On that note keep in mind the rusts that require alternate hosts...
cedar(Juniperus actually)-apple and cedar-hawthorne. We have them here
anyway.
SC
----- Original Message -----
From: Tahir
To: UK Tree Care
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:04 AM
Subject: Re: Drought tolerant windbreak
Pete Hughes wrote:
> Unless you're hoping to grow apples an' pears (cor blimey, guv'nor!),
> in which case the hawthorn might give you problems with fireblight and
> scab (Have I remembered correctly that you're establishing a
> smallholding? If so, you might find some good advice about
> shelterbelts and windbreaks in books about commercial fruit growing,
> such as don't use Poplar as a windbreak if you're growing lettuces -
> it's true!!!)
>
Ooerr! We're going to be planting a mixed hedge alongside where we'll be
planting our apples and pears this winter, hadn't thought of Hawthorn
being bad in this respect (although I'd already excluded crab apple),
and poplar v lettuce? yer 'aving a larf aren't you? Which book did that
come from?
Tahir
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