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Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
Raspberry plant = W***er.
 




WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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Yep I ordered the same ones, seemed a bargain. I know my wife is a fan.

They arrived today :clap:

I've soaked them, planted them this afternoon and there's just one more thing to do tonight, but I can't remember quite what :wink:

Got yours yet ?
 




Coldeanseagull

Opinionated
Mar 13, 2013
7,896
Coldean
Notters, they look to be planted a bit too deeply. It could just be my eyesight, but if they are, it might delay flowering for a couple of years
You don't need to soak before planting, as I'm sure you're doing the Jack Straw WLB:)
 








Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
You should see something after three weeks. However, it has hardly rained since you sowed them and without water, they won't do anything. I can offer you a little bit of advice here - WATER LIKE BUGGERY! (until there is rain of biblical proportions).
Strangely I thought you might say something like that. [emoji106]
 


Moshe Gariani

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Mar 10, 2005
12,121
Lawn mower update.

Bloke fixed it.
I mowed lawn twice. Lovely.
Started screeching (the mower, not me,,,).
Now broken again, rope stuck.

Online videos say first check blade can rotate. Done that and is OK.
 






WATFORD zero

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 10, 2003
26,188
Lawn mower update.

Bloke fixed it.
I mowed lawn twice. Lovely.
Started screeching (the mower, not me,,,).
Now broken again, rope stuck.

Online videos say first check blade can rotate. Done that and is OK.

Are you absolutely sure that the problem is definitely at the bottom end of the mower handle :wink:
 


Moshe Gariani

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Mar 10, 2005
12,121
Are you absolutely sure that the problem is definitely at the bottom end of the mower handle :wink:

I’ve got no idea what that means!

The cord is stuck and won’t pull. A common cause apparently, and easily fixed, is a stuck blade - but sadly it isn’t that.

I think I need to open it up but am unlikely to have the required tools.
 




Petunia

Living the dream
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May 8, 2013
2,274
Downunder
Yes, it didn't look familiar to me at all, then I saw your location and put two and two together. I'm well up on plants in the UK, but the other side of the world is a completely different ball-game. The Australian plants we can get away with only grow to half the size as they do where you are, plus all the things we've never heard of or seen here which makes IDs of plants from abroad much trickier. I look forwards to you letting us know what you think it might be when you're up and running over there again.

It doesn't look like an c. australis hybrid, maybe some sort of c. fruticosa or even might be a dracaena...more pictures required

Found it:thumbsup: I give you........

a cordyline stricta congesta narrow palm lily
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Jack Straw

I look nothing like him!
Jul 7, 2003
6,919
Brighton. NOT KEMPTOWN!


Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
Well now I'm really confused.

15 and a half year old Jnr has been working really hard in the garden.
He's dug out the entire left side, which had laid untouched (beyond the routine Autumnal hedge trim) for about 5 years and is now a border again.
His efforts have made me somewhat proud.


For this he's been short changed and received £40!

So I said to him I'd get him an addition present.

I told him what it was.

He's immediate reaction was confusion, a little shocked, but as I reassured him I meant what I said he was positively ecstatic.
I don't think I've ever seen him so happy.

The confusing part comes from the fact when I gave him his present he became as despondent as he was happy.

I just don't understand:-

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:lolol:
 




1066familyman

Radio User
Jan 15, 2008
15,185
Well now I'm really confused.

15 and a half year old Jnr has been working really hard in the garden.
He's dug out the entire left side, which had laid untouched (beyond the routine Autumnal hedge trim) for about 5 years and is now a border again.
His efforts have made me somewhat proud.


For this he's been short changed and received £40!

So I said to him I'd get him an addition present.

I told him what it was.

He's immediate reaction was confusion, a little shocked, but as I reassured him I meant what I said he was positively ecstatic.
I don't think I've ever seen him so happy.

The confusing part comes from the fact when I gave him his present he became as despondent as he was happy.

I just don't understand:-

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:lolol:

Is he a hip hop fan.

Perhaps he initially got excited when he realised he was getting a hoe. A dutch one at that!
 


Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
Is he a hip hop fan.

Perhaps he initially got excited when he realised he was getting a hoe. A dutch one at that!

We definitely had our wires crossed.


:lolol:
 


1066familyman

Radio User
Jan 15, 2008
15,185


jevs

Well-known member
Mar 24, 2004
4,353
Preston Rock Garden
Well now I'm really confused.

15 and a half year old Jnr has been working really hard in the garden.
He's dug out the entire left side, which had laid untouched (beyond the routine Autumnal hedge trim) for about 5 years and is now a border again.
His efforts have made me somewhat proud.


For this he's been short changed and received £40!

So I said to him I'd get him an addition present.

I told him what it was.

He's immediate reaction was confusion, a little shocked, but as I reassured him I meant what I said he was positively ecstatic.
I don't think I've ever seen him so happy.

The confusing part comes from the fact when I gave him his present he became as despondent as he was happy.

I just don't understand:-

lolol:

If I can suggest a decent gardening tool, this would be it. Probably the best and most used bit of gardening equipment ive ever had the pleasure of using

https://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/dewit-diamond-headed-hoe/classid.2000009963/
 




1066familyman

Radio User
Jan 15, 2008
15,185


Jack Straw

I look nothing like him!
Jul 7, 2003
6,919
Brighton. NOT KEMPTOWN!


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