tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87115214786272713352024-03-15T06:41:39.260+00:00Worcester College Gardeners 2009-2018For ten years, 2nd February 2009 to the 21st December 2018, the official blog of the Worcester College Gardens & Grounds Team. This site does not necessarily represent the views of Worcester College and its members.Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.comBlogger1461125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-76293252417816334332018-12-21T17:30:00.000+00:002018-12-21T18:01:05.622+00:00Ten Years Of The Worcester College Gardener's Blog, 2009-2018<br />
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As another year draws to an end and the college closes its doors for the customary Christmas break, it is also time to bring the Worcester College Gardener's blog to an end.</div>
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It began in February 2009, and for ten years through almost 1,500 posts, it has covered the activities of the gardening team and the lives of some of the wildlife that inhabit the gardens. </div>
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As custodians of the gardens the team has a responsibility to both preserve and improve the historic gardens that so many have done before them, as well as providing a beautiful picturesque and tranquil environment for the staff, fellows, alumni and the visitors of today. Hopefully the blog has given a small insight into the work of the team and their achievements.</div>
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The team would like to thank you all for the support you have given them over the last decade through the reading of the blog, for the questions you have asked, for the generosity of your many comments and for taking the time to visit the gardens. </div>
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As this is the last entry, and Christmas is only a few days away, they would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. </div>
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Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-91270742258029528342018-12-17T18:30:00.000+00:002019-01-18T07:56:50.669+00:00Three Champion Trees In The Gardens<br />
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The <i>Catalpa speciosa</i> was planted in 1913, first flowered in 1922 and was first measured in 2011 by Oxford City Tree Officer, Chris
Leyland. Its measurements were 22m tall x 3.58m girth, measured at 1.5m above ground, and it was these measurements that gave it its <i>'Champion Tree'</i> status as <i>'The tallest and the largest of its species in Britain and Ireland'.</i><br />
Prior to 2011 the previous champion was at Radnor Gardens in Twickenham but this tree was felled in 2005, two other trees held the champion status over the next six years until 2011 when the Worcester College tree took the title.<br />
Last month the tree was remeasured and, having continued to grow, its new measurements are 22.8m tall x 3.76m girth, measured at 1.5m above ground, this reconfirms its continued status as <i>'The tallest and the largest of its species to be found anywhere in Britain and Ireland'</i>, a true Champion!<br />
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Two other trees found in the gardens have now joined the Catalpa as a <i>'Champion Tree'</i> with the <a href="https://www.treeregister.org/">Tree Register</a>, a <i>Metasequoia glyptostroboides</i>, measured at 27m x 3.19m at 1.5m above ground, and a <i>Firmiana simplex</i>, measured st 7.6m x 0.48m at 1.5m above ground. These two trees have been awarded the <i>'County Champion Tree'</i> status rather than 'Britain and Ireland', the Metasequoia is the tallest in Oxfordshire and the Firmiana is the best specimen in Oxfordshire (the 3rd largest and the 2nd tallest in Britain and Ireland). <br />
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Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-30793933993424644752018-12-12T20:59:00.000+00:002018-12-12T23:55:52.053+00:00Mistletoe In The Orchard<br />
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There are now four good sized clumps of mistletoe growing on the apple trees in the bottom section of the orchard, but this has not always been the case. Before 2007 there wasn't any mistletoe in the college grounds so the decision was made to try and introduce it into the orchard. <br />
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In February-March 2007 the first attempt was made by making a small, thin slice in the bark to create a flap in many of the apple trees and a hundred mistletoe berries were inserted under the numerous flaps. A year later a second method was used which didn't involve cutting the trees but, instead, by hanging mistletoe from the trees in the hope that the birds would feed on the berries and, perhaps, wipe their beaks on to the bark. After three to four years the team had just about given up hope of ever seeing mistletoe in the orchard when the first set of leaves were seen on one of the apple trees. These leaves have now developed in to a good sized clump and have now been joined by three others with the beginning of a fifth one having recently been discovered. Success, but was it the first or the second method that worked? <br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-50810175305525345002018-12-03T19:46:00.000+00:002018-12-05T20:37:25.176+00:00Creating A Cascading Rose<br />
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The climbing rose that grows in the garden above the herbaceous border, affectionately known as the Secret Garden due to its hidden position behind a wall, has been causing the gardening team a bit of a headache when dealing with it's unruly, vigorous growth that it produces every year. Two years ago the way it was pruned was changed and, to make use of the long stems, wires were added to the wall for support. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last year's long, vigorous stems tied to the wires. </td></tr>
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Planted in the garden, up against a wall of only four foot in height, the rose's vigorous stems are between 10 to 15 foot long, far too tall for the wall, hence the problem, a very messy looking rose producing very few flowers. By adding horizontal wires to the other side of the wall, the very tall side, the long stems could be bent over the top, down the wall and tied on to the wires. <br />
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When the rose is pruned each winter the previous year's stems are removed to clear the wall and the strongest, new stems are bent down on to the wires to replace them. The remaining, unwanted stems are cut off and a few old, woody stems are cut out to encourage new growth for future years. <br />
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Pruning the rose today, a dozen stems, no longer flapping about in the breeze as in the past, now cascade over the top of the wall. The pressure from the bending of the stems over and down the wall will cause the many buds to burst into life and produce the flowering stems for next years flowers.<br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-18740286285127776272018-11-30T19:30:00.000+00:002018-12-02T08:34:05.743+00:00The Daily Chore Of Clearing The Autumn Leaf Fall<br />
