In article , Kay Easton
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People even sell Alchemilla mollis ;-)

They should be shot!

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Jane Ransom writes:
| In article , Alan Holmes
| writes
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| Or should it be bloody squirrels, I've got walnuts coming up all
| over the place, it's happened before
|
| I know, you made almost exactly the same posting in 1996/7!!
| You brought one of the saplings up to us and it is doing nicely - no
| walnuts yet, though!!!!!!!!

Our tree took nearly 20 years to start.

Mine start quite soon after planting, but no nuts yet......

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In article , Alan Holmes
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Or should it be bloody squirrels, I've got walnuts coming up all
over the place, it's happened before

I know, you made almost exactly the same posting in 1996/7!!
You brought one of the saplings up to us and it is doing nicely - no
walnuts yet, though!!!!!!!!

You may have to wait another 5 or 6 years.

Alan

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In article ,
Jane Ransom writes:
| In article , Alan Holmes
| writes
|
| Or should it be bloody squirrels, I've got walnuts coming up all
| over the place, it's happened before
|
| I know, you made almost exactly the same posting in 1996/7!!
| You brought one of the saplings up to us and it is doing nicely - no
| walnuts yet, though!!!!!!!!

Our tree took nearly 20 years to start.

I'm pretty sure ours didn't take that long, and it was transplanted twice!

Alan

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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Kay Easton wrote:
In article , Alan Holmes
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Or should it be bloody squirrels, I've got walnuts coming up all
over the place, it's happened before but I can't remember it
being on this scale.

Possibly the worst one is the one in the middle of the strawberry
bed, can't get it out without damaging the strawberries!

leave it till you've harvested the strawberries. Then you can replant
the strawberry plants without harm to this year's fruit.

Do you think there's a market for young walnut trees? Worth a try.

You clearly don't live near a mature walnut tree, in a light soil
area. Bloody weeds, that's what they are! And, yes, it is the
tree rats that are the problem. Casserole them, that's what I say.

I have this problem every year.

Doesn't mean there isn't a market :-)

I have a friend with a mature Bay tree and this has little seedlings all
over the place like weeds.

I have several in pots.

Doesn't stop people charging £30 or more for a Bay tree in a pot - all you
need is to find someone who doesn't live near a walnut tree.

Come to think of it, a few years back they were charging serious money for
Feverfew and this is like a weed in our garden.

So - anyone want to swap a walnut tree or two for some Feverfew?

Would you like a walnut?

I was going to send this via email, but you have't given a valid email
address!

Alan
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Alan Holmes see sig for reply address wrote:


Our tree took nearly 20 years to start.

I'm pretty sure ours didn't take that long, and it was transplanted twice!

Ours was a squirrel-sown one, and we are growing it for the shade,
so it doesn't matter.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Our tree took nearly 20 years to start.

I'm pretty sure ours didn't take that long, and it was transplanted twice!

Ours was a squirrel-sown one, and we are growing it for the shade,
so it doesn't matter.

Folks, a question
What stage are your walnut trees at right now?

I planted one last year. It took an age to leaf, and its still not out
NOW this year. Its not dead, the buds are sloooowly opening. I am in a
bit of a cooler climate than normal (elevated windy welsh hillside) and
the hedges are always about 2-3 weeks behind, but is this normal for the
end of May??

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In message , Nick Maclaren
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Our tree took nearly 20 years to start.

I'm pretty sure ours didn't take that long, and it was transplanted
twice!

Ours was a squirrel-sown one, and we are growing it for the shade,
so it doesn't matter.

Folks, a question
What stage are your walnut trees at right now?

I planted one last year. It took an age to leaf, and its still not out
NOW this year. Its not dead, the buds are sloooowly opening. I am in a
bit of a cooler climate than normal (elevated windy welsh hillside) and
the hedges are always about 2-3 weeks behind, but is this normal for the
end of May??
Mine is also very slow this year with only buds so far. I am in North Cambs.

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from "good golly miss Molly" contains these words:

I planted one last year. It took an age to leaf, and its still not out
NOW this year. Its not dead, the buds are sloooowly opening. I am in a
bit of a cooler climate than normal (elevated windy welsh hillside) and
the hedges are always about 2-3 weeks behind, but is this normal for the
end of May??
Mine is also very slow this year with only buds so far. I am in North Cambs.

Mine's been in leaf for at least a month.

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In article , Kay Easton
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People even sell Alchemilla mollis ;-)

They should be shot!

Why?

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In article , Gareth Jones
writes
In message , Nick Maclaren
writes
Our tree took nearly 20 years to start.

I'm pretty sure ours didn't take that long, and it was transplanted twice!

Ours was a squirrel-sown one, and we are growing it for the shade,
so it doesn't matter.

Folks, a question
What stage are your walnut trees at right now?

I planted one last year. It took an age to leaf, and its still not out
NOW this year. Its not dead, the buds are sloooowly opening. I am in a
bit of a cooler climate than normal (elevated windy welsh hillside) and
the hedges are always about 2-3 weeks behind, but is this normal for the
end of May??

Mine produced leaves a couple of weeks ago (W Yorks, 400 ft) so yours
would seem to be a bit late but not desperately so.
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In article ,
Kay Easton writes:
|
| Folks, a question
| What stage are your walnut trees at right now?
|
| I planted one last year. It took an age to leaf, and its still not out
| NOW this year. Its not dead, the buds are sloooowly opening. I am in a
| bit of a cooler climate than normal (elevated windy welsh hillside) and
| the hedges are always about 2-3 weeks behind, but is this normal for the
| end of May??
|
| Mine produced leaves a couple of weeks ago (W Yorks, 400 ft) so yours
| would seem to be a bit late but not desperately so.

Mine was quite a while back, but this is being a REALLY weird year.
The lack of any really cold weather, combined with alternating
spells of warm and cold, have meant that it is simultaneously one
of the earliest and latest years I have ever seen, and things that
normally occur in one order have occurred in the other.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Mine was quite a while back, but this is being a REALLY weird year.
The lack of any really cold weather, combined with alternating
spells of warm and cold, have meant that it is simultaneously one
of the earliest and latest years I have ever seen, and things that
normally occur in one order have occurred in the other.


This absolutely matches my observations for the year so far. I'm in
Kent.

Neil

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Mine was quite a while back, but this is being a REALLY weird year.
The lack of any really cold weather, combined with alternating
spells of warm and cold, have meant that it is simultaneously one
of the earliest and latest years I have ever seen, and things that
normally occur in one order have occurred in the other.


This absolutely matches my observations for the year so far. I'm in
Kent.

Neil

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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Mine was quite a while back, but this is being a REALLY weird year.
The lack of any really cold weather, combined with alternating
spells of warm and cold, have meant that it is simultaneously one
of the earliest and latest years I have ever seen, and things that
normally occur in one order have occurred in the other.

This absolutely matches my observations for the year so far. I'm in
Kent.

Same here (Isle of Arran).

Janet.