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trous par endroit

English translation: 'holes' in places

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12:46 Jun 11, 2011

French to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Production of biofuel

French term or phrase: trous par endroit

The planting of miscanthus grass went wrong and the yield was not as expected. When some agriculturalists inspected the crop 3 months after planting they found:

une reprise d'une moyenne de 6000 rhizomes par ha sur le solde de 22 ha avec des trous par endroit (alors que XXX a promis 80% de reprise moyenne)

I am assuming "trous" to mean the planting holes, but "par endroit" has got me confused

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Local time: 16:58

English translation:'holes' in places

Explanation:
No, not "planting holes" but "holes" or "gaps" where for some reason there were no plants (either because none were planted, because the plants in those places died (contaminated soil, for instance), or because elephants ate them).

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Note added at 9 mins (2011-06-11 12:56:20 GMT)
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It should really be par endroits with an S, I feel.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-06-11 15:52:14 GMT)
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Elephants is what the miscanthus is for, surely!

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-06-11 17:35:51 GMT)
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Des p'tits trous, des p'tits trous, toujours des p'tits trous ... .

Presumably the hole in the crop is a damp patch in the floor of the depression. 1.0 km. Tullymacnous Road Just off the A22 north of Killyleagh. ...
www.geolocation.ws/v/W/4d8b7fe587865604e5004f8d/view.../en

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