nepia
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...'her plan is to through a load of rubble (2ft deep) over the whole garden'... ? Ecoplugs in the stump.
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cship - that's the hedge man talking; gospel!
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I'm in the remove them camp; cleavers choke and pull plants down. Leaving them will deprive the growing hedge of light at the bottom where presumably you want it thick. If we were having this discussion in August I'd say don't bother with them - they'll be gone soon, but it's a bit early for that.
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In my own small one man band way I'm another who's benefitted enormously from Arbtalk: work, knowledge, contacts, friends. Sitting in the pickup now is an HB20 I hire cheaply from a mate who I met on here years ago when I had a slightly used pair of Airstreams to sell. You've done a great thing Steve.
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Interesting take on Bill Oddie here. I couldn't stand him; he was rude to the other presenters because he was The Man - he thought. I have it on good authority from someone who's met him a few times at functions that that was the real him; he's not the nicest person it seems. Michaela Strachan doesn't bother me, probably because I'm too old to care, and I give Packham a lot of leeway because just appearing in front of a camera with other people about is such an effort for him. Did none of you watch 'Chris Packham; Aspergers and me'? I don't ask you to like the guy but cut him some slack for Heaven's sake; doing TV stuff on a subject he believes in is the polar opposite to what his condition wants him to do. Lastly, please don't take the above as defence of his recent shooting crows shenanigans. I'm just looking at the person. And I've stopped watching Seasonwatch; bored now.
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Billhook, you are the founding member of The Self Preservation Society. Good on you.
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You're well due! I have a friend had one done at 50 and was back climbing in five weeks. Get on with it!
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Beautiful house Baldy. I'll wave from the Kessock Bridge on Wednesday!
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What height is your block? Catching logs is a good idea too but if you're bending excessively as you maximise the force of your swing your body will be feeling it more in a bent stance than an upright one. A taller block may be worth trying.
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The bunnies would deal with that but the point's academic now due to the SSSI rules on stocking.
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Let the sheep eat them! If the animals are fenced in for a while to preserve a high-ish stocking rate they'll see those saplings off won't they?
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Similarly with a Jo Beau M300!
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Well they're your trees and if you don't like what's happened whinge away! I think both sides of the coin have been discussed now. Importantly the trees will be fine; you can deal with them yourself next time.
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It is a pity but most in the industry do the work when they can; they're too busy to delve deeply into the realms of seasonal pruning.
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Same goes for the tiddlers beyond. Good job.
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I'm going with Cotoneaster mainly because of the bark but Lord knows which one. The closest leaf I can find is that of lacteus but that seems only to be a large shrub, not a 10m tree but of course such descriptions are very general. When you cut it down the wood will be hard and heavy as hell!
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Looking at the size of the thing before the chop I'd say that's spot on; there are loads of growth points - it'll explode as soon as the ground gets wet.
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ID'd by my father-in-law's gardener; I think it's been gnawing at him. Lyonothamnus floribundus, the Catalina Ironwood. Now why didn't I get it at the start?
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Defo not Tamarix guys; I know that one well and have grown them myself. As an aside Tamarix roots were found 150' deep when the Suez canal was being excavated. Hence the species being used as desert wind and sand breaks.
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But is that regime applied to this climate or the plant's native one which is very different? Also you need to think about why the client's growing the thing in the first place. If it's for the flowers, a likely and utterly reasonable reason, then cutting it while actually in flower seems counterproductive. Following the suggested regime only 80% according to best practice won't kill it. What's your source? My big fat RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants doesn't even list pycnantha.
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When is flowering? I'd guess June/July, in which case I'd prune as soon as the flowers fade; resultant growth will have time to harden off (as much as such a plant can in this country) before winter. My garden brain says don't prune early or you'll lose the flowers and don't prune late or winter will kill the tender regrowth. I have assumed you refer to Acacia pycnantha, known as Golden Wattle.
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Felling of 15 trees with awkward access in Devon
nepia replied to sidekickdmr's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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I don't know about beech but that's certainly seems to be true of at least some plums. We have a ?10-year old flowering cherry that lost its leaves in July last year: it's fine now with all of the branches in leaf.
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Hey Steve; is the other one the Frankensaw but you can't bring yourself to admit it?! ?
