On Jan 3, 7:03*pm, Charlie Pridham
wrote:
In article be79d3bd-2f34-4714-9a8e-
, says...



On Dec 31 2007, 7:12*pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,Dave Hill writes:

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| Why not have them cut down to 6 or 7ft stumps and then use these for
| growing something like climbing roses, clematis etc over.

If you kill them, in 5-10 years their roots will rot and they will
fall over. *If you don't, they will regrow and be as much trouble
in 5-10 years.

I got mine taken down by tree surgeons, and one of them kept for the
very purpose suggested by Dave. *That was about 3 years ago - not a
sign of growth since... *Not even from the bright red clematis and
danse du feu climbing rose I have on it... (well, some, but
disappointing, so I say to myself, patience, patience)...

Cat(h)

Thats the snag with them, they laeve the soil so depleted that for
several years its difficult to grow anything, in your case try a rescue
package of lots of muck and or compost just to get the soil working
again.
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That's what I figured, so I have been doing just that. Most recently
a couple of months ago, a layer of about 10cm of prize bull-sh*t
(literally) mixed with the peat and straw which makes up the bulls'
bedding at the stud farm near me - well rotted - nothing like it!
I have a really nice hedge of fuschia and pink flowering rubus
thriving there, too, now, to replace the blighters.

Cat(h)