Tea?

[classic33]

At the last house,
I tried with clematis and tried, never any joy..
so it was first choice but we changed our mind and I just got another honeysuckle..
I pass a clematis with large white flowers so must try again...
grapes are best either by cuttings or grafting..
I got shown once on how to grafting..
I did 10 examples and only one failed
Part of my winter work for around 10 plus years was in or more doing outside winter work at the council greenhouses.
Some total brain killing jobs...
I got the outside potting shed to work in...

Maybe the weather was the wrong sort, at the old house.
How's yer honeysuckle then.
And there were me thinking you just grew grass, before harvesting it. A grafter eh...

Brain killing as in repetitive, do them with your eyes shut. Council greenhouses vanished from round these parts some years ago. Involved in the renovation of three of them, then two years later the building, greenhouses included, were in private hands.

 

[classic33]

Dad was good at grafting. He had about 8 apple trees and most of them had several grafts from other varieties on them.

You ever try your hand at grafting?

 

[Mo1959]

You ever try your hand at grafting?

I don’t have his green fingers or gardening interest I’m afraid.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Dad was good at grafting. He had about 8 apple trees and most of them had several grafts from other varieties on them.

It's an art..
must have been a lot of work had gone into knowing what and what to graft to what
I'd like a Vicky plum tree.. need a smallish one
I'll double check what I buy in future..
reminds me I got cherries today..

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Maybe the weather was the wrong sort, at the old house.
How's yer honeysuckle then.
And there were me thinking you just grew grass, before harvesting it. A grafter eh...

Brain killing as in repetitive, do them with your eyes shut. Council greenhouses vanished from round these parts some years ago. Involved in the renovation of three of them, then two years later the building, greenhouses included, were in private hands.

Problem is they started buying the bedding plants in and quality was piss poor and I know they paid well, they planted out roughly 4 or 5 weeks too late, same old jaded looking beds, same design, same plants but different colours.
I not a fan of geraniums, antirrhinums (I just can't see the point of these, sorry) and a few other bedding plants
Wallflower? nah

moan over..
I assisted once in that, I was a greenkeeper for part of my life

 

[classic33]

Problem is they started buying the bedding plants in and quality was piss poor and I know they paid well, they planted out roughly 4 or 5 weeks too late, same old jaded looking beds, same design, same plants but different colours.
I not a fan of geraniums, antirrhinums (I just can't see the point of these, sorry) and a few other bedding plants
Wallflower? nah

moan over..
I assisted once in that, I was a greenkeeper for part of my life

Just the grassed area to enjoy the sunny weather, whilst rehydrating after a ride on the bike. Allowing you time to wonder "what could go there/fill that gap".

You can't rush these things.

 

[classic33]

It's an art..
must have been a lot of work had gone into knowing what and what to graft to what
I'd like a Vicky plum tree.. need a smallish one
I'll double check what I buy in future..
reminds me I got cherries today..

And rename yourself "Jack Horner".

 

[Mo1959]

It's an art..
must have been a lot of work had gone into knowing what and what to graft to what

There was even an optimal time of month to do it. Something to do with the stage of the moon supposed to help draw the sap up into the new graft. How much is science and how much is just an old wives tale I don’t know.

He had some trees with 3 or 4 different varieties. I remember asking him if the new grafts would revert to the fruit of the original tree but he said they didn’t.

 

[classic33]

There was even an optimal time of month to do it. Something to do with the stage of the moon supposed to help draw the sap up into the new graft. How much is science and how much is just an old wives tale I don’t know.

He had some trees with 3 or 4 different varieties. I remember asking him if the new grafts would revert to the fruit of the original tree but he said they didn’t.

You had "frankenfruit"!
Weren't you bothered it might attack you?

 

[Bobby Mhor]

There was even an optimal time of month to do it. Something to do with the stage of the moon supposed to help draw the sap up into the new graft. How much is science and how much is just an old wives tale I don’t know.

He had some trees with 3 or 4 different varieties. I remember asking him if the new grafts would revert to the fruit of the original tree but he said they didn’t.

I wouldn't discount the moon theory, look at the way it affects tides etc..
I shave more during a full moon (only kidding...or am I?)
Keep an open mind..
Sadly nowadays it is all yields and perfect size they grow for not taste..
Look at supermarket fruit and veg displays..
almost all a clone of each other..
and how watery everything is, I give you tomatoes..

 

[Bobby Mhor]

And rename yourself "Jack Horner".

Nothing wrong with being a corner boy..
I like a plum or two

 

[classic33]

Nothing wrong with being a corner boy..
I like a plum or two

Did I say there was anything wrong with liking plums.
Where you decide to eat them is up to to you.
Just you might have to change yer name.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Good afternoon

Busy morning*wipes brow*
Jeez, a jig saw is a handy tool..
Facing off the sides plus bottom of the shed frame, sides all painted and just need fixed, I'll do the front bits tomorrow and finish the job.
Glad I never headed out on the bike, muggy as 'eck

and a couple of wafer biccies and Le Tour

Did I say there was anything wrong with liking plums.
Where you decide to eat them is up to to you.
Just you might have to change yer name.

Caught me plum there..
reminds me I have cherries in the fridge

 

[Mo1959]

Caught me plum there..

As long as you didn ‘t catch your plum in the jigsaw!

 

[classic33]

As long as you didn ‘t catch your plum in the jigsaw!

That could be nasty, as well as hard explain at the A&E.