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  1. spandit
    Have you considered the Woodland Trust MOREWoods scheme - gives you a 60% discount on everything? Limited to native trees only but that's what you're planting
  2. spandit
    Funnily enough, I'd only just come back inside to begin the data entry for my tree survey of the ones I planted last Winter. My 'phone rang and someone saying they were calling from "Tree Health" asked if I'd planted any sweet chestnut (I hadn't, but only because the Woodland Trust ran out of stock). Apparently there is a problem with blight and if I were looking at nut production, then they'd need to come and inspect them. It's going to be a few years before I get any nuts out of the ones I'm planning on planting this Winter but first I'd heard that there might be a problem
  3. spandit
    E-mail sent...
  4. spandit
    I'm not going to remove them but the self seeders will not get deliberately targeted. Might get mown down or eaten. Not a massive fan of birch as it rots so quickly which is another reason I didn't order any. Thanks for replies
  5. spandit
    You are right. I lost momentum when my laptop blew up and since replacing it I haven't got round to updating it again
  6. spandit
    Leaves look a bit big to be silver birch - the ones that have self seeded all over the place have much smaller leaves than that (it's why I didn't want to pay for any when I get them for free!). The only ones that were planted in spirals were blackthorn, hawthorn, spindle and hazel. As I mentioned, there's no dead stick in the spiral - this is what was planted. Curious to see what it turns out to be. I'll try to get a picture of the bark in due course
  7. spandit
    The only poplar I planted was aspen and that should have been in tubes, not spirals. Curious. Don't think it's silver birch as leaves are far too big. Downy birch seems like a candidate - not overly impressed at the nursery mix-up but at least they're putting on some growth which is more than can be said for some of the other species I put in!
  8. spandit
    I'll have a closer look when I'm next out - thanks!
  9. spandit
    There are plenty of silver birch coming up naturally but these have definitely been deliberately planted - there are no other bareroot trees in the same tubes/spirals so must have been a mix-up at the nursery. Not overly bothered, having a mixture is good, but would just like to know what they are. Busy surveying all my trees at the moment - ordered a load of numbered cable ties to mark the ones that didn't make it: Surveying them takes quite a while and entering it all into a database takes even longer but I do like being nerdy with statistics
  10. spandit
    Out of my 1500 trees, I've found a few that have grown into something like this: The only trees I planted in spirals were hazel, spindle, hawthorn & blackthorn (or at least, that's what the order said) Not sure if it's the same as this: But there are a few that look like this - good growers (possibly downy birch?)
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    PM sent
  12. spandit
    I did scatter a lot of acorns in my top field and there are hundreds coming up, although how many are due to squirrels, I don't know. My wife has grown some Scots pine from seed, which is convenient because one of the ones I planted has died
  13. spandit
    I'm TN21 if it helps
  14. spandit
    Poplar hawk moth, I reckon (thanks for narrowing it down!)
  15. spandit
    OK, didn't last as long as I thought! What kind is it?
  16. spandit
    On a young apple tree. Answer to follow...
  17. spandit
    Difficult to guarantee a safe shot with a rimfire, better use an air rifle or .410
  18. spandit
    I'm thinking willow will just sprout anyway if you cut it right down
  19. spandit
    I'll try to keep it inside as a pot plant then. I'll look up bonsai!
  20. spandit
    Out of all the royal poinciana seeds I planted, only one has germinated. It's currently in a little peat pot under a cover but how do I make the transition to outside?
  21. spandit
    Once you've changed the bulbs for 24V they will just look a bit dim on 12V but still work. Dual voltage LEDs are probably the way forward, though
  22. spandit
    Not a million miles away but I'm not a professional
  23. spandit
    I'll keep it confined to the compost heap until my trees are a bit bigger then! Shame about the walnut but I'm sure I can get some more...
  24. spandit
    Smell better too
  25. spandit
    I thought it was good fertiliser - obviously not!

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