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akirk said:
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- on the router table to put a groove down them
- 2 between the bays also removable to make it easy to turn from one to the other...
- plywood lids on a frame of battens and covered with shed felt roofing material
Didn't bother with the router, just nailed on pieces of wood to make the slot. I didn't think to make the middles removable but turning it good exercise and it gets air into the compost. I don't bother with lids because it needs a bit of rain and they're sited under some big trees. - on the router table to put a groove down them
- 2 between the bays also removable to make it easy to turn from one to the other...
- plywood lids on a frame of battens and covered with shed felt roofing material
Pot gardeners, how do you get shrubs out?
I've a number of shrubs in awkward shaped pots where the root ball has grown into it preventing removal.
The last non destructive method was assorted blades (inc) hacksaw and cutting around the edges. Took ages.
I've a small electric chainsaw pruner thing I could try but anything obvious I'm missing?
Planning ahead for winter, some of this stuff would be much happier in the ground, I can then use the pots for bulbs and stuff.
I've a number of shrubs in awkward shaped pots where the root ball has grown into it preventing removal.
The last non destructive method was assorted blades (inc) hacksaw and cutting around the edges. Took ages.
I've a small electric chainsaw pruner thing I could try but anything obvious I'm missing?
Planning ahead for winter, some of this stuff would be much happier in the ground, I can then use the pots for bulbs and stuff.
RichB said:
akirk said:
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- on the router table to put a groove down them
- 2 between the bays also removable to make it easy to turn from one to the other...
- plywood lids on a frame of battens and covered with shed felt roofing material
Didn't bother with the router, just nailed on pieces of wood to make the slot. I didn't think to make the middles removable but turning it good exercise and it gets air into the compost. I don't bother with lids because it needs a bit of rain and they're sited under some big trees. - on the router table to put a groove down them
- 2 between the bays also removable to make it easy to turn from one to the other...
- plywood lids on a frame of battens and covered with shed felt roofing material
my parents' one has the middle removable and it makes a huge difference for my mother who is of an older generation! Much less effort to turn it...
ref. lids - wasn't sure - but our gardener has suggested putting them on - they will be openable, so we can then choose...
PositronicRay said:
Pot gardeners, how do you get shrubs out?
I've a number of shrubs in awkward shaped pots where the root ball has grown into it preventing removal.
The last non destructive method was assorted blades (inc) hacksaw and cutting around the edges. Took ages.
I've a small electric chainsaw pruner thing I could try but anything obvious I'm missing?
Planning ahead for winter, some of this stuff would be much happier in the ground, I can then use the pots for bulbs and stuff.
Lovely condition Camelia(?). Ours are in bloom and took a real beating in the recent frosts. Still plenty more buds to come through though. With the pots, we gave up putting shrubs in them for the same reason as you have now. You could try a big serrated knife and not be too fussy with it, but maybe in the winter when it’s dormant. Personally I’d smash the pot and not risk killing the shrub.I've a number of shrubs in awkward shaped pots where the root ball has grown into it preventing removal.
The last non destructive method was assorted blades (inc) hacksaw and cutting around the edges. Took ages.
I've a small electric chainsaw pruner thing I could try but anything obvious I'm missing?
Planning ahead for winter, some of this stuff would be much happier in the ground, I can then use the pots for bulbs and stuff.
One of the few decent blooms…
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Bill said:
PositronicRay said:
I've a small electric chainsaw pruner thing
Not this. It'll destroy the chain almost immediately.RichB said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Bill said:
PositronicRay said:
I've a small electric chainsaw pruner thing
Not this. It'll destroy the chain almost immediately.Feeding, watering and position has bought it to the plant it is today.
Couple of problems, it always produces a huge amount of buds, but they don't open. Just go brown and shrivel up. The ones that do open succumb to frost and wind too easily. Plus I prefer shrubs in the ground, I find they thrive with little care.
3 minuses for planting, currently it's easy to move, plus I hate wasteful pot smashing, and a garden consisting of clay and limestone. Although I manage some other lime haters with plenty of ericaceous feed and compost mulch.
It's East facing, if it stays in the pot I may move it to a more sheltered position for the flowering season.
PositronicRay said:
RichB said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Bill said:
PositronicRay said:
I've a small electric chainsaw pruner thing
Not this. It'll destroy the chain almost immediately.Feeding, watering and position has bought it to the plant it is today.
Couple of problems, it always produces a huge amount of buds, but they don't open. Just go brown and shrivel up. The ones that do open succumb to frost and wind too easily. Plus I prefer shrubs in the ground, I find they thrive with little care.
3 minuses for planting, currently it's easy to move, plus I hate wasteful pot smashing, and a garden consisting of clay and limestone. Although I manage some other lime haters with plenty of ericaceous feed and compost mulch.
It's East facing, if it stays in the pot I may move it to a more sheltered position for the flowering season.
David A said:
PositronicRay said:
RichB said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Bill said:
PositronicRay said:
I've a small electric chainsaw pruner thing
Not this. It'll destroy the chain almost immediately.Feeding, watering and position has bought it to the plant it is today.
Couple of problems, it always produces a huge amount of buds, but they don't open. Just go brown and shrivel up. The ones that do open succumb to frost and wind too easily. Plus I prefer shrubs in the ground, I find they thrive with little care.
