My argan tree

[Pedro]

I planted tens of mint plants on my garden. it’s open war against weeds.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

On 18/01/2023 at 20:32, Motobiker said:

 

 

he's right, it is the roots. not sure why I was thinking of seeds. ho hum. anyway this looks like good advice to add to that.

Why does mint spread so fast?

Mint spreads easily because of its resilient rhizomes. A rhizome is a large stem which grows underneath the ground and which propagates lateral shoots (Ivany, 1997). In other words, mint has a strong root system which spreads underground, facilitating its rapid growth.

The best way to control mint is to limit the spread of the plant's roots by planting it first in a pot, then sinking the pot into the ground or into the soil within a larger container. Every few weeks, give the pot a quarter turn to keep the roots from escaping through the drainage holes.

Thanks, that’s useful to know. 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

On 18/01/2023 at 21:03, Six30 said:

no its not .

Shut up twatface, I like people who have something useful to say. 

[Six30]

3 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Shut up twatface, I like people who have something useful to say. 

You don’t like mirrors then 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

14 minutes ago, Six30 said:

You don’t like mirrors then 

I only see harmony. Try it. 

[Six30]

33 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

I only see harmony. Try it. 

You need to lay of the cider missy .

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

3 minutes ago, Six30 said:

You need to lay of the cider missy .

And you need to lay it on

[Pedro]

This was on 25th January:

 

01st February:

 

 

And today:

 

 

 

I did try the cling film method but I don't think it worked with any significance. Two plants had cling film, one made it the other didn't. Out of 8 seeds that were planted 5 made it so far.

 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

I was only wondering how they were doing just yesterday. Looking good.

[Buckster]

18 minutes ago, Pedro said:

This was on 25th January:

 

01st February:

 

 

And today:

 

 

 

I did try the cling film method but I don't think it worked with any significance. Two plants had cling film, one made it the other didn't. Out of 8 seeds that were planted 5 made it so far.

 

Tomorrow.

[yen_powell]

They look promising. How long do you reckon before they go outside, is it months or years?

I'd give it a few more weeks before you start building the tree house though.

[Pedro]

33 minutes ago, yen_powell said:

They look promising. How long do you reckon before they go outside, is it months or years?

I'd give it a few more weeks before you start building the tree house though.

They don't grow very fast at all. I'll leave them in the pots at least a few months, the first one was 6 months before I felt it needed a bigger pot, but it really didn't.

It's 15 years until they're juvenile and starting to properly produce fruit. 

[boboneleg]

Well done @pedro , they look like they like that space.

[Pedro]

Espinho´s Argan orchard today, you can almost hear them grow!

After riding in the back of my bike for 2000km, these are the Indiana Jones of slow growing trees!!!

 

[Pedro]

5 little trees were looking like this a few days ago:

They were moved outside with the beginning of summer, and I kept them in a place sheltered from the wind and as much sun exposure as I could at my parent’s place. 
 

Now two trees, the biggest one and the third biggest one moved south. The biggest one is now on the ground by my oldest tree from 5 years ago. It’s a very windy area so there’s a helper bar to keep it from bending too much.

The other one is going on the ground by my neighbour’s house tomorrow. It’s a very poor quality ground, rocky and dry, in a very windy and dry area. Hope it does well, they’re hardy trees that live in such places except for the wind.

Also, we might have a problem with roots interfering with houses in a few years, but I’ll leave that to the people in 2200 to deal with.

[Pedro]

Second little tree is in the ground. It’s on a little bit of public land, a triangle next to my neighbours’ house. If it grows I’ll be able to see it from my house in about 200 or 300 years, cool stuff, can’t wait.

It’ll be a tough little tree if it manages to grow there, the dirt’s colour there is very Moroccan like, but it’s very rocky very tough ground, look what it did to my pick.

 

It’s windswept and arid but it properly rains and gets to freezing temperatures in the winter, I hope she makes it.

 

[Pedro]

The other three little trees I have at home have found a home in a friend’s countryside farmhouse turned hotel in the high Douro. It’s a great destination for a full day of riding following the Douro valley and very scenic, she’s into trees and gardening, so will be cool to visit them when they’re grown, the GS will be about 2500000 km by then, though, we’ll see.

[Sir Fallsalot]

5 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Second little tree is in the ground. It’s on a little bit of public land, a triangle next to my neighbours’ house. If it grows I’ll be able to see it from my house in about 200 or 300 years, cool stuff, can’t wait.

