Still, if there's as many people posting to this as there are in the origional forum, at least it won't be hanging around cluttering the place up too long
quote:Originally posted by Chris 'Awkward' McKenna: from the old forum, it looks like you could be hosting the next national meet - the suggestion of Chester seems to have been latched on-to.
And if the edit function worked, that last post from me wouldn't exist, as I've since been to other threads and now realise that the beer ref' is your new sig' Humus.
Ho hum, I'm sure I'll get the hang of this new fangled forum thingy eventually.
(positively the last gremlin I'll ever post, except in a dire emergency.)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by fish: And if the edit function worked, that last post from me wouldn't exist, as I've since been to other threads and now realise that the beer ref' is your new sig' Humus.
Ho hum, I'm sure I'll get the hang of this new fangled forum thingy eventually.
it took me ages to work out/ask and as for the url, quote etc.
If you're leaving it outside, don't water it at all, just leave it alone until it's time to take the lagging off. (I'll post about that when Alan Titchmarsh does his on Gardener's World, just to play safe. If there's a late frost, you can blame the BBC then. <g> )
If it's all cosy and warm sat in the living room, it'll keep its leaves through the winter and it's just a question of not letting the stem/trunk dry out too much.
If it's somewhere frost free but not actually heated, again don't water it at all. It will lose its leaves, but it'll send out new ones next spring.
The new T & M seed catalogue arrived yesterday morning and they've got some mixed tree fern spores for sale. £2-49 for enough spores for 25 ferns. Sorely tempted!
Hmm, I've just noticed they've also got seed for 2 types of blue poppy I haven't got yet, (Mecanopsis grandis and M. Napaulensis for those who like to know these things.) Ooh, and Cycads, and a fully hardy banana (Musa sikkimensis).
well, even without campaiging, the lest time I looked Chester was in teh leed with 7, altough Lincoln and Oxford were pushing hard with 6 and 5 respecitvely, Carlisle had 2, beating Cerphilly into last place by 1 vote.
D. Don't worry. Even if your tree fern looses all its fronds, if you've got it somewhere nice and warm, it will eventually put out new ones. It might not be until next spring, but it will re-grow.
Oh, and the Musa sikkimensis costs £2-99 for 4 seeds. They need a temperature of between 80-85°F and need to be soaked in warm water for 24 hours for them to germinate, which will take anything from 30 days to 6 months. (Yes, that does say six months!).
T&M (Thompson & Morgan, BTW) have rated them as challenging and needing special care to grow from seed.
How green fingered are you Dave?
I think buying it as a plant might be a better idea. (Which is why I put the proper Latin name in for you. Don't be fobbed off with a Musa basjoo BTW, only the roots of those are fully hardy, the top growth needs to be cut off when frosts start to become likely.)
Valerie & Humus. It doesn't look like Chester needs any help from me, but to be honest I don't mind where the National ends up being. If I can get the time off, distance doesn't bother me, I enjoy the driving. (Plus, if I start lobbying for Chester, someone might try to rope me into the organisation (apologies for the emergancy gremlin) )
Chris. I don't know why, but an image of 'Fluff' Freeman came into my head then. <g>
Musa bananarama (Good name eh?) and Ensete ventricosum (AKA Musa ensete) can cope with very little light, the only trouble is they won't cope outdoors. They make great houseplants though, if you've got the space. (The Ensete has leaves up to 20ft long and gets to 20ft or more in height - in its native habitat, fortunately it'll not get anything like that big in a pot in someone's living room. <g> )
The Latin's easy to cope with, just scribble it down on a scrap of paper and shove it at the bod at the garden centre.
Aparently the Williamson tunnels are being opened to the public (some time this month I think). The Freinds Of Williamson's Tunnels have done a lot of restoration, built a visitors centre and all that kind of thing.
So I reckon that if tunnels are your thing, these could be well worth a look.
I have just been to this house and have been into the sales hut and got some info. The family have been visiting this deralict house for over 15 yrs and it is good to see English Heritage leting it get turned into flats.
The bit that caught my eye is this bit:- A reacent archaeological 'dig' by teams from Lancaster and Oxford Universities uncovered remnants of the medieval castle of Lord Derby including a part of the moat.
Is this the 'dig' that Susie ? was on about a while ago when i was talking about the skermish by westhead ?
ps. they are out of my price range at 200,000-500,000 per flat/house
