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    Gooseberry - could it still be alive?

    Hi Isn't it the wrong time of year for cuttings as gooseberries are deciduous plants and loose their leaves over winter?I'd want to be extra...
    Post by: Green Knees, Nov 6, 2020 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2020

    A parliament, surely?I still say this and if I see one, I then look around hastily hoping to see a second and get away from any woe coming my...
    Post by: Green Knees, Oct 2, 2020 in forum: Wildlife Corner
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    WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2020

    A murmuration of Starlings bashed your balls.It sounds painful!
    Post by: Green Knees, Oct 2, 2020 in forum: Wildlife Corner
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    WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2020

    Shiney, is that a young thrush?
    Post by: Green Knees, Sep 14, 2020 in forum: Wildlife Corner
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    Gooseberry - could it still be alive?

    I've found cuttings from a gooseberry very easy, in fact everytime I snap the end off a branch I cut back an inch or so of bark off the bottom and...
    Post by: Green Knees, Sep 13, 2020 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Pest Cocoon? atop a carrot?

    Imagine that as an adult flying amongst your begonias! :biggrin:
    Post by: Green Knees, Sep 13, 2020 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Pest Cocoon? atop a carrot?

    Hi, i'm not sure why I gave you a "funny"? Probably a case of wide fingers pressing small icons, so have a "useful" instead. ;-)From my...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 28, 2020 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    The biggest Caterpillar in the world?

    Thxs peeps. I can't really google as it's a android phone.I wonder what its been eating to get that big? I haven't noticed plants denuded of a...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 21, 2020 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    The biggest Caterpillar in the world?

    I'm loathe to start a new thread requesting a insect ID but I don't think I've ever seen one of this size, 40-45mm, before. While I've only seen...
    Thread by: Green Knees, Aug 20, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Pest Cocoon? atop a carrot?

    Found a second. To look at they are like an "inflated bag" sort of thing. All joking aside, I'd be surprised if this was a caterpillar chrysalis...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 18, 2020 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Pest Cocoon? atop a carrot?

    You know Caroline, the older I get the more "live and let live" I become. I think the ethos is Buddhism? were one doesn't kill anything, hence why...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 18, 2020 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Pest Cocoon? atop a carrot?

    Cor blimey... grow a plant and get an education! It's like I've hung a "free eats" sign out as everything wants to eat what I'm growing!!! ;-)...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 17, 2020 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    ID needed on what this is

    Although I was initially sceptical of it being a HF because the hfs I see are always small things of approx. 10mm. But the American Hoverfly looks...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 16, 2020 in forum: Wildlife Corner
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    ID needed on what this is

    The hoverfly I've seen have always been relatively small things of about 8-10mm.
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 16, 2020 in forum: Wildlife Corner
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    Pest Cocoon? atop a carrot?

    Hi Looking among my carrot plants today I came across a cocoon type of thing fixed to the top of two carrot plants. It's roughly the size & shape...
    Thread by: Green Knees, Aug 16, 2020, 12 replies, in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    The Kindness of the Younger generation

    You won't be able to play your Andy Williams records loud any more and your parking in front of their driveway will have to stop! ;-)I'm joking....
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 12, 2020 in forum: Off-Topic Discussion
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    Gooseberry pests?

    Is it a large slug or snail? I think one of the latter was very successful at removing leaves completely off a small gooseberry plant... it must...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 12, 2020 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Gooseberry pest folds & glues leaf

    An appreciative "thank you".On the Gooseberry bush I've since found a rolled-up leaf near the top, I dug into it and found a small (about 7mm...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 12, 2020 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Gooseberry pest folds & glues leaf

    Hi folks This is the second year, of two, where I've seen a pest take one of the topmost leaves, it takes a natural fold and increases it and...
    Thread by: Green Knees, Aug 7, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Gooseberry - could it still be alive?

    You could take a cutting off that and have two plants.P. S. All the time you were removing the top-growth the root system will have been...
    Post by: Green Knees, Aug 2, 2020 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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