Growing in a salty coastal area . . .

[Dank Demon]

Cornwall has "Inner cities"? When did that happen?

Having said that, things can get a bit hairy in that sprawling conurbation known as Wadebridge, after 10 pm

I'm barred from every pub in Padstow, and I never did a thing. I walked into the pub, ordered a pint, took a sip, and was told I was barred because of who I was in town with. I did behave disgracefully after that though.

Polzeath was lovely in the late 90s before all the toffs gravitated there.

LMFAO I should have said nearby cities

 

[MJBadger]

and was told I was barred because of who I was in town with.

? ? ?

 

[Harry Gypsna]

? ? ?

A lot of local businesses don't really like the people doing henna tattoos/hair wraps/face painting/selling bracelets and wallets on the side of the harbour. Fair enough really, they have leases, and business rates to pay and along come all these hippie types coining it with a bedsheet full of wares on the pavement, it would probably put my nose out of joint were I in their shoes. They may have put a stop to it by now, I'd imagine it would have been something that an ASBO could have ben used for, and ASBOs didn't exist then. They kept serving us with papers back in the 90s but there was fuck all they could do as long as we were 3 feet from the harbour.

I haven't been back in a long time. Does Padstow still run (seemingly almost entirely) on child labour?

Sorry for derailing your thread Foomar.

 

[Donald Mallard]

Too easy where you were foomar ,
trying to make some challanges now i see , hehe ..

ive seen guys grow on islands in the south of my country ,
very windy and salt spray , the plants do quite well ,
just keep them low and try to set up some wind breaks to take the brunt of it ,

 

[RoadRash]

I think you will have some very happy plants.

I grew in a lagoon area and an area upstream of a lagoon in San Diego in the ... well, let's just say, in the past


One of the lagoon areas had a very slow down flow (freshwater to the ocean) most of the year, more if it rained. The salt came from high tides, etc. I grew in a buffer zone, where there was sand, lots of reeds (salt water type) some forest, and an owl.

The area upstream of the lagoon had a serious river in rainy years, or just a river-bed in dry years. Transitioning also to a lagoon.

I named one plant, "Rastafarian Princess", because she was so majestic. She grew about 1 mile from the coast.

Other plants that did well were about 1 mile to the edge of a salt water pool. They did get the salty foggy air.


I was thinking, maybe it's on a rainy day at high tide when the salt works its way in and makes the soil temporarily less hospitable to cannabis in coastal areas.


I don't know if anybody said anything about raised growing beds but they would help guarantee minimum exposure to salt.

I think that general bio-climate is a great one for Cannabis. e.g. Hawaii.

 

[foomar]

Seems like I was over concerned regarding salt issues , plants doing well now in an exceptionally warm summer , trained low and washed down every few days.

Canna seems less effected than most ornamentals , but the transplanted Acers are burnt to death , lot of effort and money wasted there.

Apart from my nearest neighbours people are far more friendly than back in Cov , most are laid back and chilled out , bit of a culture shock.

Have taken up surfing , probably the oldest surfer on Watergate this week , great fun and the youngsters have decent weed

 

[VerdantGreen]

acers hate any kind of wind, thats what burns them nevermind the salt!

i love the north coast of cornwall, spent many a holiday in polzeath and port quin. beautiful

hope things shape up and you enjoy it there foomar!

i would think along the lines of shelter belts and salt/wind tolerant plants for the garden.

gypsum is supposed to be very good at displacing salt from contaminated soils.

VG