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  1. 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!
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    I'll have a closer look when I'm next out - thanks!
  3. 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
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    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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    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
  7. spandit
    I'm TN21 if it helps
  8. spandit
    Poplar hawk moth, I reckon (thanks for narrowing it down!)
  9. spandit
    OK, didn't last as long as I thought! What kind is it?
  10. spandit
    On a young apple tree. Answer to follow...
  11. spandit
    Difficult to guarantee a safe shot with a rimfire, better use an air rifle or .410
  12. spandit
    I'm thinking willow will just sprout anyway if you cut it right down
  13. spandit
    I'll try to keep it inside as a pot plant then. I'll look up bonsai!
  14. 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?
  15. 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
  16. spandit
    Not a million miles away but I'm not a professional
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    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...
  18. spandit
    Smell better too
  19. spandit
    I thought it was good fertiliser - obviously not!
  20. spandit
    Don't remember that exact one but there were no birch in the order
  21. spandit
    Sadly I wee'd on the only genuine walnut there and it died and the other ones were uprooted so I have nothing to plant out now!
  22. spandit
    Looks like a glorified paste table to me...
  23. spandit
    That was great too
  24. spandit
    Stop Motion Of Wood Being Gradually Shaved Is Time Travel - Digg
  25. spandit
    Plenty of silver birch around, although the leaves look a bit big...

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