OSR

[Mabee]

Great, thank you @Ian123 and @ericbeaumont

 

[robinharman]

Ah ok, I didn't know the wind-fertilized varieties were grown for bio oil.

Separately...lady farmer?! Surely just farmer in these enlightened times!

Not sure if wind fertilised, just that they are too long for honey bees.
Sorry - will have to be Lizzie the farmer in these enlightened times

 

[JamezF]

Not sure if wind fertilised, just that they are too long for honey bees.

I think that's more likely to be correct. Changing a plant from insect-pollinated to wind-pollinated would seem like a huge genetic leap, whereas a slight change in the form of the flower might be quite simple.

James

 

[Newbeeneil]

Read a Farmers' Weekly article a couple of years ago in which autumn sowing was considered far more successful than spring - Harry planted in February - as the autumn plant is stronger (or is it taller?) and able to survive the CSFB.

There are fields of it near Guildford as far as the eye can see, and when I'm back next week I'll visit the farm and ask how they grow it successfully. I've commandeered Mum's back garden, which is about half a mile away, so will know by then if it's a variety that produces nectar.

I drove down the Compton straight yesterday and saw the fields of OSR, the bees in you mum's back garden will make short work of 1/4mile hop!

 

[ericbeaumont]

the Compton straight

Yes, the Compton straight! OSR is on the Loseley Estate.

The straight (aka New Pond Road) was known in the 1960s as a test road for John Coombs upgraded Jaguar Mk2s. Coombs was legendary in racing circles in the 50s and 60s and had a Jaguar dealership opposite Ye Olde Ship Inn, on the road from Godalming to Guildford. The mechanics used to get them up to 120 on the straight; years ago we tried it in Mum's Morris Minor but even with the oars out, we couldn't get past 68.

 

[Newbeeneil]

Yes, the Compton straight! OSR is on the Loseley Estate.

The straight (aka New Pond Road) was known in the 1960s as a test road for John Coombs upgraded Jaguar Mk2s. Coombs was legendary in racing circles in the 50s and 60s and had a Jaguar dealership opposite Ye Olde Ship Inn, on the road from Godalming to Guildford. The mechanics used to get them up to 120 on the straight; years ago we tried it in Mum's Morris Minor but even with the oars out, we couldn't get past 68.

Great reminiscing, I wonder what speed they took the bridge at?

 

[ericbeaumont]

wonder what speed they took the bridge at?

Probably gunned it from the bridge, west down the straight, but in those days there were probably two cars and a tractor an hour down that road. Now it's a commuter run...

 

[Amari]

Great reminiscing, I wonder what speed they took the bridge at?

68!! My first car in the mid-1960s was an early post war Morris 8 Series E. Cost me £15. Rarely managed to get it above 50 mph.

 

[ericbeaumont]

Rarely managed to get it above 50 mph.

Did you hang on to it? That speed will be universal soon.

 

[Amari]

Did you hang on to it? That speed will be universal soon.

No. The engine failed so a few fellow medical students and I pushed it into the main corridor of our teaching hospital via a back entrance and left it there. Seems very puerile in retrospect.

 

[ericbeaumont]

left it there

Put the reg. number into the DVLA search engine and you may find it's still about.

 

[Amari]

Put the reg. number into the DVLA search engine and you may find it's still about.

Can't remember the number. However I've just entered one that I do: DET 718, a Ford Popular that was my Dad's first car c.1946. DVLA screen reports: "Sorry, there is a problem".....

 

[ericbeaumont]

Sorry, there is a problem

They know about the rust...

 

[JamezF]

They know about the rust...

Can't be that. I put in the registration of my Alfasud and it came back fine.

James