Instead of lifting all my Cork Bark Elms out of the Poly Tunnel for leaf removal, I opted for the fast method. As they have lived a sheltered life, they have kept their leaves to the point were they are brown. Wind would have sorted this long ago outside on the bench. I opted for the garden hose method.



and there you go, it’ll still need to do a clear up to keep the place clean and tidy but it saved me a bit of time.

hi, i just did the same thing on a big satsuki azaelia last week – its a nice quick way to do a slow job.
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Never have tried that: I’d be afraid that in a moment of inattention, I’d spray the soil of some tree! But I see it does help.
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what about the therapeutic affect of patiently picking off the leaves one by one , you don’t have much else to be getting on with anyway do you ? oh yes, I remember , you have all that Berberana Rioja to be working through !!
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I’ve plenty to be getting on with now I’m back at work! However, I have lots of leave to take for some reason. I’m off next Thursday for Xmas lol
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if you had left them outside today the leaves would have been blown across to me !!!
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scary gusts today here, I’m sure you have it even worse. I hear a double decker bus in Scotland blew over!!
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