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Tag Archives: greenhouse
Greenhouse Fumigator or Vapourizor – electrically operated – August 2020
personal views on an electrically operated Greenhouse Fumigator. Continue reading
Posted in Fruit and Nut growing experiences
Tagged brimestone, Elemental sulfur, flowers of sulphur, fumigator, greenhouse, health and safety, ppe, sulfur, sulphur, sulphur candle, sulphur dioxide, sulphuric acid, vaporizer, vapouriser
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Testing of Greenhouse Fumigator – August 2020
READ THE MANUFACTUERS INSTRUCTIONS FIRST There has been a lot of discussion on the internet forums as to the value for money of Greenhouse Fumigator (the ones you set light to). The main discussion seems to be the amount of … Continue reading
Posted in Slightly off Topic
Tagged fumigator, greenhouse, insecticide, permethrin, smoke, sulfur, sulphur
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Greenhouse – Red Spider Mite
One of my customers showed me there peach tree growing in there greenhouse. The leaves were very mottled and were beginning to drop prematurely. The actual fruit did not seem to be progressing to there normal size. This is one … Continue reading
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Tagged drop, greenhouse, Leaf, leaves, Mite, mottled, premature, red, spoder, Tetranychus, urticae
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NT Greenway, Devon – Agatha Christie wrote here,
NT Greenway, Devon was much more of a pleasure to visit from a gardeners perspective. Greenhouses, Grapes, Peaches, Apricots, Figs, Apples are all part of the estate. Yet another huge Sweet Chestnut (castenea) tree by the car park, and another … Continue reading
The Greenhouse heaters are on, in August!!
I knew it was going to go cold last night. The forecast said just slightly above freezing. But this morning in checking my greenhouse, the heater was on. Max/min recorder said it went down to 2 deg C The heater … Continue reading
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Tagged august, freezing, greenhouse, heater
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Emptying the Grafting Bins
Just a quick photo to illustrate what the grafted trees are like when they come out of the grafting bins. These have been grafted in March and then kept in a greenhouse, at about 10 deg C. The rootstocks have … Continue reading
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Tagged bins, grafting, greenhouse, roots, rootstock
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Forde Abbey and Gardens, Somerset – October 2011
We finally found Forde Abbey after the sat nav sent us via a very tortuous route.
Posted in Fruit and Nut Field Trips 2011
Tagged Forde Abbey, Gardens, greenhouse, hot, house, mulberry, peaches, Somerset, weeping
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