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On Mar 26, 12:29 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 26/3/08 11:51, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article da993a0a-a8e8-4364-a8b4- , says... On Mar 25, 10:45 pm, Sacha wrote: On 25/3/08 22:17, in article , "Judith in France" wrote: On Mar 25, 8:32 pm, Emery Davis wrote: Broadback wrote: Sorry about the OT posting, but I know a few French residents post here and I would like a little information. The EU have brought in another stupid regulation that buses traveling over 30 miles must stop at 30 miles, remove all passengers then can reload and resume their journey. One very negative effect of this is that in Wales hitherto community buses that travel over 30 miles have shortened their journeys by using main roads and bypasses, as a result a number of small communities no longer have a bus service. Does this rule applied in France? No public buses around here! But the school bus trips certainly don't follow this rule. AFAIK the only rule is "Tous les deux heures la pause d'impose." Drivers are required to take a 15 minute break for every 2 hours of driving. Not a bad idea IMHO! -E Hi Emery, how are you? It's a mild night in the Auvergne, tomorrow I will sow my Wisteria seeds, I'm wondering whether I should soak them first as they are quite large and very hard!!!! Judith Have to ask why you're sowing seeds, Judith? AIUI, Wisteria can take around 18 years to flower if grown this way and can be extremely variable as to quality. They can take about 8 years to flower if grown from cuttings. The grafted ones are much more reliable because you can and should, see them in flower before buying and of course, they're ready to flower and grow immediately. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' Gulp!!! Guess who will be going to visit the nearest nursery soon. Many thanks Sacha. Although I agree with Sach on seedlings I find cuttings flower from day one, indeed I have just been removing flowers from this years rooted cuttings. If you dont you end up with flowers 3 x the size of the plant dragging on the ground (and its a waste of energy) but nearly all wisteria is grafted and this way you do get a much bigger plant as the cuttings take longer to get going, but size for size I have never seen a difference. You and your Green Thumb! ;-) Most people seem to complain their wisteria hasn't flowered - ever. It turns out to be a non-grafted one. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' Charlie's green thumb is legendary!!!! Mine is improving bit by bit each year but I am not in the class or anywhere near it of the majority of posters here. Judith |
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On 26/3/08 15:29, in article
, "Judith in France" wrote: On Mar 26, 12:29 pm, Sacha wrote: On 26/3/08 11:51, in article , snip You and your Green Thumb! ;-) Most people seem to complain their wisteria hasn't flowered - ever. It turns out to be a non-grafted one. Charlie's green thumb is legendary!!!! Mine is improving bit by bit each year but I am not in the class or anywhere near it of the majority of posters here. Judith I sometimes think mine is a deep Black and then I have a success and cheer up again! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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In article , Sacha writes: | On 26/3/08 15:25, in article | , "Judith | in France" wrote: | | Any tips Sacha on how high/size of suppost etc? | | Up to the individual but I should think ours is about 5'. Below about 3' would look a bit silly, unless it was also dwarfed (as in bonsai). My guess is that a semi-dwarfed one of 2' would look OK. Above about 6' is unwieldy. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 26/3/08 16:28, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote: In article , Sacha writes: | On 26/3/08 15:25, in article | , "Judith | in France" wrote: | | Any tips Sacha on how high/size of suppost etc? | | Up to the individual but I should think ours is about 5'. Below about 3' would look a bit silly, unless it was also dwarfed (as in bonsai). My guess is that a semi-dwarfed one of 2' would look OK. Above about 6' is unwieldy. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Well, of course, the higher the pole, the longer it will take for the Wisteria to do its 'sweeping to the ground' thing! And of course, wind knocking it over if it's too high has to be taken in account. Personally, I'd say 5'. Much lower than that and you might as well let it just scramble through a bed on its own. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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In article , Sacha writes: | | Well, of course, the higher the pole, the longer it will take for the | Wisteria to do its 'sweeping to the ground' thing! And of course, wind | knocking it over if it's too high has to be taken in account. Personally, | I'd say 5'. Much lower than that and you might as well let it just scramble | through a bed on its own. I have seen pictures of ones about 3' high on a patio, and they looked fine. But they were very carefully pruned to flower from near the top. But I am not disagreeing that 5' is a very good height for one! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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says... On 26/3/08 13:27, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: snip That is indeed a problem, people chasing a bargin! Much the same with Clematis armandii, named ones are noticably dearer than ordinary clematis so when people see a cheap one they think its abargin but no its a seedling, many of which are indiffent flowerers. I may have green thumbs but that clematis I can not do and we have a lovely one in the garden. Ray is delighted that he's had some real success with C. rehederiana this year. He forgot to do any last year and it seems to be hard to track down in any numbers. Do you find this tricky to propagate Charlie, because it seems to have a reputation for it? I really love it, especially as it's so different and flowers late with a sweet and gentle scent. Its easy enough from seed but only if you remember to collect the ripe seed in the autumn! both the seed and cuttings are prone to botrytis during winter so I try and keep mine on the dry side of the greenhouse even so I lose about 50% and of course its not 100% hardy so can be laid low by a sharp frost. All in all I could multiply the number I produce by 100 and still not have enough -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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In message , Sacha