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The prime objective for the team throughout November has been to keep the gardens from being buried beneath a torrent of leaves that have fallen from the numerous trees within the college grounds, and those that have blown in from the trees that grow in the surrounding area. <br />
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On a daily basis at least one member of the Gardens and Grounds team could have been found somewhere in the college tackling this invasion of leaves clearing them from the paths, lawns, borders and the sports field. This year's autumn leaf fall has been mainly steady and controlled when there has been little wind but erratic and swirling in the stormy days. Mother Nature has been quite kind to the team this year with her trees dropping their cargo at a mostly manageable rate but she still likes to have the occasional game of 'chase the leaf' by moving them from the carefully constructed piles before they can be picked up! As the month draws to an end so has the leaf fall with most of the trees now empty, only the wisteria still have their leaves on which, hopefully, will fall in the coming weeks. <br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-19360047216125919862018-11-27T18:29:00.000+00:002018-12-01T21:32:13.233+00:00The First Small Step For The Cuttings<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">18th October, the first cuttings out of the mist unit </td></tr>
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This year's cuttings were taken during the last two weeks of September, see blog entry 24th September <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2018/09/cuttings-2018.html"><i>'No Rush This Year To Take Cuttings'</i></a>, and have been residing in the mist unit ever since. After a month, having enjoyed the bottom heat provided the warming cable and the gentle mist from the water jets, some of the cuttings had formed roots that had started to emerge through the holes in the base of the pots. These rooted cuttings were removed from their place of comfort and placed on some staging to harden them off, (toughening them up), no more bottom heat or mist for these young plants.. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st November, hardening off more cuttings from the mist unit</td></tr>
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Over the last six weeks the team have been working there way through the rooted cuttings, tapping them out of their pots, gently teasing the tangled roots apart and potting them up into individual 11x11x10cm pots
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The mist unit is now almost empty of cuttings for another year with the majority having been potted up, a few of the pelargonium haven't quite developed enough roots to be split into individual plants but their time will come. Those that have been potted up now live on the staging on the other side of the greenhouse from the mist unit, they haven't travelled far, but it is the first small step towards their final destination out in the gardens next summer. <br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-61190644128837722722018-11-21T19:47:00.000+00:002018-11-24T06:45:13.204+00:00Pillars of Salt<br />
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Following a gloriously hot summer and the unseasonably high temperatures of this autumn, the forecast for Oxford tonight is below freezing, minus two! All the tender plants that hate the cold weather were moved into the greenhouse a month ago, see blog entry 18th October <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-tender-giants-go-inside-for-winter.html">'The Tender Giants Go Inside For The Winter'</a>, apart from the large clump of <i>Musa basjoo</i>, the Japanese Banana, which are too big to move.<br />
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Removing the temporary fleece skirt that had been used to protect the stems over the last few weeks as the temperatures began to drop, the stems were wrapped individually and in small groups of two-three. The leaves were pulled down around the stems and tied to create the first layer of protection then wrapped in a double thickness horticultural fleece for the second protective layer. <br />
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At the base of the stems are the next generation of stems, the small <i>'Pups'</i>, that will grow up next year to create an even better display. However, one stem will not return as it has flowered and, now that it has produced a flower and fruit, it will die (monocarpic). The decision was made to leave this flower uncovered so it can be viewed and enjoyed for a little bit longer. This is the fourth time a flower has been produced from the stems of this clump of banana plants, the first time was in September 2010, the second, October 2014 and the third, July 2016. <br />
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When all the stems had been wrapped, a thick layer of leaf mould was added around the base to protect the root balls from frost. Looking like <i>'Pillars of Salt'</i>, these plants will remain under cover until late May next year when then temperatures have risen and they can safely unwrapped. <br />
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Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-13517958939090332252018-11-20T19:56:00.002+00:002018-12-06T20:21:54.179+00:00Cutting Back The Tired And Faded Herbaceous Border<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Left), 7th June 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Right), 7th June 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Left), 5th July 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Right), 5th July 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Right), 21st August 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Left), 20th November 2018</td></tr>
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The perennial and annual plants in the herbaceous border have put on a colourful
display throughout the summer months despite the hot, dry weather but, as can be seen by the photograph above, these plants are now tired and their colours have faded. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting down and clearing the border (Left)</td></tr>
