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  1. spandit
    My neighbour does have some spectacular cherry trees with beautiful pink blossom. I'd like something flowering preferably
  2. spandit
    That's a new one on me - I like it
  3. spandit
    Not sure I'd recognise it
  4. spandit
    Wisteria is a definite contender. We already have an acer
  5. spandit
    They're going on the edge of our new patio
  6. spandit
    I've just spent the equivalent of a 3rd world country GDP on a couple of lead effect planters and want to plant a magnolia in one of them but not sure what to put in the other. Quite fancy a lemon tree but don't want them to have to come in during the winter - they're heavy enough without anything in them! What do you suggest?
  7. spandit
    What you will need: 1) a chainsaw 2) a chain, preferably new but newly sharpened will do (especially if you don't have a spare) Method: 1) start cutting the wood (old chestnut post and rail) 2) bingo!
  8. spandit
    Weed membrane works by cutting out light. Fungi don't photosynthesise so it's never going to work and the spores are so tiny anyway that they'd blow in on top of any membrane. They don't tend to be around for very long so just don't worry about it - might even find some edible ones
  9. spandit
    I'd take it for free but would want some logs as well
  10. spandit
    I know you're new to Arbtalk but that kind of behaviour will not be tolerated. This is a highbrow site where professional people congregate to discuss whether a particular tree is hornbeam or not. Disgraceful
  11. spandit
    That's not an elder. Hornbeam maybe...
  12. spandit
    I'm no expert but beech holds onto its leaves over the winter when most deciduous trees don't. The old leaves fall off when it starts getting ready to produce the new leaves. The buds on yours look fine. None of mine are in leaf yet so I shouldn't worry
  13. spandit
    I noticed the tube had grass coming out of the top and the tree wasn't getting much light so took the tube off to remove the grass. Although leaves are beginning to appear, I noticed that at the bottom it looked as if roots were forming - there was a bit of a pit at the bottom so I filled it with earth from a nearby mole hill.
  14. spandit
    Might need to rip through the roots one by one. Use the digger to expose them and attack them with a bow saw or an axe (or buy a carbide chain)
  15. spandit
    If he can't I can take them, chip and brash too but about 20 miles away from you
  16. spandit
    PM sent
  17. spandit
    It was quite loose in the ground after I'd moved the leylandii. I will support it but not try to pull it up any more. It could have fallen over quite easily
  18. spandit
    My brush cutter has a trimmer attachment for that very reason. 6mm trimmer line. I agree about pigs, though, far cheaper and you can eat them afterwards
  19. spandit
    This pear tree has, until recently, been crowded by a row of leylandii which were no match for my digger (before: ) It was leaning quite heavily, partly due to the encroaching conifers and partly because of the prevailing wind. It's obviously stressed looking at the cracks up the trunk but it does fruit and I don't want to lose it I pushed a stake in (how fun is that with a digger!?) and have propped it a little with the ratchet strap I had at hand. The soil is pretty soft and I think yanking the leylandii out may have disturbed things even more. Is it a case of gradually increasing pressure on the strap or should I try a different approach?
  20. spandit
    They must have missed it during the risk assessment
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    Had a couple of holly seedlings in the garden where we're about to put a new patio so dug them up and hacked a bit of the sycamore off to make room for them: Don't want to upset the soil too much as there are plenty of English bluebells coming up there.
  23. spandit
    I would have thought you'd be fine, especially once it's full of logs (assuming the base is connected to the uprights)
  24. spandit
    Supoib!
  25. spandit
    To build up an immunity to rust or to get good practice in to repairing chassis?

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