Frogs on allotment
manaquin
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in Fruit & veg
hi everyone
i wanted to get some advice from you good people and will be succinct .
I have taken over an allotment and started clearing it today.
the previous tenant has used truck goods covers that are pulled back when loading / unloading but have been over the land for some time.
these have collected pools of water and have found quite a lot of frog spawn ( and some frogs).
My question is 2 fold:
1) Are frogs beneficial to a veg / fruit allotment?
2) if so what environment do I need to transfer too as never had to deal with this situation before .
any advice really appreciated.
regards
i wanted to get some advice from you good people and will be succinct .
I have taken over an allotment and started clearing it today.
the previous tenant has used truck goods covers that are pulled back when loading / unloading but have been over the land for some time.
these have collected pools of water and have found quite a lot of frog spawn ( and some frogs).
My question is 2 fold:
1) Are frogs beneficial to a veg / fruit allotment?
2) if so what environment do I need to transfer too as never had to deal with this situation before .
any advice really appreciated.
regards
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Is there a shallow pond nearby, preferably without ducks, that you could transfer the spawn to? Preferably a quiet shallow edge with some pondweed around.
thanks for the reply.
thats great I will keep them . I was quite surprised to see the spawn on the plastic sheeting above the soil !
no there isn’t anything, tho the allotment runs on a slight decline and the bottom is a bit water logged which was going to be the very last escavation as it were .
im not sure whether to put the spawn in a bucket, or try to make a mini pond or something .
blimey I thought the main issues were going to be weeding and clearning not making a pond as well haha.