Thanks for the update. This summer I planted 2-300 gunnii on a former power station clinker ash tip, steep slope, no soil, plated right in the middle of summer during the heat wave and drought, only lost 3 or 4 of them, and tbf they did get a bit dry in their cell trays before planting, unbelievably hardy plants.
That's quite phenomenal evojigger, I wouldn't have thought they'd have survived growing conditions as hostile as that 😮 Gunnii are thought to be better in dryer conditions, but still, I'm surprised they grew in coal 'presumably' ash ! Thanks as always for taking the time, much appreciated 👍🏻 🍀
@@Craig-Mitchell Shocked me how well they have taken. I made the mistake of putting miracle grow in their cells after putting the seedlings in the cell trays during spring. They got too tall so quickly I had to plant them, hence middle of the summer planting. Its coal clinker, imagine volcanic gravel.
No issues with planting Eucalyptus during the summer. The first year I did this, I made sure to plant at least one Eucalyptus in every month of the year, even if it was dry. Made little difference 😉 Though I'm sure there are limits, wet in Ireland is a relative term. I imagined coal clinker to be corrosive, but perhaps it was washed over the years and therefore now provides a good free draining growing medium; still I'm very surprised by your results, thanks for letting us all know 👍🏻 🍀
Tried that the first year SuperKeen, but the stoney ground here meant it was a mission to plant them 😏 Would have taken me a couple of days to plant the 70 that I planted in less than an hour in the video. That said, I've changed my mind about the Paulownia, and will be growing them onto a metre tall before planting out. They need that start to escape the slugs here 😏 Thanks again for taking the time 👍🏻 🍀
Thanks for the update. This summer I planted 2-300 gunnii on a former power station clinker ash tip, steep slope, no soil, plated right in the middle of summer during the heat wave and drought, only lost 3 or 4 of them, and tbf they did get a bit dry in their cell trays before planting, unbelievably hardy plants.
That's quite phenomenal evojigger, I wouldn't have thought they'd have survived growing conditions as hostile as that 😮
Gunnii are thought to be better in dryer conditions, but still, I'm surprised they grew in coal 'presumably' ash !
Thanks as always for taking the time, much appreciated 👍🏻
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@@Craig-Mitchell Shocked me how well they have taken. I made the mistake of putting miracle grow in their cells after putting the seedlings in the cell trays during spring. They got too tall so quickly I had to plant them, hence middle of the summer planting. Its coal clinker, imagine volcanic gravel.
No issues with planting Eucalyptus during the summer. The first year I did this, I made sure to plant at least one Eucalyptus in every month of the year, even if it was dry. Made little difference 😉
Though I'm sure there are limits, wet in Ireland is a relative term.
I imagined coal clinker to be corrosive, but perhaps it was washed over the years and therefore now provides a good free draining growing medium; still I'm very surprised by your results, thanks for letting us all know 👍🏻
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Hi greg have you tryed potting on the eucalyptus to a bigger size ,so you don't have to do much weed control
Tried that the first year SuperKeen, but the stoney ground here meant it was a mission to plant them 😏 Would have taken me a couple of days to plant the 70 that I planted in less than an hour in the video.
That said, I've changed my mind about the Paulownia, and will be growing them onto a metre tall before planting out. They need that start to escape the slugs here 😏
Thanks again for taking the time 👍🏻
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