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Hairyloon
Joined: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 15425 Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
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Truffle
Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 526
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 12 8:52 am Post subject: |
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Hairyloon wrote: |
gritstone wrote: |
There must be resistant strains surely? |
They are hoping that the British trees are more rersistant than Jonny foreigner. Suspect that is nowt but jingoism, but we can hope I am wrong. It does happen sometimes.
But why on Earth were we importing saplings anyway?
I know that ash trees are desparately difficult to propagate, but even so. |
As always, it comes down to economics.
Tree seed is collected in the UK in specific regions. The bulk of this is shipped to Europe (primarily Holland) and propagated for planting stock before begin shipped back to the UK. Consequently, for example, you'll be buying 'UK seed region 403 trees' from a UK distributor, that were grown in Holland.
As with ornamental plants, its very hard for the UK to compete. Ash is very easy to propagate but when UK planting-ready stock is being brought into the UK at 9p per plant (delivered), its incredibly hard to compete.
It would hugely help if people bought stock certified as having been grown in the UK only, but then we are back to economics...
truffle
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Hairyloon
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Hairyloon
Joined: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 15425 Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 12 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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The disease caught the UK unaware, scientific adviser, Prof Ian Boyd, told a briefing. |
Other than various warnings over the past few years... not least the troubles in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.
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ninat
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Hairyloon
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