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Try to dig over the plot removing every piece of root you see. Take it easy a little bit at a time. Cover the area' with weed membrane or cardboard (weighted down) until you can dig it. A good indication of soil PH is to look at what weed's are growing. Nettle's , creeping buttercup are indication's of Acid soil. Get as much manure/compost on the area's you have dug and let the worm's go to work on it. Take a flask and seed catalogue with you and put your feet up now and then
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Well rotted is the best for digging in/mulching straight away. With straw can be either heaped in a stack to rot down of used as an overwintered mulch and dug in when spring come's. Both are better than manure which contains wood shaving's which can take ages to rot down.
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Sorry but you are wrong again. Garlic need's a cold period to produce a bulb, that's why it is best to plant it in the autumn.
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The first 1 looks like Kerria japonica The second 1 looks like a viburnum no idea on the 3rd
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Most veg plants prefer a alkaline soil the notable exception is potatoe's. What is your ph at the moment?
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Autumn is nature's planting time. They will be fine as long as you harden them off first. If we get a severe winter be prepared to cover them with a mulch. By planting now you give the plant's an oppourtunity to put down a good root system so when the top growth begin's in spring the root's can supply all the energy/nutrients required.
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Too late for brussels and leeks, garlic is ok in clay soil just bed the cloves on sharp sand to assist drainage. You might get away with spring cabbage and cauli's but i would get a move on. Onion set's can be planted now and you can still sow lettuce and other salad crop's such as radish and spring onion's but they will not survive a frost.
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I think you are right in assuming that the weather has played a part in the poor harvest of many crop's this year.
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Application rate is around 25kg per 1000 sq mts. Gypsum is neutral so will not alter the ph of your soil.
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Depends on how high you let the tree's grow. General rule of thumb is Height of tree= spread of root's
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