Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 02/10/2013 10:45, Sacha wrote:
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night, anyone
who saw five people out there watering this morning must have thought
they'd walked into a parallel universe!

Rain?
What rain?
Not here, just a shower at around 11pm.
David @ a now sunny side of Swansea bay.

On 02/10/2013 10:45, Sacha wrote:
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!

Sorry, I don't know what the word "rain" refers to...

--

Jeff

On 2013-10-02 12:41:50 +0100, Jeff Layman said:

On 02/10/2013 10:45, Sacha wrote:
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!

Sorry, I don't know what the word "rain" refers to...

Come to sunny Devon...
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night, anyone
who saw five people out there watering this morning must have thought
they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in the
compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

On 2013-10-17 16:03:46 +0000, Charlie Pridham said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work

I'll ask him and Matthew, thanks, Charlie. At present, the air is a
very pale blue while both of them try to figure out why the house
boiler appears to be leaking water when it's off. Matthew and I reckon
it's some kind of pipe trouble, Ray reckons it's rain coming through
the air brick from outside. I'm just glad it's not January!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On 17/10/2013 17:03, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work


I was talking to one of the people at Agricultural polymers (Broadleaf)
this morning and talking about using the polymers to carry liquid feed,
rooting hormone and other things in compost and he said that you can
introduce a liquid vine weevil treatment in as you hydrate the crystals
then incorporate them into the potting compost, the treatment is held in
the hydrated crystals so that when the roots get into them they then
take up the vine weevil chemical, that way it's getting to where it is
needed at the plant roots and not being spread around on vacant soil.
Interesting idea.
David @ a pleasant side of Swansea Bay, so different to yesterday morning.

On 2013-10-17 16:35:46 +0000, David Hill said:

On 17/10/2013 17:03, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work


I was talking to one of the people at Agricultural polymers (Broadleaf)
this morning and talking about using the polymers to carry liquid feed,
rooting hormone and other things in compost and he said that you can
introduce a liquid vine weevil treatment in as you hydrate the crystals
then incorporate them into the potting compost, the treatment is held
in the hydrated crystals so that when the roots get into them they then
take up the vine weevil chemical, that way it's getting to where it is
needed at the plant roots and not being spread around on vacant soil.
Interesting idea.
David @ a pleasant side of Swansea Bay, so different to yesterday morning.

I'll print these off to give to R&M but Ray says that it took about 3
hours to do all the pots with 5 people at work, so it may be that, for
us, it's the cheaper way to use those bio controls.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

"sacha" wrote ..

Charlie Pridham said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night, anyone
who saw five people out there watering this morning must have thought
they'd walked into a parallel universe!


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work

I'll ask him and Matthew, thanks, Charlie. At present, the air is a very
pale blue while both of them try to figure out why the house boiler appears
to be leaking water when it's off. Matthew and I reckon it's some kind of
pipe trouble, Ray reckons it's rain coming through the air brick from
outside. I'm just glad it's not January!

We had a similar problem earlier this year, water dripping out of the hot
water overflow from the expansion tank in the loft despite a new valve up
there.
Turned out to be a fault in the hot water tank in the airing cupboard so
mains pressure was actually getting through to the sealed boiler system,
there was a hole in the coiled boiler pipe that runs inside the tank and
heats it. New tank needed together with a new shower pump (original also
leaking slightly) and lots of new plumbing which, I must admit, has cured
other problems of constant air in the pipes.
The plumber then found four joints in the boiler flue behind the tank that
were loose and leaking so we had to call in flue specialists and have all
that replaced too with the modern metal twin walled stuff. British Gas
hadn't spotted the leaks despite their annual service and use of smoke
bombs! It was rather an expensive episode.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

On 2013-10-17 17:05:25 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote ..

Charlie Pridham said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work

I'll ask him and Matthew, thanks, Charlie. At present, the air is a
very pale blue while both of them try to figure out why the house
boiler appears to be leaking water when it's off. Matthew and I reckon
it's some kind of pipe trouble, Ray reckons it's rain coming through
the air brick from outside. I'm just glad it's not January!

We had a similar problem earlier this year, water dripping out of the
hot water overflow from the expansion tank in the loft despite a new
valve up there.
Turned out to be a fault in the hot water tank in the airing cupboard
so mains pressure was actually getting through to the sealed boiler
system, there was a hole in the coiled boiler pipe that runs inside the
tank and heats it. New tank needed together with a new shower pump
(original also leaking slightly) and lots of new plumbing which, I must
admit, has cured other problems of constant air in the pipes.
The plumber then found four joints in the boiler flue behind the tank
that were loose and leaking so we had to call in flue specialists and
have all that replaced too with the modern metal twin walled stuff.
British Gas hadn't spotted the leaks despite their annual service and
use of smoke bombs! It was rather an expensive episode.

