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by Steve Pollard
Thu Oct 03, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: Other Habitat Management
Topic: Free native tree packs 2024
Replies: 1
Views: 2835

Re: Free native tree packs 2024

Out of interest I asked about the provenance of the seed/trees and was told "All DCC tree schemes administered within the Natural Environment Team are of UK and Ireland Sourced and Grown provenance (Woodland Trust UKISG certified)"
by Steve Pollard
Thu Aug 08, 2024 6:56 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Ragwort
Replies: 4
Views: 4720

Re: Ragwort

Apparently Knepp control ragwort within 50m of their boundary, as per the law: https://knepp.co.uk/injurious-weeds-policy/
by Steve Pollard
Sun Jul 07, 2024 9:31 pm
Forum: Life in the Meadow
Topic: Dearth of meadow butterflies.
Replies: 1
Views: 2460

Re: Dearth of meadow butterflies.

I haven't seen that many butterflies ALL summer here on Dartmoor!
by Steve Pollard
Sun Jul 07, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: All about Garden Meadows
Topic: Yellow rattle
Replies: 4
Views: 2379

Re: Yellow rattle

Valto63 - there is an abundance of grass in everyone's meadows at the moment due to - 1. the very wet spring and summer, 2. the fact that yellow rattle plants die mid-late June, and therefore the grass is no longer being parasitised. Was your sward short in spring? newinvention - in my experience ha...
by Steve Pollard
Tue Jul 02, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: Exmoor
Topic: EXMOOR MEADOWS DAY
Replies: 0
Views: 2559

EXMOOR MEADOWS DAY

Posted on behalf of The Exmoor Society EXMOOR MEADOWS DAY Saturday 6th July ~ Hollam House, Dulverton TA22 9JH We are delighted to invite you to our Exmoor Meadows Day on Saturday 6th July at Hollam Estate, as part of National Meadows Day Find out how to create and manage beautiful wildflower rich m...
by Steve Pollard
Tue Jul 02, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: Videos
Topic: Cactus tree guards - handy video demonstrating everything you need to know about installation!
Replies: 2
Views: 5652

Re: Cactus tree guards - handy video demonstrating everything you need to know about installation!

Bob - I get my chestnut stakes from Dorset Fencing Supples https://dorsetfencingsupplies.co.uk They deliver throughout the south west and have a wide range of materials. For 6' high guards you would use round 8ft 4-5β€³ posts (you won't get split stakes that long, 4-5" will last longer than 3-4&q...
by Steve Pollard
Tue Jun 25, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Harrowing
Replies: 3
Views: 2625

Re: Harrowing

In my experience, chain harrows are not the best implement. They might work at a push if you haven't got anything else and haven't got a big area, but it'll take a while before you have any exposed earth. A spring tine cultivator, like a triple k would be better. Mind that if you are flailing the sw...
by Steve Pollard
Sun Jun 23, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Yellow rattle
Replies: 5
Views: 4009

Re: Yellow rattle

Claire, it's a very common misconception that the seeds need frost in order to germinate - if that were the case, rattle would also have vanished from other nearby meadows, when actually it did not. According to the definitive work on the species by Duncan Westbury (attached), about 3 months at temp...
by Steve Pollard
Mon Jun 17, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Moor Meadows' Open Meadows programme 2024
Replies: 1
Views: 4357

Re: Moor Meadows' Open Meadows programme 2024

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by Steve Pollard
Sun Jun 02, 2024 5:37 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Yellow rattle
Replies: 5
Views: 4009

Re: Yellow rattle

Claire, if you had an abundance of rattle last year, there are really only two reasons why you wouldn't have it this year. 1. the rattle was grazed after germinating in mid-spring this year. 2. the sward was not open enough for the rattle to successfully germinate into this spring. From what you say...