tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post2485412706906417484..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: Phytophthora - A Head's UpVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-69928085098637983892008-07-16T14:36:00.000+01:002008-07-16T14:36:00.000+01:00Rose - that's why they've tried so hard to eradica...Rose - that's why they've tried so hard to eradicate it. We had the same with DED over here too - completely changed the look of our countryside forever :(<BR/><BR/>TS - I agree and so much more difficult to control out in the wild. Did you used to go and pick bilberries on The Lickeys as a child? I can't imagine not being able to do that anymore. However the Trust is also facing quite a challenge - imagine 10 foot wide holes in borders in gardens with acid soils. Not many options for an alternative planting in keeping with the style of the garden and/or its historic value. Members of the public have been complaining where plants have been looking sick. A lot of NT vivitors go for the gardens, not the property - what if they stop coming? What effect will there be on public perception if they have to go through a disinfection process at properties? We've had this down as a garden survey project issue since day 1 too...<BR/><BR/>Emma - hmm hadn't thought of it that way. Not sure if Defra will agree to an readication programme straight off though. Most of the infection has been found at nurseries thus far, so I expect they'll keep this 1 for plan B for if and when outbreaks in the wild become more widespread.<BR/><BR/>GM - you are a very naughty monkey :DVPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-9714905824500935052008-07-15T21:36:00.000+01:002008-07-15T21:36:00.000+01:00And are they going to cut down and burn Roger Moor...And are they going to cut down and burn Roger Moore?<BR/><BR/>http://thegardenmonkey.blogspot.com/2008/02/garden-monkeys-unfounded-unkind-wholly_08.htmlThe Garden Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125185191272530338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-38468575307167660392008-07-15T18:01:00.000+01:002008-07-15T18:01:00.000+01:00I like the fact that in there tyou find eliminatio...I like the fact that in there tyou find elimination of R ponticum as a priority.... almost as if someone planned it on purpose...emmathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914805260939907394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-8101948311313288912008-07-15T08:03:00.000+01:002008-07-15T08:03:00.000+01:00It feel like a being under siege as a gardener at ...It feel like a being under siege as a gardener at the moment! But more worryingly, the loss of heather and bilberry would be an environmental disaster for so many native species, and I think on balance, that is a greater worry than the damage to ornamentals. Ho hum, another fine mess in the making, unless this consultation really allows the correct measures to be taken. Soon.Threadspiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780634324037593398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-67895762206891324532008-07-15T03:27:00.000+01:002008-07-15T03:27:00.000+01:00This sounds very frightening! I've never heard of...This sounds very frightening! I've never heard of this disease, even though it originated here in the US. It just shows the importance of being vigilant about plants and certain materials brought into another country. Thirty or forty years ago Dutch Elm disease wiped out hundreds of beautiful old trees in a nearby town. And I don't know if Japanese beetles came from Japan, but I'd sure like to send mine back!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.com