GRIPES

[old man emu]

2 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Seal everything with good screens is a good start.

I've just been setting up to install the final flyscreen. Stopped for smoko, so I'll get back into it now.

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Bats eat their own weight of insects in a day.

They might be easy to separate but I can't find blister packed ones in the pesticides aisle at Colesworths.

 

 

Edited January 3 by nomadpete
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[facthunter]

You won't find trichogramma wasps there either.

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

You won't find trichogramma wasps there either.

Are you suggesting that you have sourced them?

Please share!

[facthunter]

They are on the net for sale I used them in viticulture for moth control'.   Nev

[red750]

Here I go again with another pedantic gripe. It grinds my gears when people don't know the difference between singluar and plural pronouns. Refer to this comment on a newspaper headline declaring Princess Mary, soon to be Queen Mary, as Scottish because her parents were Scottish.

 

                          "Fire whoever called Crown Princess Mary a Scottish women,"

 

So many idiots on social media refer to 'women' when they mean 'woman'. It's like when they talk about a woman and his husband. Many internet jokes make this same mistake.

 

 

 

[pmccarthy]

I see the word  aircrafts a lot lately.

[onetrack]

That's the Indian input into our English language.

[Bruce Tuncks]

How much is keeping South Australia free from philloxera worth?

Any guess nev?

[facthunter]

Use grafted rootstock but costs more and is subject to "suckers' sprouting below the graft requiring manual removal. Last time I was there they were pretty fussy about keeping it away..   Nev

[Bruce Tuncks]

So for all these years I've worked hard to keep SA philloxera-free and they only needed to use grafted stock?  bugger.

[Bruce Tuncks]

I think that its really the prevailing westerly winds that are mainly to credit for keeping sa vines  free, fruit-fly too, for the stone fruit in sa. But every year, we hear about whole suburbs being quarantined and stripped.

[facthunter]

It has to be grafted to a 'suitable' rootstock. Wild US types are phylloxera tolerent but some are too vigorous for a quality outcome..    Nev

[red750]

I hate it when I type a post, and some of the letters drop out when I click on Submit Reply.

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[facthunter]

Bruce, it's a pretty big deal to replant large areas. Any bit of old vine root left  will spring up again. They are hard to kill. You'd be better off starting from a new suitable paddock in a lot of Cases.. Your row spacing and truss height. design and  Irrigation and drainage all have to be accounted for and the new plants guarded  to protect them and from  rabbits etc  and trained on the trellis wires carefully to get the right form and structure.  Nev

[Bruce Tuncks]

Plenty of changes going on in established areas over here Nev. I reckon the main reason is to change the variety.... years ago, chardonnay was the in variety, now I reckon it may be Merlot. I reckon it's the hardest decision of all to make. Changing the rootstock at the same time would be quite easy in comparison.

[Bruce Tuncks]

Here's another thing I've noticed....   the river areas are getting much better at producing good wines. Or maybe as the alcohol has bitten, I have become less choosy?

[Jerry_Atrick]

13 hours ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

, now I reckon it may be Merlot.

Oooh.... Better not invite this guy over:

 

[Bruce Tuncks]

Yep, that's the risk you take when replanting. How to know what will be the in variety in five years time is the challenge.

Personally, I like Merlot and chardonnay too and shiraz as well. Not fussy is my thing.

[Bruce Tuncks]

Are there people in Australia who only speak russian yet have australian citizenship?   Who allowed this?

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

Are there people in Australia who only speak russian yet have australian citizenship?   Who allowed this?

Probably the same ones who allow people who cannot speak or read English, to have a driver's licence.

[Marty_d]

Why does it matter?

[red750]

14 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

Why does it matter?

Because they don't know the law, and can't read the signs. As I've said before, just watch Highway Patrol or Motorcycle Cops (Aussie shows). They have no idea what the cops are talking about when they get pulled up, or put on a bloody good act of acting dumb.

[spacesailor]

There is One , living in ' Woolaware-bay . On his yacht. 

A displace person , who's country was taken by Russia .

So, no passport ,  But , gets assistance from the Australian government. 

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