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Neil Lawton

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Circumstances beyond my control, meant no cutting was done today, but thought I'd show these anyway!
Several other small trees where discovered today, pretty rotten, but a few pen blanks should come off them!:funny:
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Yet to confirm, but I believe these trees are from Italy.
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Neil
 
Neil Lawton

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bellringer said:
How did they die
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Some are actually still alive Alex.
The main trunk dies, but it suckers from the root stock.
It was the bad winter of 11 / 12, I think, which did for them!
A lot of established exotics died that year, got loads of Eucalyptus for burning!
 
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Neil Lawton said:
Some are actually still alive Alex.
The main trunk dies, but it suckers from the root stock.
It was the bad winter of 11 / 12, I think, which did for them!
A lot of established exotics died that year, got loads of Eucalyptus for burning!
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Seeing as they are in pots I wonder what the roots will be like to turn
 
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Thats all its fit for unless you turn it wet it splits like crazy and its impossible to stop it
 
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Woody said:
Seeing as they are in pots I wonder what the roots will be like to turn
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Whilst they're in pots now Woody, I guess it deepens what ground they started life in. I bought a frost stricken tree that had been planted out for a year but the root ball was a mass of stone.
 
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I recall a long time ago buying some Eucalyptus Burr that was wet, i cut it into pen blanks to help dry out quicker, i had blanks like banana's .. I do believe that i have some still in the shed somewhere but i halved them .. :ciggrin:
 
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