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150 comments on DrumBeat: July 26, 2008

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Burgundy on July 26, 2008 - 1:17pm

Thanks will. I've been trimming the grass back from the trees and applying a horse manure mulch, cleaning away the moss etc. The trees are mature and too big, as well as too many, to look after properly. Thining the fruit is not really an option, but the birds seem to be doing a pretty good job at it.

Interesting about the lime, is that to aid mineral release in the soil or for some other reason?

If I can get them back into regular production then it might be worth giving them more time and resources. I've been meaning to study up on them at some time, but it keeps ending up on the back burner.

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dadco on July 27, 2008 - 1:47am

Burgundy,
i think you live in France, no?
I do too; 6mo/12. In the Cevennes.

In France I've found the "back burner" provides a lot
of extra heat ..... many of my projects smolder there.

We have very old fruit trees which are apparently "fini".
They produce the hardest pears imaginable ....never ripen
tho they get loads of sun.

if you want to talk about Fr. i'm emailable
dadco (at) valley (dot) net
sydney

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Blackwine on July 28, 2008 - 8:07am

Be careful with the lime though. It is not appropriate for non-acid lands and should be used with parcimony after an analysis of the land is done. Too large additions release many minerals from the land in the short term but decreases your long term potential.

"Lime make the father rich and ruins the son" as the farmers say.