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Martin wrote:
On 28 Jul 2008 09:35:53 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
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Martin writes:
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| In my experience, it's the water, not nutrients, that is the main
| problem. Privet dessicates the soil under it, especially in places
| like Newcastle with relatively low rainfall.
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| Low rainfall? Wrong Newcastle, surely?
Well, I was assuming Upon Tyne, rather than Under Lyme. Look it up;
it's only marginally wetter than Cambridge.
I don't need to look it up. I wouldn;t have made the comment otherwise.
In the UK, the rainfall
gradient is west-north-west to east-south-east, and it is a common
myth that we get a lot of rain. What we get is very uniform rainfall
over the year, and essentially nil evaporation for half the year.
'Tis true, Sir!
In fact he is posting from N-under-Lyme
I have lost track of who is posting to who, but I went out of my way
to state Newcastle upon TYNE. (Other "Newcastles" are imposters)
The prejudices aside, I see that my suspicions have been broadly
confirmed.
Michael Bell
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