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greenhouse advice needed

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  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    The only twice my greenhouse came to grief was when I snuck up on next door's cats. They just bolted and went through the glass both times. 

  • sanjy67sanjy67 Posts: 1,007

    you must be very scary pp image

  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845

    The staging has not rusted yet.  One unit was left outside last summer.  Can't guarantee anything, but so far so good.

  • sanjy67sanjy67 Posts: 1,007

    wow that's surprising for the price isn't it! image

  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    I wandered in so they jumped so I jumped which made them jump....you know the drill. image I can be a bit scary as well but only with humans.

  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845

    Perhaps they are a bit over the top.  They are rock solid. Galvanised steel, seems well made.  Not that it is was a wet summer last year.  Using plant trays will probably prolong life.  I sometimes shower plants inside, and sometimes take them out. 

  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845

    One of my rowans was sending out loads of suckers that got quite large.  The tree has quite a nasty gauge/wound in it, so I fear at some point I'll loose it.  I did consider swapping it for the suckers.  But I assumed it was grafted, and that might not be such a good idea.  I cut them back in the end.  I think they are great trees, and a little different.

    When I was young I remember finding a self seeded one, and asked what it was, and I was told that it was a pest.  Totally undervalued.  People moan about ash trees.  So perhaps the rowan had picked up that reputation, because of the similarities.  I assume that's why it's called mountain ash in the first place.

  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845

    I have been reading Wayside and Woodland trees by Edward Step.  An older book.  It lists many different names for trees.  In the pear section the sorbuses were listed as pyruses.  

  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845

    So sorry I've crossed threads.  Can't move or delete.  Mods help!

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