Climber ID please

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Could that be why the willow is struggling?
    I'd think I'd be happy to have even weeds growing on such a site.:biggrin:
     
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    The willow can cope with the leachate and can take a lot of the heavy metals and appreciate the nitrogen, hence why we use them. It's all part of the treatment. The soil is a bit iffy though, crushed stone mixed with treated sewage!
     
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      It says a bookful about Bryony that it's growing there!
       
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        Crushed stone?
        So maybe just a bit too well drained for willow?
         
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        Yes, most definitely but it does allow to irrigate a lot. Last check we've done nearly 700 cubic metres of leachate over two hectares in two months, all for free really. The future of waste management you could say.
         
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