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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.
| |
| | Low rainfall? Wrong Newcastle, surely?
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| Well, I was assuming Upon Tyne, rather than Under Lyme. Look it up;
| it's only marginally wetter than Cambridge.
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| I don't need to look it up. I wouldn;t have made the comment otherwise.

Then why did you post your remark? It's just silly.

| 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

Which is marginally drier than Newcastle upon Tyne, anyway, because
it's in the rain shadow of north Wales.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.