Ten tactics used by allotment owners to destroy competing patches, including peeing on them


The Good Life on television portrays it as the stereotypically polite British pastime, yet many allotment owners are really knee-deep in sabotage.

One in five of them, according to a survey, are so envious of their neighbors that they have vandalized their plots and stolen their equipment.

A staggering 90% of offenders confess to trampled on competitors’ flower and vegetable patches.

54% of respondents said they were only envious of their superior output.

Wheelbarrows, spades, seeds, Wellington boots, watering cans, apples, tomatoes, and blueberries are all examples of dirty techniques.

Tim Agnew of the betting website freebets.com said: “We were absolutely astonished by the survey results.” Freebets.com polled 2,000 allotment owners.

One-fifth of offenders (17%) have sprayed dangerous chemicals on nearby areas.

One in ten have urinated on a neighbor’s plot, and 6% have flooded one. Seventy-eight percent of the time, weed and invasive seedlings are spread to nearby plots.

Joe Mills, a 30-year-old YouTube gardener, said that a competitor jealous of his success had targeted his allotment.

A staggering 90% of offenders confess to stepping on competitors’ flower and vegetable gardens.

The study showed tactics which included throwing weeds and invasive seeds on plots, stealing manure and stealing wheelbarrows

The study showed tactics which included throwing weeds and invasive seeds on plots, stealing manure and stealing wheelbarrows

The survey revealed strategies that included stealing wheelbarrows, putting weeds and invasive seeds on plots, and stealing manure.

His lettuces, tomatoes, onions, and potatoes at the Roeshot Hill allotment in Christchurch, Dorset, were damaged by paint and varnish.

13,000 people subscribe to his Digging For Dinner channel, and according to Mr. Mills, the assault in July 2020 was motivated by his popularity.

Someone decided to utterly undermine all of my attempts to cultivate my own food, he stated.

They had written me off for the year, and it was clear that this was a deliberate assault. It seems that someone dislikes me.

One in ten have flooded a neighbor’s allotment, and 6% have urinated on it, among other dirty tricks.

According to the poll, Bradford farmers are the worst of the lot, with 26% admitting to sabotage. Allotment owners in Birmingham came in second with 23% confessing to dirty tactics, closely followed by those in London and Liverpool with 21%.

Growers from Glasgow, Sunderland, and Leicester tied for third position with 20%, followed by Bristol in fourth place with 19% and Leeds with 18%. Allotment owners in Hull and Newcastle are the least evil, with 16% admitting to sabotage.

The epidemic enhanced people’s demand for allotments, and the current cost-of-living problem has further heightened that desire. The typical waiting period for a spot is seven years, however in certain places it may be longer.

In a study conducted by the National Allotment Society earlier this year, 90% of local authorities reported a rise in demand.

To accommodate more people, several authorities are already thinking about decreasing plot sizes in the future.

We had the mistaken notion that allotments constituted a refined world of green-fingered amateurs, according to Mr. Agnew of freebets.com. Our poll reveals that many people are, in fact, competitive, jealous, and seem to be up to all kinds of skulduggery.


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