nepia
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...due to excessive wet but full replies have been supplied by two others 👍
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What's the drainage like in that raised bed? The surface of the compost looks as if it's sitting wet - moss and fungi shouldn't be apparent that way. Or maybe the pic is giving me the wrong impression. Could the compost have compacted after lots of wet weather? Horticultural grit or perlite mixed in is always a good shout as it helps maintain an open texture
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
nepia replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
@rarefish383 This plain Tulip is in the Botanic Gardens in St Helier, Jersey. Not yet 100 years old they reckon
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Those leaves are very unusual; I wonder if the tree is virused or if some other external agent is affecting the leaf shape. Zelkova? Elm? (does any elm have a smooth grey bark?)
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To be fair Mick - speaking as an Englishman I'd be happy just not being beaten by the French. Or Germans. Or Belgians... 😄
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Yes but also it seems the locals feel ignored by the Tories - who assumed their votes! The SDP got out there and knocked on doors; Ed Davey visited the constituency 15 times during canvassing!
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Victims of classic Tory arrogance; once again (and I'm looking back decades - think late Thatcher era) they assumed votes. Serves 'em right but don't hold your breath for a sea change in British politics because of it
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My bad. Text emended 😊
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Ron Pickering at the Montreal Olympics - 'And there goes Juantorena down the back straight opening his legs and really showing his class'
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Flowers 😊
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Haven't noticed willow dieback here in East Sussex - I'm targetting the gorse 😂 (Hope you understand the in joke)
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Bunzy, would you be good enough to ID all those pics please if you can remember them? Then I can save the thread in Faves for future reference: Acers are looking better and better for here the more I think about it. Cheers.
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Always. Mulching is a bit of a thing for me. Good shout; I do like Birch. The wife bought me Royal frost: a bit of a show-off tree but as delicate as any birch.
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Bet you wouldn't have gone for Chionanthus retusus or Caragana arborescens though would ya. I'm just showing off; I'd never heard of them either until I found them at the well known Perryhill Nursery last month, sadly closing down forever in July.
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@Baldbloke I think he's talking to you from the bottom of the pond
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Liquidambar's fine but doesn't jump out at me: I have a mental wants list more than long enough for this garden and it's not small! Last week I planted Aesculus pavia and indica; the leaves on pavia especially are superb. I have a Hop Hornbeam to put in; lovely tree but wouldn't have told my kids months ago I wanted one for my birthday if I'd known that the new garden and woodland would be in area where 90% of the natives are oak and hornbeam! Thanks anyway.
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I'll keep Crimson Queen in mind - thank you. Not to be confused with Crimson King it seems! Encouraging to see your comment on growth potential of Jordan. Cheers, Jon
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@Bunzena if you're there... I've made a start Acer shirasawanum Jordan
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Great news for you - good one. Always worth checking for any risk first if you suffer any medical conditions or take medication: spookily mag supplements can inhibit a medication that I take but with a reasonable diet I have no fears. Office of Dietary Supplements - Magnesium ODS.OD.NIH.GOV Magnesium overview for health professionals. Research health effects, dosing, sources, deficiency symptoms, side effects...
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Should you ever have the pleasure Spurge (Euphorbia) does the same. The one and only time I've had an unpleasant reaction was when handling it in bright sunshine.
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Poison causing fitting before death?
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Replacing gorse with something else
nepia replied to spandit's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Well like a dog with a bone I wouldn't let it go so I asked the Conservators of Ashdown Forest what was up with their gorse. It seems that gorse dieback is a thing; it's been reported from far and wide. The Animal and Plant Health Agency have had a look and can find no pathogen. The spring weather being responsible has been suggested but apparently the problem has been reported from all quarters, including those that didn't have a harsh spring. That said gorse is known to be vulnerable to frost (a new one on me) but even within a locale damage is patchy and follows no pattern. Natural England say there is nothing to suggest the issue is anything other than abiotic, i.e. doesn't involve a pathogen, but they can't help further. In short 'we know the gorse is suffering but we don't know why'. -
I've never heard that but thinking about it I don't think I've ever seen birds on horizontalis while they love cornubia - well pigeons, blackbirds and thrushes (incl redwing and field fare) can't get enough of those berries
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