nepia
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What's the chipper? I haul my Jo Beau hand over hand up 2.5m folding ramps but I couldn't manage a CS100 by a long way as it's 50kg heavier.
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Yeah, I'm sure Animal Magic was filmed there. Stubby, you're right; he had way didn't he. He obviously loved the animals but had a real connection with us human beans too.
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One day... I've always wanted to go there since watching Johnny Morris n the 60s!
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It's a real biggie then; good one.
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I don't mean this to be as stupid as it sounds but are the tree and the close up the same plant? The close up is very reminiscent of Viburnum (Kev!) tinus but the tree isn't.
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That shot of the stem has Ilex - holly - all over it. There are dozens; yours is similar to x koehneana. The alternate leaves are right.
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Any more pics showing, e.g., the stem (bark), form, size? What soil is it on? I'm unlikely to get it myself but all clues help. Cheers.
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Nice picture now but still a toughie!
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No picture or link here; just a funny little square.
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You know the outcry when a driver kills someone and gets 'only' 4 years prison but would have got life if he'd done it with a gun or knife? Well I think dangerous or uninsured cars are now seen as potentially lethal weapons so when the Police target motorists they are actually dealing with something that has the potential to threaten life, which makes the matter a priority for them.
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Glad you strapped it down; wouldn't want it bouncing out of the trailer
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I'm out Kev - I give up. I asked a friend who's a Dip Hort Kew and he hadn't a clue either! Go find a hornbeam!!! Jon
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defenders....check your tyre size (-:
nepia replied to Dean Lofthouse's topic in Business Management
I'm not that bored but how far out would the speed reading have been? -
You've lost me now. I couldn't put a crowbar a metre into any soil, yet alone chalk!
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I'll ask madam if she minds me wrecking her lawn with me pickaxe! Seriously, access is rubbish and no way would she countenance her garden being mined on the offchance that it would help. We're not even talking abut the topsoil here; you'd need to go down a bit first. Thanks anyway.
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In this case the hardpan is chalk a mile or more thick!
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I wasn't aware of irritant dust from Eleagnus. I get the impression that the more mature the specimen the fewer spikes it has: just my impression mind but if you regard the thorns as a defence mechanism to keep grazing beasts off the young growth it would make sense to find fewer in a biggie.
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Not sure about the fruit Kev but it looks like the biggest Eleagnus x ebbingei I've ever seen. Jon
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Looking good then: Madam has been clearing the leaves assiduously and the air/light situation will only improve as the thinning and reduction continue. If the tree is sick - and I'm not convinced it is - I wonder if the roots have hit chalk and hence found that essentially now have nowhere to go. Thanks.
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Thanks Goaty: yeah, I can them struggling in E/Yorkshire. This one's against the south-east corner of a house in Surrey with a sheltered garden. I think there's likely to be nothing wrong with it but I'll pop back in a month a take a look.
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If it comes down Steve you'll see me running away from a very irate Austrian lady! But should the worst happen I'll definitely bear you in mind - I am aware of your penchant for Magnolia. Jon
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A client has a decent specimen of this tree - ~14"dbh. Over the last few weeks it's shed a huge number of yellowed leaves and looks pretty thin. I'm inclined to think there's nothing wrong and the tree's just replacing leaves, though the owner claims that usually happens in March/April and not in such quantity. Encouragingly there is no epicormic growth, no apparent bark problem and the young shoots in the developing inner crown seem to be in fine fettle. The tree is subject to a staged reduction; this spring was my third go at it. I can't see that the work will have affected it; it's a species known for taking a hard cut. The apparent good health of the young growth also rules out chlorosis caused by alkaline soil (Oxted, Surrey on chalk). Thoughts? Thanks, Jon
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I'll have a look next time I'm at my logstore Steve; I may have some chestnut and/or oak suitable. I think the difficult part of your request is 'dry', not '7-8" branch unions'. Jon
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That would explain their performance. :001_tt2:
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That's a bit of an ask given the soil conditions but perhaps there are some ideas here, both as to how challenging the soil conditions are and for suitable species. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=763
