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Post by Barrington on Jan 14, 2016 17:38:03 GMT
Not sure about the life span. In the eight years I've been at this address and not counting the twenty two 8 foot leylandii , I've planted 28 trees and I ordered another today a Betula Purpurea - Purple Leaf Birch .  |
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Post by Barrington on Jan 14, 2016 17:40:12 GMT
Just checked 30-50 years
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 14, 2016 18:44:21 GMT
 They'll go to 100 feet Mike, perhaps a bit more. The roots are particularly lively, so your neighbours may not thank you for them. 50 or 60 yrs is the age most longish lived Pops get to but they may well have sent up new sucker shoots from those pesky roots by then. However, they won't drop seeds. |
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 14, 2016 18:46:31 GMT
Easy to plant - shove a green stick in the ground and stand back or it will take your hat off on the way past!
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Post by Barrington on Jan 14, 2016 18:52:51 GMT
Mine have been in 6 years and I have had a few little 'uns which I have culled  I don't cut the horizontal growth as I'm trying to make a tree hedge , pollarding ? |
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 14, 2016 18:58:34 GMT
Have you ever seen this one in Perthshire?  |
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Post by Barrington on Jan 14, 2016 19:16:24 GMT
Holy shit ! that is amazing
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 14, 2016 19:30:43 GMT
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Post by Barrington on Jan 14, 2016 20:52:01 GMT
A few leaves to hoover up then  |
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jan 14, 2016 21:22:43 GMT
Biggest beech hedge on the planet!
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 14, 2016 21:30:56 GMT
Tallest hedge of any sort on the planet.
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Post by Barrington on Jan 15, 2016 12:45:41 GMT
Canadian Poplars  The thick clusters near the top are where I cut back to each year , those twigs at the top are removed and the longest are around 2.5 meters. The trees also have very large leaves and create a fairly dense screen. I am thinking about taking them down and continuing the leylandii , that is kept to about 12 foot , so would also be a regular big job trimming , undecided at present. |
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Post by ChrisB on Feb 26, 2016 8:00:27 GMT
Brilliant!
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 26, 2016 9:42:31 GMT
That is almost a Monty Python sketch
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Post by Barrington on Feb 26, 2016 10:44:17 GMT
Jesse Horn is 'aving a laff or else he is totally out of his tree .
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 11, 2016 9:08:10 GMT
The Red ForestToday is the anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. This year is also the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Close to the site was a massive and very healthy conifer forest which was killed by the radiation. The foliage of the trees turned the ginger-red colour that an old Christmas tree goes when you leave it for a while. This earned it the name of The Red Forest. In due course the foliage of the trees fell to the ground just as dead leaves and needles normally do. The difference is that thirty years later, that foliage is largely still there. The radiation killed the bacteria, fungus and insects that normally inhabit a healthy forest. These are vital for decomposition, so the organic matter just sits there unchanged thirty years later. The dead wood that normally litters a forest floor has not rotted either, whereas normally a decent sized tree will take just a few years to rot down into soil improving humus.  And this morning, I heard a lady on the Radio 4 Today programme telling the world that we needn't be afraid of nuclear accidents because they are much more benign than nuclear weapons. Oh well, that's OK then.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 11, 2016 17:57:45 GMT
Good grief, why do the BBC pander to such idiots? They should be vetted before being heard.
As soon as they interview people on the street about anything I switch off.
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 11, 2016 19:04:22 GMT
It wasn't a vox pop, she was Prof. Tomlinson from Imperial College, one of the world's leading experts on the effects of nuclear radiation on the human body.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 11, 2016 20:55:45 GMT
Mad! Remind me of the half life of some of these accidental spills again?!
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 11, 2016 21:02:13 GMT
I'm sure all those people affected by the radiation from those two accidents would be incredibly reassured by her comments.
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