writes On 26/3/08 13:48, in article , "Cat(h)" wrote: On Mar 26, 10:38*am, Charlie Pridham wrote: In article , says... In article , Charlie Pridham writes: | In article , | says... | Broadback says... | Sorry about the OT posting, but I know a few French residents post here | and I would like a little information. | The EU have brought in another stupid regulation that buses | | over 30 miles must stop at 30 miles, remove all passengers then can | reload and resume their journey. One very negative effect of this is | that in Wales hitherto community buses that travel over 30 | | shortened their journeys by using main roads and bypasses, as a result a | number of small communities no longer have a bus service. | Does this rule applied in France? | | First I've heard about it. Sounds more like a posting for | 1st of April to me :-) | | No its true and causing problems in Cornwall too, people are having to | buy three separate tickets for one jurney and get off the bus, they then | get straight back on with the same driver and continue - daft But damn-all to do with the EU .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. Well perhaps not, though I do think they could be a lot clearer what they intend measures to do and be much clearer about what is not meant or intended. But in this case I smell a bus company rat, they seem to have used a minor regulation to get three fares instead on one out of people! Most of all, they have found a way around having to incur the expense of providing the legally required safety measures (i.e. fitting the tachograph and paying their drivers while on break)... These measures were aimed at improving safety for the public using the bus services. Finding a loophole to avoid having to improve safety for their customers reflects far worse on the bus companies (British or otherwise) than it does on the law makers, be they the Brussels originators, or the national translators of the EU law into national legal measures. Cat(h) An extract from today's Western Morning News: "Bus passengers on some rural routes are being forced off their vehicles part way through their journey because of EU rules. Legislation forbids bus drivers from travelling for more than 30 miles in one go. Passengers on some routes must get on and off their bus, sometimes twice, to prevent bus operators from prosecution. Operators in Cornwall have condemned the new rule brought in last April as "idiotic" and have called for Whitehall to step in. Western Greyhound, based in Newquay, has been forced to split its Newquay to Plymouth service into three sections. Although one driver is used throughout the trip, passengers have to buy three tickets and break their journey twice." Has anyone an explanation as to how the bus company justifies going from a restriction on drivers travelling more than 30 miles without a break to requiring passengers to disembark and to purchase multiple tickets? -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley writes: | | Has anyone an explanation as to how the bus company justifies going from | a restriction on drivers travelling more than 30 miles without a break | to requiring passengers to disembark and to purchase multiple tickets? It's almost certainly the installation of the tachygraph that they don't want to do. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 26/3/08 18:12, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... On 26/3/08 13:27, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: snip That is indeed a problem, people chasing a bargin! Much the same with Clematis armandii, named ones are noticably dearer than ordinary clematis so when people see a cheap one they think its abargin but no its a seedling, many of which are indiffent flowerers. I may have green thumbs but that clematis I can not do and we have a lovely one in the garden. Ray is delighted that he's had some real success with C. rehederiana this year. He forgot to do any last year and it seems to be hard to track down in any numbers. Do you find this tricky to propagate Charlie, because it seems to have a reputation for it? I really love it, especially as it's so different and flowers late with a sweet and gentle scent. Its easy enough from seed but only if you remember to collect the ripe seed in the autumn! both the seed and cuttings are prone to botrytis during winter so I try and keep mine on the dry side of the greenhouse even so I lose about 50% and of course its not 100% hardy so can be laid low by a sharp frost. All in all I could multiply the number I produce by 100 and still not have enough Do people ask for it much with you? I've recommended it to several people and find none of heard of it. Yes, Ray grew ours from seed from the one on the front of our house and is now going to try C. nepalensis at the appropriate time, too. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 26/3/08 19:03, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote: In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley writes: | | Has anyone an explanation as to how the bus company justifies going from | a restriction on drivers travelling more than 30 miles without a break | to requiring passengers to disembark and to purchase multiple tickets? It's almost certainly the installation of the tachygraph that they don't want to do. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Also from the WMN: "British law limits drivers to 60 hours a week at the wheel, but this is superseded by the new EU regulations if a driver covers more than 50km at any point in a single trip. Those drivers are required to have a continuous 45 hour rest period - effectively two days - within the same week. This poses a problem for small rural firms, who do not have the staff to cover the two-day break required, especially if they operate a Sunday service. Larger bus operators said they have worked around the new legislation and that services have not been disrupted. Operators First Devon and Cornwall operate a number of routes over 30 miles and carry 17 million passengers around the two counties every year. Company chiefs said they had decided it was more important to continue to serve the customers on these routes with no disruptions. A spokesman said: "The implementation of the 30-mile rule means there is the need for additional drivers and the purchase of tachographs for the vehicles. First has decided to absorb this cost, in the interest of our customers and services. It is not necessary for customers to change, or get on and off buses as we have altered the way in which these services are operated (which has ultimately increased costs) in order to ensure they continue to be operated legally." " -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On Mar 26, 4:37 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 26/3/08 16:28, in article , "Nick Maclaren" wrote: In article , Sacha writes: | On 26/3/08 15:25, in article | , "Judith | in France" wrote: | | Any tips Sacha on how high/size of suppost etc? | | Up to the individual but I should think ours is about 5'. Below about 3' would look a bit silly, unless it was also dwarfed (as in bonsai). My guess is that a semi-dwarfed one of 2' would look OK. Above about 6' is unwieldy. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Well, of course, the higher the pole, the longer it will take for the Wisteria to do its 'sweeping to the ground' thing! And of course, wind knocking it over if it's too high has to be taken in account. Personally, I'd say 5'. Much lower than that and you might as well let it just scramble through a bed on its own. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' Thanks Sacha, I will go for 5 ft the same height as me. Judith |