It’ll be a tough little tree if it manages to grow there, the dirt’s colour there is very Moroccan like, but it’s very rocky very tough ground, look what it did to my pick.

 

It’s windswept and arid but it properly rains and gets to freezing temperatures in the winter, I hope she makes it.

 

That reminds me of a mate of mine he planted a monkey puzzle tree in his back garden in the late 80's it was not much bigger than that tree of yours and not knowing anything about plants other than weed he wasn't sure it would survive
this is it now 

[Pedro]

2 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

That reminds me of a mate of mine he planted a monkey puzzle tree in his back garden in the late 80's it was not much bigger than that tree of yours and not knowing anything about plants other than weed he wasn't sure it would survive
this is it now 

That’s very cool!

I watched all three of these trees grow. The Left one is an olive tree, just sprung out by itself maybe 3 years ago, the middle one is an indian tree, forgot the name, around 6 years old also sprung out by itself since the neighbour has a few, the right one is an almond tree I planted with Maria, it was a meter high twig when we planted maybe 5 years ago.

trees are very cool

I have this vision of people in Portugal in a few centuries wondering how this very non invasive trees ( Argan )  very hard to germinate, ended up all over the country. 

[Sir Fallsalot]

1 minute ago, Pedro said:

That’s very cool!

I watched all three of these trees grow. The Left one is an olive tree, just sprung out by itself maybe 3 years ago, the middle one is an indian tree, forgot the name, around 6 years old also sprung out by itself since the neighbour has a few, the right one is an almond tree I planted with Maria, it was a meter high twig when we planted maybe 5 years ago.

trees are very cool

I have this vision of people in Portugal in a few centuries wondering how this very non invasive trees ( Argan )  very hard to germinate, ended up all over the country. 

Cool  we have an abundance of Ash trees all around us here they grow like weeds and very fast as well, good thing is they have a low water content so make good fire wood 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

When my mother in law was contemplating her future legacy I suggested giving a bit of the land back to nature and planting some trees. Like a bit of an arboretum area for the folk who work so feckin hard all the time in the yard.

Much to my surprise she went for it and now theres a bit of green with a large pond and a load of developing trees. The folding chairs and picnic blankets appear in the summer. I’m very happy with that. I wouldn’t have minded my other suggestion taking off which was planting a field of fruit trees that people can come and help themselves to the fruits of. 

Unfortunately it involves members of the public having access and that involves liability insurance etc etc but I think perhaps I can make it happen later on  

ps @Pedro thanks for the update. So nice to see them doing well. Perhaps on your next jaunt to Morocco you could post us a couple of seeds for the farm and a tiny bit of Maria’s legacy can live on in the fields here too?!

[Pedro]

6 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

When my mother in law was contemplating her future legacy I suggested giving a bit of the land back to nature and planting some trees. Like a bit of an arboretum area for the folk who work so feckin hard all the time in the yard.

Much to my surprise she went for it and now theres a bit of green with a large pond and a load of developing trees. The folding chairs and picnic blankets appear in the summer. I’m very happy with that. I wouldn’t have minded my other suggestion taking off which was planting a field of fruit trees that people can come and help themselves to the fruits of. 

Unfortunately it involves members of the public having access and that involves liability insurance etc etc but I think perhaps I can make it happen later on  

ps @Pedro thanks for the update. So nice to see them doing well. Perhaps on your next jaunt to Morocco you could post us a couple of seeds for the farm and a tiny bit of Maria’s legacy can live on in the fields here too?!

I’ll gladly send you a couple of seeds, but the UK might be a step too far for these draught loving, cold hating trees. It’s a promise, though, you shall have your seeds to see how they cope.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

11 minutes ago, Pedro said:

I’ll gladly send you a couple of seeds, but the UK might be a step too far for these draught loving, cold hating trees. It’s a promise, though, you shall have your seeds to see how they cope.

Will look for a protected sunny spot

[Catteeclan]

30 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Will look for a protected sunny spot

In spain

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

11 hours ago, Catteeclan said:

In spain

Possibly

But I have a largish unsused room in my house (weird considering I always feel short on space ) that I used to feed to 20 or so guests in, but honestly I got fed up with the workload, the table is gone and a heat loving tree would thrive, just a case of finding a thriving tree a good spot later. 

We can now quite suddenly successfully grow grapes (yer thats right global warming is a con ) so I reckon its a go.