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Before the cutting down of the herbaceous border could begin the wooden plant supports had to be removed. As these structures were lifted out from around the plants the rest of the team moved on to the first section of the border (left) to commence the cut down. Armed with hand shears and secateurs to cut the plants down to ground level, rakes and leaf pickers to clear the border of plant material and a blower to clear off all the debris, they worked their way along the border. By the end of the day both sections of the border had been cleared, the plant supports had been taken to the chipper pile and all the plant material and debris to the compost heaps. This is the first border to be cut back, there are another seven within the gardens, these will be completed during the next few months.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Left), Cleared</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting down and clearing the border (Right)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Right), Cleared</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herbaceous Border (Left and Right), 20th November 2018 </td></tr>
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-35481155218815006562018-11-13T17:58:00.000+00:002018-12-02T07:50:56.335+00:00Compact Lavender Balls<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newly planted banks, 21st March 2018</td></tr>
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In March the two new beds that had been created in the banks of the quad were planted up with rosemary and lavender, see blog entry for the 21st March <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2018/03/lavender-and-rosemary-replace-grass.html">'Lavender And Rosemary Replace The Grass'</a> and the latter has been producing a floriferous display throughout the summer. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View across the quad to the lavender and rosemary</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lavender on the slope of the banks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A floriferous display from the lavender 24th July 2018</td></tr>
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The abundance of flowers with their fragrant perfume attracted many different insects who spent the hot summer months foraging for the nectar. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowers for the pollinating insects</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Admiral Butterfly </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View across the quad lawn to the lavender</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from on high</td></tr>
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The lavender has had a long flowering period and, although there were still some flowers still attracting a smaller number of insects, the majority of the flowers have faded. The stems that were still in flower were cut off and placed in a vase filled with water and left on the steps just in case a hungry insect returned to feed. The trimming of the lavender started yesterday afternoon and was finally completed by the end of today with each lavender having been trimmed into a compact ball shape using a cordless, battery hedge trimmer. <br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-77014254360253960552018-11-09T17:24:00.000+00:002018-11-19T20:38:56.811+00:00Foxgloves For Cut Flowers<br />
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The four beds in the nursery area have been prepared for planting and one of them is to be used for the plants that will provide cut flowers next spring-summer. The plants to be used were grown from seed sown at the end of July, see blog entry 31st July <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2018/07/sowing-seeds-for-winter-spring-201819.html">'Sowing Seeds For Winter-Spring 2018/19'</a>, and pricked out at the beginning of September, they are <em>Dianthus barbatus 'Dash Crimson' </em>(Sweet William)<em>; Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Creme'; Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian White'; '</em><em>Digitalis purpurea 'Alba' </em>(Foxglove)<em>; Erysimum cheiri 'Giant Pink'</em> and<em><em> Erysimum cheiri</em></em> <em>'Blood </em><em>Red Covent Garden' </em>(Wallflower)<em>. </em>In previous years the cut flower bed has contained four rows of sweet william and rows of tulips and daffodils but, following a recent visit to the gardens of Eythrope in Buckinghamshire, the planting has been changed. Inspired by their beds, and the use of foxgloves as a cut flower, the decision was made to use some of the seed grown plants in the college's cut flower bed. Three rows of foxgloves have been planted for their tall spikes, creme with burgundy spots, white with plum freckling and pure white respectively. <br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-1259144026572243352018-11-07T18:34:00.000+00:002018-11-13T18:22:15.997+00:00Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree)<br />
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A large, bushy evergreen shrub, <i>Arbutus unedo </i>(Strawberry Tree), is putting on quite a colourful show in the Fellow's garden at the moment. Upon closer inspection the evergreen stems are covered in colourful fruit and creamy white flowers. A mix of red, orange and yellow strawberry-like fruit hang together in clusters all over the shrub, they are edible but are said to leave a bit of an unpleasant aftertaste, (<i>'unedo'</i> means 'I eat one') and this blogging gardener is not going to test this out, but there is a gardener with a culinary background in the team that will. The fruit have formed from the previous year's flowers so next autumn this shrub should be covered in colourful fruit again. <br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-79808834001677313812018-11-02T20:49:00.000+00:002018-11-13T18:14:45.464+00:00Splitting Logs Without The Swinging Of An Axe<br />
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The splitting of logs has always been done by the team using an axe and a chainsaw, see blog entry for the 24th February 2015 <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2015/02/four-days-of-splitting-logs.html">'Four Days Of Splitting Logs'</a>. Today, however, a new piece of kit has been used for the first time, an Oxdale tractor mounted hydraulic log splitter<br />
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Attached to the back of the tractor and run off the tractor's hydraulics, the logs are placed on the base beneath the splitting wedge and, using both hands, the lever is lifted to lower the wedge through the log and then lowered to lift the wedge from the log. Splitting logs without the swinging of an axe just the lifting and lowering of a lever, the result after just a few hours, a trailer load of split wood ready to be stored and used for fire wood, <br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-23741272579324227382018-10-31T19:15:00.000+00:002018-11-10T14:22:49.175+00:00Recycling The Plastic Plant Labels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With environmental issues being a hot topic at the moment, climate
change, the effect of toxic pesticides on the bee population and the
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Earlier this month the team stopped using a pesticide containing a neonicotinoid that has been linked to the
reduction in the bee population, changing over to a biological control to combat vine weevil, see blog entry 4th October, <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-drench-of-50-million-nematodes.html">'A Drench Of 50 Million Nematodes'</a>.
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Today, with plastic pollution and single-use plastic in mind, the plastic plant labels were cleaned rather than thrown away. For many years the plastic plant pots used for growing seeds and propagating cuttings have been washed before their reuse so this method is now being used for the labels too. Before washing, the date and plant name written on the label in pencil was removed using an eraser, then the label was washed in a bucket of hot, soapy water before placing it in to a pot to drain off, hundreds of plastic labels ready to be reused. <br />
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-70050046586936652612018-10-25T17:48:00.000+01:002018-11-03T15:50:05.766+00:00Tricyrtis formosana (Toad Lily)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toad Lily, <i>Tricyrtis formosana</i></td></tr>
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With the colours in the gardens turning autumnal, predominately red, yellow, orange and brown, a delicate little flower is bucking the trend. In the slightly shady, far end of the herbaceous border, at the tips of stems 80-90cm in height, are the purple freckled flowers of the Toad Lily, <i>Tricyrtis formosana</i>. These fascinating flowers are a true delight on a cold autumn day. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple freckled flower of the Toad Lily</td></tr>
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-42136398437173556212018-10-19T20:23:00.000+01:002018-11-03T15:29:58.919+00:00The Return Of The Evergreens<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">22nd May 2018</td></tr>
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The summer display in the Besse Courtyard was planted up five months ago, for the list of plants used see blog entry for the 21st June <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2018/06/changing-border-and-container-displays.html">'Changing The Border And Container Displays For Summer 2018'</a>. The plants have grown well, filling out the containers and putting on a colourful display throughout the summer but now it is time to change the planting for the winter-spring display meaning it's the return of the evergreens.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5th July 2018 (Front View)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5th July 2018 (Side View)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5th July 2018 (Back View)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">17th August 2018 (View From Above)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">31st August 2018 (3 months later)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Through the archway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Towering above the rest<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Plectranthus coleoides variegata, </span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Petunia ‘Purple Velvet’ F1 Hybrid.</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Pelargonium
Ivy Leaf 'Supreme Burgandy', </span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Pelargonium surcouf,</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span>Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Pied Piper Red’</span></i></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Albizia julibrissin ‘Chocolate
Summer’, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Anisodontea capensis ‘El
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Yesterday the team worked their way through each container digging out the plants and splitting them in to two groups, those to be kept and those not, their final destination, the greenhouse and compost heap respectively. <br />
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Whilst the containers were being prepared for replanting with the removal of the old roots and the addition of fresh compost, the plants that had been taken over to the greenhouse were being repotted. <br />
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With the containers ready for planting the evergreen shrubs returned from the heeling in bed today. These shrubs have been in this bed since they were removed from the pots in May following their use in last year's winter-spring display. <br />
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After a number of trips to and from the heeling in bed, wheeling the evergreens over to the containers in a wheelbarrow, the planting began.<br />
The plants used to create the new display are: <br />
3 x <i>Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata'</i> (1/2 Standard, Silver Margined Holly),<i> 2 x Ilex aquifolium</i> ( 1/4 Standard Common Holly), 4 x <i>Laurus nobilis</i> (Bay), 3 x <i>Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Webb'</i>,<i> Wallflower 'Sunset Primrose</i>' and tulips, <i>Tulipa 'Green Triumphator', </i><i><i>Tulipa</i> 'Mount Tacoma'</i><i> </i>and<i> <i>Tulipa </i>'White Triumphator'.</i><br />
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The large greenhouse has had a few improvements during the summer months, the ten broken panes of glass have been replaced, to improve air flow fourteen new five blade louvre window vents have been added to the two sides and a new thermostatic ventilation system has been added to the roof openings. In addition to these improvements the greenhouse has also had its annual deep clean, removing all of the dirt from the floor, staging, bench surfaces as well as the cleaning of all the glass both inside and out. <br />
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Standing clean and empty for the last five weeks it is now time to start filling it again with the return of the tender giants that need a warm home for the winter. <br />
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The team have spent the last few days digging out these large plants from the herbaceous border and transporting them over to the greenhouse for re potting. These plants will remain in the greenhouse until May-June next year when they will be moved back out in to the border for next summer. <br />
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Earlier in the week the first of the display borders had its summer display removed and replaced with the plants and bulbs that will provide colour during the coming winter and spring. Today the team focused on the border at the far end of the quad removing the tired and faded summer plants. <br />
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To prepare the border for the winter-spring planting the perennial plants were cut down to ground level and the annual plants dug out, both were taken to the compost heap with the debris and leaves from the surface of the soil. Next it was forked through and weeded, then the soil was trodden down to removed the air
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In the nursery area the 310 wallflowers, <i>Wallflower 'Sunset Orange'</i>, had been placed into trays for transporting across to the border. Upon arrival at the border the full trays were placed along the front in preparation for placing out. Once all the wallflowers were in their place on the border the planting began. To finish the border was given a light forking to remove the compaction from the many footprints made on the soil whilst planting the wallflowers, then the young plants were watered in. Tomorrow 140 <i>Allium 'Purple Sensation'</i> bulbs will be planted amongst the orange wallflowers, a colour scheme of orange and purple for spring 2019. <br />
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Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-75397356905099411352018-10-09T20:49:00.000+01:002018-10-23T08:00:00.932+01:00A Spring Border Of Orange And Yellow<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">21st June 2018</td></tr>
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The delay in the planting of the <i>'Border in the Corner'</i>, see blog entry 21st June <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2018/06/changing-border-and-container-displays.html">'Changing The Border And Container Displays For Summer 2018</a>', means that after only 16 weeks it is already time for it to be changed as the winter fast approaches. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">31st August 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Salvia fabrinacea ‘Victoria’</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleome, Zinnia, Cosmos, Pennisetum and Amaranthus</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Removing the summer display</td></tr>
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To make way for this year's winter-spring plants all of the summer annuals were dug up and taken to the compost heap but not before the best of the flowers were cut for use as cut flowers. The porous
pipe that had kept everything watered during the hot summer was lifted from the soil, curled up and put away in to
storage. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut flowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forked through</td></tr>
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Clearing all the plant debris from the soil the border is prepared for
planting. Forked through and weeded the soil is trodden down to removed air
pockets and then levelled. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trodden down to removed air
pockets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Placing out</td></tr>
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The plants that will create the winter-spring display were placed out onto the soil, 80 <i>Wallflower 'Sunset Primrose' </i>and 230<i> </i><i>Primula 'Husky Mixed Daffodil', </i>and planted. Bulbs were then placed out and planted in amongst the plants, a mix of daffodil, 30 of <i>Narcissus jonquilla </i><i>'Lieke', 'Martinette', 'Pipit', 'Sweetness' </i>and<i> 'Beautiful Eyes'</i> (150 bulbs) and 30 <i>Fritillaria Imperialis 'Aurora'</i>. In addition to the biennials and bulbs, shrubs were also planted for structure, 5 <i>Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb' </i>were planted. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planting up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Narcissus jonquilla</i> <i>'Lieke', 'Martinette', 'Pipit', 'Sweetness' </i>and<i> 'Beautiful Eyes'</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fritillaria imperialis 'Aurora' </i>(Orange flowers)</td></tr>
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The colour scheme for the border is based on the border the team created
for the winter-spring 2016/17, see picture below, but rather than using
wallflowers and tulips the orange and yellows will be provided by the
primula, wallflower, narcissus and fritillaria.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April 2017</td></tr>
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Once all the wallflowers and bulbs had been planted the
soil was gently forked to break up the compaction made by the gardeners treading on the soil, then the border was given a thorough water. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watering in</td></tr>
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-83576244480242849542018-10-04T18:54:00.000+01:002018-10-15T21:35:01.825+01:00A Drench Of 50 Million Nematodes<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 Packets of <i>Nemasys L</i></td></tr>
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The dreaded vine weevil has been mentioned in the blog on two previous occasions, see blog entry 27th July 2012 <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2012/07/vine-weevil-damage.html">'Vine Weevil Damage'</a> and 11th November 2009 <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2009/11/vine-weevil.html">'Vine Weevil'</a>. The chosen method for treatment against this pest has been the use of a systemic insecticide, see blog entry 1st October 2013 <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2013/10/root-drench-against-vine-weevil.html">'Root Drench Against Vine Weevil'</a>, but today this has changed. This insecticide contains the neonicotinoid thiacloprid which has been linked to the reduction in the honey bee immune system so a biological control, <i>Nemasys L</i>, containing the nematode <i>Steinernema kraussei </i>has been chosen<i> </i>to protect the plants against the weevil. It is not the fist time the team have used nematodes, five years ago they were used to treat the lawn in the Provost's garden for chafer grubs, see blog entry 7th November 2013 <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2013/11/nemasys-g-biological-treatment-for.html">'Nemasys G', A Biological Treatment For Chafer Grubs'</a>. Having calculated the application rate, the contents of the packet, 50 million nematodes, were mixed with the required amount of water and applied as a drench to the soil using watering cans. In the nursery the plants that are in pots have now been treated and another drench using the nematodes in the second packets will be applied over the next few weeks to treat the many display containers out in the gardens. <i> </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> 50 Million Nematodes </td></tr>
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-89968205739138536422018-09-28T17:57:00.001+01:002018-10-15T20:22:00.653+01:00Labelling 750 Bottles Of 'Worcester College Apple & Pear Juice' <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 of 2 metal cages full of juice filled bottles</td></tr>
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This year's fruit harvest from the college orchard have been pressed and the result, 750 bottles of <i>'Worcester College Apple & Pear Juice'</i> that now need to be shrink band wrapped, labelled and boxed. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for shrink band wrapping and labelling</td></tr>
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Kieron, Peter and Ali spent the morning at Waterperry Gardens working together to process the bottles. First each bottle was placed into the heated
shrink banding machine to heat seal a white shrink wrap band
around the cap and neck. The banded bottles were placed into trays, loaded onto a small trolley and wheeled over to the labelling machine for the large label to be
struck on to the front of the bottles. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trolley over to the labelling machine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main front label going on to the bottle</td></tr>
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With the large label on the front of the bottle, a much smaller label, 'Best
Before Dec 2018', was manually stuck on to the back of the bottle. Fifteen bottles were placed into each box and sealed
shut with tape. The juice will be on sale to the students, staff and alumni during the last three weeks of the current Michaelmas term. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A full box of 15 bottles</td></tr>
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-46103866167730805452018-09-27T19:54:00.000+01:002018-10-11T21:05:51.644+01:00Planting Snake's Head Fritillary In the Meadow<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snake's Head Fritillary in the meadow, 4th April 2017 </td></tr>
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The planting of Snake's Head Fritillary in the meadow area at the far end of the Provost's garden began in 2015 and in subsequent years has continued with a total of 900 bulbs planted so far. Pleased with the results, see the top photograph, another 500 bulbs have been planted this morning. A long handled bulb planter was used to create the holes in the meadow, the steel head of the planter pushed down into the grass then lifted out with the plug of soil contained within it. Bulbs were
placed into the bottom of the hole, a mix of between 1-5 bulbs, then another hole was made forcing
the previous plug of soil out of the head. This plug of soil is then placed back into
the other hole covering the bulbs, the team are looking forward to the display in the spring. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">500 Snake's Head Fritillary Bulbs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 in the hole</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A plugged hole</td></tr>
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Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-48260017632499814712018-09-24T18:21:00.000+01:002018-10-09T18:34:34.362+01:00No Rush This Year To Take Cuttings<br />
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The long range forecast for Oxford shows no signs of low overnight temperatures with the dreaded first frost so there has been no rush this year to take cuttings from the plants needed to create next year's container and border displays. The mist unit has been cleaned and a new layer of silver sand has been added to the base for the pots to stand on above the heated cable. The cutting knives have been cleaned and sterilised and the plastic pots washed in preparation for this day.<br />
Out in the gardens this morning, healthy, non-flowering shoots were selected from some of the tender plants and placed in a shopping bag for safe transfer back to greenhouse for processing. Emptying the contents of the bag on to the recently cleaned work surface, each stem was cut beneath a leaf
joint/node (nodal cut) leaving the cutting about 2-3 inches long. The leaves, just above the nodal cut, were cut off and the soft
growing tip pinched off. When several
cuttings had been prepared the base of each were dipped in
to hormone rooting powder to cover the cuts, inserted around the inside of the rim of a small,
shallow pot of seed compost, watered in and then placed in the mist unit. They will remain in the comfort of the mist unit until rooted.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first cuttings in the mist unit</td></tr>
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-41911319766896093742018-09-21T18:48:00.000+01:002018-10-09T19:00:59.715+01:00The Long Tradition Of Swans On The College Lake <br />
The college has a long tradition of swans on its lake and it seems appropriate that in the final year of the blog the story of the swans has drawn to a heartwarming conclusion with the successful rearing of two cygnets. The story began during the blog's first year, 2009, with the arrival of a juvenile swan that, if swans can do such a thing, introduced itself to Ali whilst she was working on the herbaceous border.<br />
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Ali has never forgotten this introduction and so began her fascination with the swans on the college lake, she likes to believe that this young swan was part of the pair that arrived in 2012 having spent the ensuing time finding a mate having already found a place it wanted to live and rear its family.<br />
Since the pair first arrived their lives have been observed by Ali, the highs and lows have been documented in this blog. <br />
Last year was the first successful year for the swans with the rearing of three cygnets, the first time in five years that the eggs had hatched, see blog entry 25th May 2017 <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2017/05/cygnets-on-lake.html">'Cygnets On The Lake'</a>. (This entry provides the link for the blog entries from March 2012). The cygnets and the adults remained on the lake for just 10 days before moving onto the Oxford Canal then returning to the lake for a single day two months later, see blog entry 27th July 2017 <a href="http://wocogaga.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-swans-return-with-three-cygnets.html">'The Swans Return With Three Cygnets'</a>.<br />
This year has been another successful year for the resident swan pair but, unlike last year, they have divided their time between the lake and the canal allowing Ali to watch the cygnets grow and develop into juveniles.<br />
The nest was built in the same place on the island, the eggs hatched between 21st-22nd May and five cygnets were first seen on the lake on the 24th May. They stayed a little longer than last year, leaving for the canal 16 days later, but returned every week throughout the summer until, after 16 weeks, the adults separated from their cygnets as the youngsters became more independent and returned to the lake without them. The series of photographs and a video show their journey from May to September. <br />
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Ali is not the only member of the college who has kept a record of the swans, the following is a passage from the memoir of Provost Lys (Francis John Lys, Provost 1919-1946). Kindly provided by the college archivist, Emma, this piece shows has history repeats itself, a pen dying and a pair of swans of the same sex!<br />
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<i>"When one of the swans disappeared, I got rid of the other and bought a
new pair early in 1914, the cob in its first year, and the pen, got from
a different place, in its second. They began to breed in 1914,
generally laid a clutch of nine
eggs, sometimes hatching and bringing up all nine, perhaps more often
eight. After two or three years the keeper of the Scottish Zoo at
Edinburgh asked if I could send him cygnets, and for some years sent
crates and took them at £1 apiece, which provided a
useful little fund for replacing losses among the ducks. He thought
they were specially strong cygnets. I suppose it was about the year 1936
when their broods became progressively smaller, and their breeding
seemed to be coming to an end. The pen died on her
nest in 1938. In this year instead of getting a new pair of swans from
different places, as I had done more wisely in 1914, I bought a couple
from Messrs. McLean & Wormald, in Norfolk, the chief breeders of
ornamental water fowl, from whom I had obtained some
ducks. They appeared later to be of the same sex, we could not be sure
which. Messrs. McLean & Wormald were to replace them in 1939, but
gave up business because of the war and could not do so. Julian Huxley,
then secretary of the London Zoo, asked the Director
of the Edward Grey ornithological institute to determine the sex of the
couple which we had. He unfortunately relied on information which he
thought he got from a deaf old man employed in the garden who knew
nothing about the birds, and reported that he thought
they were both females. We afterwards concluded rightly that they were
both cobs. I had great difficulty in war time in procuring a pen. At
last I got one from the Vintners’ Company, but its age apparently was
not kown, and as it laid only small clutches,
it was probably old. Its wing also was broken by a ruffianly visitor
who seems to have struck it with a heavy stick. It was permanently
disfigured and died this year, whether owing to this injury or to age."</i><br />
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Also provided by Emma is a photograph of a drawing of swans on the lake by Sydney Paviere from 1922 and a photograph of a stained glass
window in the Lower Library depicting swans on the lake. <i>"The window commemorates Henry Allison
Pottinger who graduated with a first in 1847 and was Lecturer in Modern
History and Law from 1865.
