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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Wrinkly leaves – Blackcurrant bushes
These are typical photos of wrinkly leaves, that in this instance are on blackcurrant bushes. But the same effect can be seen on many species, be it cherries, apples or plums etc. In nearly all instances its due to aphids. … Continue reading
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Tagged aphids, blackcurrant
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TITAN-PRO 15HP Chipper Tyre sizes
For anyone interested the tyre sizes for a TITAN-PRO 15HP CHIPPER are Tubeless – 13×5.00-6 Max Pressure 24PSI In Use Pressure 15PSI
Scions now available for ordering for winter 2014/15 delivery
Scions now available for ordering for winter 2014/15 delivery. Many new but old traditional varieties now available (only in limited quantities), typically. Apple (Dessert) – Benedictin – A sweet and tangy variety, one of the best autumn apples. Slightly susceptible to … Continue reading
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Tagged fruit, grafting, rootstock, scion
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Lily Weevils are out and about.
Now is the time to check for notching on your lily leaves. If you go carefully you should see them. If you knock the stem they normally fall off into the undergrowth, where you cannot find them. One hand carefully … Continue reading
This is a test post to Twitter and Facebook
I cannot seem to get cURL and SSL certificates to work on Windows7/apache server. Error message “SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failedArray”
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Tagged Curl, SSL
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Prunus Shot Hole
This year there seems to be a large amount of ‘Prunus Shot Hole’ (Wilsonomyces carpophilus) about. This can affect any of the Prunus species plums, cherries and peach plants, but mine seem to on Almonds. It is a bacterium that … Continue reading
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Tagged carpophilus, hole, prunus, shot, Wilsonomyces
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Cherries Splitting – Erratic Watering
Its been a bad year this year with certain varieties beginning to ripen, and then due to erratic watering from above, many of the fruits have started to split. So much so the ants have found them and are beginning … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry, eratic, split, watering
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