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Why don't people ask beforehand?
On 23/03/2014 18:46, David Hill wrote:
On 23/03/2014 18:03, Spider wrote: On 23/03/2014 15:23, Phil Cook wrote: On 23/03/2014 11:24, Spider wrote: On 23/03/2014 08:57, Bob Hobden wrote: "Spider" wrote... Bob Hobden wrote: I've seen some horrendous "pruning" on our allotment site this week, you simply would not believe it, so there will be no fruit this year if not longer and it will take years for the plants to get back to the good croppers they were, if they are not butchered again. The plot holders concerned know at least two of us on the site know what we are doing, pruning wise, so why won't people ask beforehand? Because many people simply don't understand just how crucial some pruning is. In this case I would not have said any of these plants were getting too big, just getting going and beginning to show their best would have been my comment. Mystifying, and very sad. Let's hope they have the sense to ask for advice next time. There seems little point being too proud to ask for help when you're surrounded by all the collective knowledge on an allotment. They will never ask if they haven't this time. The neighbourly thing to do is to have a friendly word with them. Or maybe offer them apples this autumn, because "they got the pruning wrong this year". It might just start them thinking. Or it could be they just don't like apples Indeed. That could be true. They could be offered in return for other crops, though. Another year, having made some friends on the allotment, his approach may change. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
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