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  • 03-09-2013 1:18pm
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    cena
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    Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leaves says like in the states during the autumn.?

    Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leaves


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    pharmaton
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    what part of Ireland do you live in?


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    Mr Benevolent
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    Try going somewhere with trees to start with. We have plenty of autumnal leaves around my way.


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    The Backwards Man
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    My gutters say otherwise. :(


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    Pai Mei
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    Leafs.




















    Seriously??


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    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    My folks have a maple tree in the front garden. The leaves are lovely - until they all fall off come winter and the garden is a giant sea of red, leafy decay.


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    cena
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    I've been in the local forest and there is no sign to of the leaves changing colour.

    I have seen some while driving around but not much.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    Are the leaves bigger in America?


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    o1s1n
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Are the leaves bigger in America?

    Everything is bigger in America.


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    cena
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Are the leaves bigger in America?

    I'm not sure.


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    cena
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Everything is bigger in America.

    I was going say that but you beat me too it


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    pharmaton
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    cena wrote: »
    I've been in the local forest and there is no sign to of the leafs changing colour.

    I have seen some while driving around but not much.

    most forest in Ireland are coniferous pine, parklands will have older more native trees. I'm surrounded by parkland on all sides and I have to wade through crunchy leaves daily during Autumn. (I also have an Ash a Maple and a Birch in my own garden)


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    Zombienosh
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    Leaves*


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    krudler
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    Loads of nice orange leaves around here in the coming weeks, its still early for them to be changing


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    The Backwards Man
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    Zombienosh wrote: »
    Leaves*

    Bye :)


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    cena
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    I was thinking thst is why. Petty they don't plant trees like maple and red oak etc

    I see the different leaves colours on tree that are on the side of roads.


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    Chucken
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    My gutters say otherwise. :(

    Weren't you told to stop listening to random parts of your house?


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    cena wrote: »
    I'm not sure.

    you need to be sure of everything before you start slagging off our leaves


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    pharmaton
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    cena wrote: »
    I was thinking thst is why. Petty they don't plant trees like maple and red oak etc

    I see the different leaf colours on tree that are on the side of roads.
    yeah it's ironic, despite it's reputation for being green, Ireland is one of the most deforested countries in Europe.


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    Stereomaniac
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    Good luck.


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    anncoates
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    cena wrote: »
    Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leafs says like in the states during the autumn.?

    Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leafs

    The leaves have a high lipid diet over there.


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    Knine
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    cena wrote: »
    Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leafs says like in the states during the autumn.?

    Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leafs
    Nrr
    J


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    The Backwards Man
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    Chucken wrote: »
    Weren't you told to stop listening to random parts of your house?

    Yeah, but then the fridge told me not to listen to cranks on the web. :p


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    Chucken
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Yeah, but then the fridge told me not to listen to cranks on the web. :p

    Well, this crank is off now to plant 120 Maple saplings...so :p


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    Honey-ec
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    pharmaton wrote: »
    yeah it's ironic, despite it's reputation for being green, Ireland is one of the most deforested countries in Europe.

    I think you'll find that generally refers to the amount of land still under pasture, nothing to do with tree cover.


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    Tope
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    Yeah, the autumn colours are far more dramatic in the US, people go out of their way to see the beautiful colours in New England and thereabouts.
    I read something about this before, can't remember the full details but it's to do with the weather.

    Their seasons are far more clear-cut over there - you get a solid few months of hot summer weather, then a quick drop in temperature for a few months for autumn, which then becomes a proper freezing cold winter, etc.

    This affects how the trees react; they all withdraw their chlorophyll levels (what gives leaves their green colour) at the same time, giving that stunning autumn foliage.

    Meanwhile our trees kind of dawdle along, with different trees changing colours at different times, as our climate is so temperate and changeable. So we get nice colours too but nowhere near the same as in America.


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    sheesh
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    Killarney National park is good for this during autumn has not started yet though. As long as we do not get high winds and rain when the start going brown they tend to stick around.


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    JohnMearsheimer
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    Autumn is my favourite time of year. I spent few weeks in New England in October 2011. Lovely little towns, picket fences, hot drinks and great autumn colours.

    My Lonely Planet guide said there were hotlines people could call to find out where the best foliage was. A bit extreme!

    We do get nice autumn colours in Ireland as well but it's a bit early yet.


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    cena
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    Chucken wrote: »
    Well, this crank is off now to plant 120 Maple saplings...so :p

    Can I have one of them maple sapling :)


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    cena
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    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    Autumn is my favourite time of year. I spent few weeks in New England in October 2011. Lovely little towns, picket fences, hot drinks and great autumn colours.

    My Lonely Planet guide said there were hotlines people could call to find out where the best foliage was. A bit extreme!

    We do get nice autumn colours in Ireland as well but it's a bit early yet.

    It is very big over there for people to travel just to see the leaves change colour


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    Chucken
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    cena wrote: »
    Can I have one of them maple sapling :)

    I've posted them before and they survived, I dont see why not :)


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