I want subza back too - this is awful -and always has been. I will certainly not use the forum as often if not.

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Mole

Hi Sammy sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but wild poppy is not a meadow flower, it's an annual which occurs on disturbed ground (as long as it's seed is present!) e.g. cornfields, WW1 battlegrounds etc.. To have wild poppys each year you would have to cultivate your 'meadow' first, let the poppi...

I have been trialling a mains one in our shed for a month still catching mice in traps 3 feet from it and hearing rats run when I turn the light on.... I borrowed it. Don't think I'd recommend on. Di, I think you would be better off investing in electric netting an a 12v fencer. and traps for the rats

Di Assuming you are using windows.. If you have a simple mp3 player which acts as a 'removeable disc' when viewed using 'my computer', then you can usually just right click the icon for an item and then select(left click) 'send to removeable disc'. And it does! Or you can use explorer and drag/drop ...

Hi Essexboy From my own experience: Quince are harder to 'force' into a uniform structure than apples or pears, but not impossible. You must be ruthless in removing unwanted shoots completely. Always remove anyshoots on the back and underside of any wall trained tree. I am fan training 2 trees (vari...

Beryl Try this method to get your tree 'moving'. I guarantee that it won't kill it, and have used it myself a number of times. It works. I have seen it in at least 2 pre WWII fruit books. Get a sharp knife - stanley is good. When dormant: Slice a continuous vertical cut in the bark all the way up th...

Hi JB

Sounds interesting

What were the differences then?

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Mole

Tel As far as I know, the only available attachment for rotovators are slitters as opposed to hollow tines for removing plugs. Slitters are ok, but don't have the same physical effect. A hollow tine aerator needs to work at a much slower speed than a rotovator (even in slow range) in order to create...

Thanks for that link Alan - very amusing and informative site.

Mole

Hi Ash of any sort is a 'dirty' unquantified chemical fertiliser. Not to say that it isn't useful. With ash, the best potash content comes from small wood 1.e. twigs and branches. Not that much in 'timber'. Also, the potash is highly soluble. Not much point putting on the ground this time of year. B...

Before kales start to produce flowers in late spring we use the shoots like purple sprouting. Pentland Brig is particularly good for this, but other kales are good too. Also brussel sprout plants will provide good shoots if the tops aren't picked. I appreciate that some folks won't have the space to...

Bren The shape of the fruit tree is determined by how it is pruned/trained in the first 3 years or so of it's establishment. If older than a few years, you will need to carry out regulated pruning, Here is an article which may help - can't find the web address for it. Mole Pruning Apple Trees We ten...

Gloworm

Try this article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/262225.stm

It says the average pear is sprayed more than 13 times, and apples 16 times, often with a mixture of chemicals

More relavent to growing yourself, here is a link to a good website.- Very pragmatic - you will approve Johnboy!

http://fruitwise.net/pestsanddiseases.h ... d_to_spray

As Peter suggests, you probably mean codling moth. Greasebands have no effect on codling moth - they are used to prevent winter moth (female are wingless)from climbing the tree. Winter moth eats leaves and petals - not fruit. Spraying (in june-july more than once) can be a hit and miss affair too, a...

Try a search for Algon on this forum. It's the least work method and safe to use.