Oil here and no leaks from the attic, which are all too horribly
apparent, if they occur! Radiators work perfectly. But honestly our
plumbing is beyond me, even if I had begun to have the faintest grasp!
When this house was built there were no mains water or drains
connections. We still don't have mains gas. The plumbing has been by
guess and by God for much of the time, it seems to me and every so
often, it reminds us which is in charge - being a former vicarage! ;-)
This time, it is just possible that, having been fitted, with new x y
and z something-or-other, the boilder just needs replacing.
Naturally. The tumble dryer and washing machine are both up for a bit
of a tickle and I've just had to have some curtains altered and re-hung
in another room and other curtain cords replaced. We LOVE old houses
but they do extract a toll!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On 17/10/2013 17:45, sacha wrote:
On 2013-10-17 16:35:46 +0000, David Hill said:

On 17/10/2013 17:03, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work


I was talking to one of the people at Agricultural polymers
(Broadleaf) this morning and talking about using the polymers to carry
liquid feed, rooting hormone and other things in compost and he said
that you can introduce a liquid vine weevil treatment in as you
hydrate the crystals then incorporate them into the potting compost,
the treatment is held in the hydrated crystals so that when the roots
get into them they then take up the vine weevil chemical, that way
it's getting to where it is needed at the plant roots and not being
spread around on vacant soil.
Interesting idea.
David @ a pleasant side of Swansea Bay, so different to yesterday
morning.

I'll print these off to give to R&M but Ray says that it took about 3
hours to do all the pots with 5 people at work, so it may be that, for
us, it's the cheaper way to use those bio controls.
Sacha
The idea is to use the compost with the treated crystals as you pot up
the plants.

On 2013-10-17 19:14:11 +0100, David Hill said:

On 17/10/2013 17:45, sacha wrote:
On 2013-10-17 16:35:46 +0000, David Hill said:

On 17/10/2013 17:03, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work


I was talking to one of the people at Agricultural polymers
(Broadleaf) this morning and talking about using the polymers to carry
liquid feed, rooting hormone and other things in compost and he said
that you can introduce a liquid vine weevil treatment in as you
hydrate the crystals then incorporate them into the potting compost,
the treatment is held in the hydrated crystals so that when the roots
get into them they then take up the vine weevil chemical, that way
it's getting to where it is needed at the plant roots and not being
spread around on vacant soil.
Interesting idea.
David @ a pleasant side of Swansea Bay, so different to yesterday
morning.

I'll print these off to give to R&M but Ray says that it took about 3
hours to do all the pots with 5 people at work, so it may be that, for
us, it's the cheaper way to use those bio controls.
Sacha
The idea is to use the compost with the treated crystals as you pot up
the plants.

Got that and will pass it on.


--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 17/10/2013 17:03, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night, anyone
who saw five people out there watering this morning must have thought
they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in the
compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work

Charlie, is this available to the amateur? I've Googled and it looks
interesting (I'll bet an opened container can be stored in the freezer
if it wasn't all used at once, despite the warning). But I can't find
anything about its supply or cost.

--

Jeff

On 2013-10-18 09:31:06 +0100, Martin said:

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:26:19 +0100, sacha wrote:

On 2013-10-17 16:03:46 +0000, Charlie Pridham said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work

I'll ask him and Matthew, thanks, Charlie. At present, the air is a
very pale blue while both of them try to figure out why the house
boiler appears to be leaking water when it's off. Matthew and I reckon
it's some kind of pipe trouble, Ray reckons it's rain coming through
the air brick from outside. I'm just glad it's not January!

In our case it was the safety valve leaking, because it was corroded,
another time it was because the maintenance man hadn't done up a nut
tight enough.

It's definitely the boiler, not water from outside. When the boiler is
off, it leaks, when it's on, the leak stops. This suggests that
'something' gets hot and expands thus sealing itself. Ah well we're on
the trail of the right engineer for the job!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-10-17 18:14:11 +0000, David Hill said:

On 17/10/2013 17:45, sacha wrote:
On 2013-10-17 16:35:46 +0000, David Hill said:

On 17/10/2013 17:03, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work


I was talking to one of the people at Agricultural polymers
(Broadleaf) this morning and talking about using the polymers to carry
liquid feed, rooting hormone and other things in compost and he said
that you can introduce a liquid vine weevil treatment in as you
hydrate the crystals then incorporate them into the potting compost,
the treatment is held in the hydrated crystals so that when the roots
get into them they then take up the vine weevil chemical, that way
it's getting to where it is needed at the plant roots and not being
spread around on vacant soil.
Interesting idea.
David @ a pleasant side of Swansea Bay, so different to yesterday
morning.

I'll print these off to give to R&M but Ray says that it took about 3
hours to do all the pots with 5 people at work, so it may be that, for
us, it's the cheaper way to use those bio controls.
Sacha
The idea is to use the compost with the treated crystals as you pot up
the plants.

Yes, I see that but I think Ray is going to stick with our current
method as in 'tried and tested' as far as he's concerned! Next time
you're down this way, we'll let you argue that one out between you!!
;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon