Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2021 9:01pm, 11 Aug 2021 8,642 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Do you know about the bean test for aminopyralids sallykate?
sallykate Aug 2021 9:16pm, 11 Aug 2021 8,172 posts	0 sallykate Yes, though I’ve never done it. Had a bad experience a couple of years ago with a well-known brand of commercial compost marked as containing green waste; it probably had chloropyralids, which are commonly used by councils on verges (a practice which should stop!) and have the same hormonal effect on broad-leaved plants. It affected things at home. Since then I’m more careful with home compost and wouldn’t buy anything which specifies it contain green waste.
GordonG Aug 2021 12:54pm, 13 Aug 2021 8,726 posts	0 GordonG hello Fetchies is anyone able to identify this tree for me? it's the one with the lighter leaves. the tree is about 50ft high. there are a number of saplings around it, which i assume are from that tree. the saplings' leaves are a similar colour but the branches have some large and very sharp spikes. I'm not sure if the tree itself has similar spikes because the lowest branches are about 10 feet up and i can't get a close enough look, but I think it has. thanks in advance
sallykate Aug 2021 12:58pm, 13 Aug 2021 8,178 posts	0 sallykate From the colour and shape of the leaves I'd say robinia.
jacdaw Aug 2021 1:58pm, 13 Aug 2021 3,305 posts	0 jacdaw Certainly pea family, Fabaceae. I was going to say black locust / false acacia... which is Robinia pseudoacacia.
jacdaw Aug 2021 1:58pm, 13 Aug 2021 3,306 posts	0 jacdaw Famous for suckering.
GordonG Aug 2021 3:08pm, 13 Aug 2021 8,727 posts	0 GordonG Thank you both, that's much appreciated
Rosehip Aug 2021 3:34pm, 13 Aug 2021 22,099 posts	0 Rosehip Rubinia looking spikes
Hanneke Aug 2021 5:58pm, 15 Aug 2021 77,876 posts	0 Hanneke This thread gets an honourable mention in my August treasure hunt. fetcheveryone.com/blog-share.php?id=431817
Hanneke Aug 2021 5:58pm, 15 Aug 2021 77,877 posts	0 Hanneke And some glimpses of my garden.