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Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides
"Salahoona" wrote in message
If you use Eucl. Viminalis; plant them only a foot apart and in a group. They will support each other in the wind (groups of two metres diameter) and when the trunks are about eight inches wide they can be harvested. Paint the cut on the living trunks with oil and they will sprout again: I can't think of a eucalypt that doesn't resprout if the trunk is cut right off . I don't think there is really any need to paint with oil. |
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Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides
On May 11, 5:26 am, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:
"Salahoona" wrote in message If you use Eucl. Viminalis; plant them only a foot apart and in a group. They will support each other in the wind (groups of two metres diameter) and when the trunks are about eight inches wide they can be harvested. Paint the cut on the living trunks with oil and they will sprout again: I can't think of a eucalypt that doesn't resprout if the trunk is cut right off . I don't think there is really any need to paint with oil. Sure. But I have other trees and use a mixture of linseed oil with a cheap tin of rooting compound mixed in. I do the same even for osier willow. I'd rather make sure that no disease gets a foot hold and it is my nature to be gentle and kind with plants. I do have a plum tree where the leaves get full of holes in an area where lots of sloe grow. I'd rather destroy a plant which needs insecticide to live. |
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Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides
On May 12, 7:39 am, Salahoona wrote:
On May 11, 5:26 am, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: "Salahoona" wrote in message If you use Eucl. Viminalis; plant them only a foot apart and in a group. They will support each other in the wind (groups of two metres diameter) and when the trunks are about eight inches wide they can be harvested. Paint the cut on the living trunks with oil and they will sprout again: I can't think of a eucalypt that doesn't resprout if the trunk is cut right off . I don't think there is really any need to paint with oil. Sure. But I have other trees and use a mixture of linseed oil with a cheap tin of rooting compound mixed in. I do the same even for osier willow. I'd rather make sure that no disease gets a foot hold and it is my nature to be gentle and kind with plants. I do have a plum tree where the leaves get full of holes in an area where lots of sloe grow. I'd rather destroy a plant which needs insecticide to live. PS. I think I said that I used Spartium Juncium or Spanish Broom together with Tree lupin as a wind brake. I do but to make it clear - where the combo faces storms, the Broom is in front, backed by a very sturdy fence with the Lupin behind the fence. Elsewhere, the fence isn't needed. The combination is so effective that in some parts it is calm even in a gale. Tree Lupin lives for about five years only +/- Donal |
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