3 minuses for planting, currently it's easy to move, plus I hate wasteful pot smashing, and a garden consisting of clay and limestone. Although I manage some other lime haters with plenty of ericaceous feed and compost mulch.
It's East facing, if it stays in the pot I may move it to a more sheltered position for the flowering season.
The weekend job, clearing the huge pile of rounds into the corner of the hidden area at the top of the garden and building some compost bins. Now lined with chicken wire and yesterdays veg peelings emptied by a hungry beagle, with gate now secured!
Question; should we leave it open like this for turning ease (tree stump will go eventually) or get some more pallets from next doors building works and make some fronts?
Some other pics of the mixed flat and elevated garden here in Cardiff…
Question; should we leave it open like this for turning ease (tree stump will go eventually) or get some more pallets from next doors building works and make some fronts?
Some other pics of the mixed flat and elevated garden here in Cardiff…
Nice!
My allotment pallet compost bins I have a pallet loose at the front purely to help hold it all together. Lift it out, dump the wheelbarrow in, replace.
Speaking of the allotment, managed to spend a couple of hours there today. Rocked up, and the weeds had gone crazy. All I can say, is whoever designed the Wolf Garten Dutch hoe is a genius. Fifteen minutes and it was all clear...
Incredibly dull pic, but King Edwards in.
Strawberry bed we planted last year, and didn't get a single strawberry from, hopefully reinvigorated!
Garlic was our big success last year - I'm putting it down to the bulbs coming from the Garlic Farm on the IoW, just across the Solent from us. So this year we're repeating that, but also trying out elephant garlic.
My allotment pallet compost bins I have a pallet loose at the front purely to help hold it all together. Lift it out, dump the wheelbarrow in, replace.
Speaking of the allotment, managed to spend a couple of hours there today. Rocked up, and the weeds had gone crazy. All I can say, is whoever designed the Wolf Garten Dutch hoe is a genius. Fifteen minutes and it was all clear...
Incredibly dull pic, but King Edwards in.
Strawberry bed we planted last year, and didn't get a single strawberry from, hopefully reinvigorated!
Garlic was our big success last year - I'm putting it down to the bulbs coming from the Garlic Farm on the IoW, just across the Solent from us. So this year we're repeating that, but also trying out elephant garlic.
After years of making cold compost I decided to have a go at hot composting, using this year's grass cuttings combined with last Autumn's leaf piles.
Less than 24 hours after building the new pile this is the current core temperature (61 degrees C). Mother Nature never ceases to blow my mind.
Less than 24 hours after building the new pile this is the current core temperature (61 degrees C). Mother Nature never ceases to blow my mind.
Hereward said:
After years of making cold compost I decided to have a go at hot composting, using this year's grass cuttings combined with last Autumn's leaf piles.
Less than 24 hours after building the new pile this is the current core temperature (61 degrees C). Mother Nature never ceases to blow my mind.
Thermal runaway and about to hit 70 degrees C so I will give it a turn. Cool story, bro!Less than 24 hours after building the new pile this is the current core temperature (61 degrees C). Mother Nature never ceases to blow my mind.
Our lilac is threatening a full explosion of colour...
For longterm readers of this thread, you may recall this was my first "f
king hell, how bloody much?!" 'specimen shrub' - that promptly dropped all it's flowers and leaves upon planting and looked dead for a good six months... I guess I forgive it now.
In other news, I've finally had the last of the remaining front bed razed to ground level - including the bd eucalyptus tree that's been the bane of my existence alongside the bd bamboo I finally nuked from orbit earlier this year.
Stump killer to be added, and new tool to be bought to tackle the roots throughout what's been cleared. Had a quick trial with the tree surgeon's, and my word I'd have saved dozens of hours of hard labour with a mattock and heavy fork...
That's the tree surgeon, not me!
Stupidly ugly fence is the neighbours, but is temporary whilst his shrubs fill in behind, then he's pulling the fence out and replacing with something much nicer/smaller behind in his back garden.
Managed to get the woodchip from all the clearance delivered to my allotment site, so today was finishing off all my paths.
Garlic growing well, and elephant garlic is certainly obviously different!
Although noticed some yellowing of some leaves - too little water, or needing a feed?
For longterm readers of this thread, you may recall this was my first "f
king hell, how bloody much?!" 'specimen shrub' - that promptly dropped all it's flowers and leaves upon planting and looked dead for a good six months... I guess I forgive it now.In other news, I've finally had the last of the remaining front bed razed to ground level - including the b
d eucalyptus tree that's been the bane of my existence alongside the bd bamboo I finally nuked from orbit earlier this year.Stump killer to be added, and new tool to be bought to tackle the roots throughout what's been cleared. Had a quick trial with the tree surgeon's, and my word I'd have saved dozens of hours of hard labour with a mattock and heavy fork...
That's the tree surgeon, not me!
Stupidly ugly fence is the neighbours, but is temporary whilst his shrubs fill in behind, then he's pulling the fence out and replacing with something much nicer/smaller behind in his back garden.
Managed to get the woodchip from all the clearance delivered to my allotment site, so today was finishing off all my paths.
Garlic growing well, and elephant garlic is certainly obviously different!
Although noticed some yellowing of some leaves - too little water, or needing a feed?
Edited by Sway on Sunday 24th April 20:38
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