He was elected a fellow in 1883 and became Librarian in 1884. Pottinger
is shown sitting at a table among his books. In the background he is
seen looking at swans in the lake"</i><br />
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Throughout the hot, summer months the fruit trees in the orchard have been dropping their crop and, therefore, reducing the yield that will be used for pressing into this year's <i>'Worcester College Apple & Pear Juice'</i>. The dropping of the fruit has influenced the team's decision to pick the crop earlier than in previous years so the harvesting of the fruit started last week with the picking of the apples from all the small trees which are easily accessible from the ground. The harvesting continued yesterday through to its completion today with the apples and pears on the large trees being picked. All the fruit used to make the juice is hand picked so the tall ladders had to be used in order to reach it on the tallest trees and a long reach fruit picker was used for those wishing to keep their feet on the ground. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kieron Up The Tall Tripod Ladder Picking Apples</td></tr>
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The fruit is placed into specialised fruit picking buckets and cloth bags and, when full or too heavy, carefully tipped into plastic 'Stack & Nest Baskets'. At the end of each of the three picking days the full baskets were driven to Waterperry Gardens, unloaded and tipped into third of a tonne wooden bins ready for pressing into juice. Two and a half bins have been filled and pressing will take place next week. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unloading The Fruit Picking Bucket</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Picking Apples</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boot Full Of Fruit Filled 'Stack & Nest Baskets'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bin 1, 1/3 of a tonne</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bin 2, 1/3 of a tonne</td></tr>
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711521478627271335.post-51076089531780731312018-09-07T18:52:00.000+01:002018-09-20T13:45:51.128+01:00Deliveries Of Bulbs And Plug Plants<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bulb Order For Spring 2018 Received, 1779 Bulbs</td></tr>
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Despite the warm weather constantly reminding the team that they were in the middle of, what turned out to be, a record equalling summer, for a few days in July they had to forget about this summer and start to prepare for the winter and spring by choosing the bedding plants and bulbs needed to create next year's displays. The first order to arrive this week were the bulbs that had been ordered from <a href="https://www.peternyssen.com/#"><i>Peter Nyssen Flower Bulbs & Plants</i></a> . The contents of the two large boxes were unpacked, checked and put into storage until the team are ready to plant them in the few months, the bulbs chosen are:<br />
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<li>Tulips, 7 varieties,<i> </i>'Exotic Emperor', 'Green Triumphator', 'Mount Tacoma', 'Orange Princess', 'Ronaldo', 'Turkestanica', 'White Triumphator'</li>
<li> Narcissus, 13 varieties, 'Baby Moon', 'Beautiful Eyes', 'Hawera', 'Lieke', 'Martinette', 'Pencrebar', 'Petrel', 'Pipit', 'Pueblo', 'Rip Van Winkle', 'Sweetness', 'Tet Boucle', 'Tete-A-Tete'</li>
<li>Allium, 3 varieties, 'Ivory Queen', 'Karataviense', 'Purple Sensation' </li>
<li>Lilium, 2 varieties, 'Claude Shride', 'Night Flyer'</li>
<li>Anemone 'Blanda White Splendour'</li>
<li>Camassia 'Cusickii', </li>
<li>Fritillaria, 2 varieties, 'Meleagris', 'Imperialis Aurora'</li>
<li>Muscari, 2 varieties, 'Azureum', 'Latifolium'</li>
<li>Puschkinia scilloides 'Libanotica'</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GM Free Vegetable Starch Bag (NOT PLASTIC)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bedding Plant Delivery From Ball Colegrave</td></tr>
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A second delivery arrived late yesterday afternoon, 3 trays of bedding plants, a total of 690 small plug plants from Ball Colegrave all needing to be potted up into their own individual pots before the end of today. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Trays of Plug Plants </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pushing The Wallflower Plug Out Of the Tray</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wallflower Plugs Ready For Potting Up</td></tr>
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Ordered during the first week in July each tray contains 230 plug plants, 1 tray of <i>Wallflower 'Sunset Orange', </i>1 of<i> Wallflower 'Sunset Primrose'</i> and 1 of <i>Primula 'Husky Mixed Daffodil'</i>. To reduce the risk of mixing up the contents the trays were worked on one at a time, gently easing the tiny plug plants out of
their cells by pushing a pea stick up through the hole in the tray beneath each plant. Now free from the confines of their plug tray cells the young plants were potted up into their own 9x9x10 centimetre pots which contain a 50/50 mix of John Innes soil based compost and Petersfield seed compost. Put in to trays for easy transportation from the greenhouse, the pots were carried out to the cold frames and placed out in orderly rows. Given a good watering they will remain in the frames until about the middle of October when they will planted out with the bulbs in to the borders and pots for the winter-spring displays of 2018/19.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The First Few Dozen Wallflowers Potted Up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">230 Wallflowers In Individual Pots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Primula Plugs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Primula Plugs Potted Up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One Of Two Cold Frames Full Of Potted Up Plants</td></tr>
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<br />Worcester College Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16584702240877073957noreply@blogger.com0