost is full of weeds but they're my weeds - nothing awful. I just pull them out or jiggle the soil if they're really small. Quite therapeutic.

 

This year I have had tomato seedlings sprouting up from my home made compost! They are easy to identify and pull up but I might not put my spent tomatoes in the compost this year!

 

I get squash seedlings in my home-made compost @AuntyRach as well as tomatoes and weeds.

Commercial composts throw up strange stuff. I remember one year that every bag produced seedlings of the weedy red shanked persicaria.