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On 26/3/08 21:53, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:26:38 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 26/3/08 19:03, in article , "Nick Maclaren" wrote: In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley writes: | | Has anyone an explanation as to how the bus company justifies going from | a restriction on drivers travelling more than 30 miles without a break | to requiring passengers to disembark and to purchase multiple tickets? It's almost certainly the installation of the tachygraph that they don't want to do. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Also from the WMN: "British law limits drivers to 60 hours a week at the wheel, but this is superseded by the new EU regulations if a driver covers more than 50km at any point in a single trip. Those drivers are required to have a continuous 45 hour rest period - effectively two days - within the same week. This poses a problem for small rural firms, who do not have the staff to cover the two-day break required, especially if they operate a Sunday service. Larger bus operators said they have worked around the new legislation and that services have not been disrupted. Operators First Devon and Cornwall operate a number of routes over 30 miles and carry 17 million passengers around the two counties every year. Company chiefs said they had decided it was more important to continue to serve the customers on these routes with no disruptions. A spokesman said: "The implementation of the 30-mile rule means there is the need for additional drivers and the purchase of tachographs for the vehicles. First has decided to absorb this cost, in the interest of our customers and services. It is not necessary for customers to change, or get on and off buses as we have altered the way in which these services are operated (which has ultimately increased costs) in order to ensure they continue to be operated legally." " Don't they mean safely? I can't second guess them, Martin. While I think a lot of this EU stuff is irritatingly silly, I think some is an excuse to be sloppy or lazy, too. I am NOT citing this as an example BTW. That said, I refuse to believe that driving e.g. 60 miles is in any way dangerous for a bus driver operating under sensible circumstances. I just wish we allowed for a degree of common sense to be in operation, too! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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In article ,
says... On 26/3/08 18:12, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... On 26/3/08 13:27, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: snip That is indeed a problem, people chasing a bargin! Much the same with Clematis armandii, named ones are noticably dearer than ordinary clematis so when people see a cheap one they think its abargin but no its a seedling, many of which are indiffent flowerers. I may have green thumbs but that clematis I can not do and we have a lovely one in the garden. Ray is delighted that he's had some real success with C. rehederiana this year. He forgot to do any last year and it seems to be hard to track down in any numbers. Do you find this tricky to propagate Charlie, because it seems to have a reputation for it? I really love it, especially as it's so different and flowers late with a sweet and gentle scent. Its easy enough from seed but only if you remember to collect the ripe seed in the autumn! both the seed and cuttings are prone to botrytis during winter so I try and keep mine on the dry side of the greenhouse even so I lose about 50% and of course its not 100% hardy so can be laid low by a sharp frost. All in all I could multiply the number I produce by 100 and still not have enough Do people ask for it much with you? I've recommended it to several people and find none of heard of it. Yes, Ray grew ours from seed from the one on the front of our house and is now going to try C. nepalensis at the appropriate time, too. Yes its always asked for we never have to "sell" it! -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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On 27/3/08 08:35, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... On 26/3/08 18:12, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: In article , says... On 26/3/08 13:27, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: snip That is indeed a problem, people chasing a bargin! Much the same with Clematis armandii, named ones are noticably dearer than ordinary clematis so when people see a cheap one they think its abargin but no its a seedling, many of which are indiffent flowerers. I may have green thumbs but that clematis I can not do and we have a lovely one in the garden. Ray is delighted that he's had some real success with C. rehederiana this year. He forgot to do any last year and it seems to be hard to track down in any numbers. Do you find this tricky to propagate Charlie, because it seems to have a reputation for it? I really love it, especially as it's so different and flowers late with a sweet and gentle scent. Its easy enough from seed but only if you remember to collect the ripe seed in the autumn! both the seed and cuttings are prone to botrytis during winter so I try and keep mine on the dry side of the greenhouse even so I lose about 50% and of course its not 100% hardy so can be laid low by a sharp frost. All in all I could multiply the number I produce by 100 and still not have enough Do people ask for it much with you? I've recommended it to several people and find none of heard of it. Yes, Ray grew ours from seed from the one on the front of our house and is now going to try C. nepalensis at the appropriate time, too. Yes its always asked for we never have to "sell" it! Posh lot down there. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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