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1 SEP 17 by
 jedmar
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Talk about "harsh and cold English climate". Looking from the continent, we wonder how mild and wet the English climate is.
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I had a frost his morning don’t talk to me about a mild climate! ;-)
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1 SEP 17 by
jedmar
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That is only because of Brexit!
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Only 52% wanted to brexit, the other 48% of us hoped to stay good Europeans. “Change in haste, repent at leisure!”
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You lot are going to have problems with this. Weather systems will get stalled at the borders.
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We’ve hardly begun to Brexit and already it’s a shamble.
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Yes it certainly looks that way. I've been sort of following it, and it really does seem to be like something out of Monty Python or Yes, Minister.
A recent cartoon over here: https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/p/l/l/v/image.gallery.landscape.620x413.1t3j0.png/1504244586996.jpg
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That’s very funny.
It’s not about a hard or soft Brexit but an appropriate Brexit. We still have the mentality of Britannia ruling the waves, but she doesn’t anymore.
Another frost his morning.
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I've grown many types of fruit on our old orchard when I was a kid. Hearing your findings on these differences of blooms make me wonder since roses are from the same family as apples could they also have some of the same effects as we find in apples? Mr Cummings has done an amazing job of introducing new root stocks that not only allow apples to grow in colder zone but also make none resistant apple type, at least partially to resistant pathogens like crown rot, fire blight, scab, mildew and even insects White aphids. Now since roses grafted have an effect on plant size, blooms, foliage, so could they also share some form of disease resistant traits? I've read there is some work being done in regards to this with Rosette disease grown on Stormy Weather and Top Gun it's still early but it appears that at least some roses are taking on the resistance.
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Agree with you that OWN-ROOT are best for long-term health and flowering. 17 years ago I bought a hydrangea (with big white pom-poms & GRAFTED). The 1st year was fantastic flowering, then a drastic decline in blooms in 2nd and subsequent years. Then we got record snow-fall one year, resulting in rootstock taking over. I spent 1/2 hour killing that rootstock in order to save the own-root. Without the rootstock to impede its growth, that hydrangea bloomed profusely, no more stinginess.
Same with Austin roses GRAFTED on Dr.Huey at local rose park. First year is fantastic, tons of blooms. Then a DRASTIC DECINE IN BLOOMS AND HEALTH for 2nd year and latter. First year Jude the Obscure got more blooms than leaves, but in 2nd year that Jude got only 2 blooms per flush, then the rose park got rid of it. I saw the same with their Munstead Wood, Abraham Darby, Charlotte, Carding Mill, etc.
The problem with Dr. Huey? It's very good in secreting acid. Dr. Huey can go through my rock-hard clay better than my shovel. Dr. Huey keeps producing acid to the point of decline in health of plant, such as THINNER leaves which make it more susceptible for RRD mites to gain entry. To lower my pH 9 tap-water, one summer I used 1 tablespoon of vinegar per large bucket: Roses' leaves immediately became thinner, plus breaking out in blackspots. Never have any RRD in my 30+ years of growing roses & 110+ varieties .. but in 2012 I dumped too much ACID-fertilizer high in nitrogen on Grandma's Blessing, and that immediately came down with RRD. That's the only rose with RRD ever since !! I had seen the same with local rose park: they dumped ACIDIC sulfur on the ground (to break up our hardened clay), and their Pink Traviata came down with RRD, that's the FIRST TIME of RRD in my 25 years of frequent visits to that park. Pink Traviata is a French Meilland rose bred in alkaline region. There's aluminum toxicity build-up when the soil pH drops, and that hurt roots' ability to access minerals to protect itself from RRD.
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