Trees

Hiya Matt, Good luck with your fruit trees:thumb: It will be nice to see them growing. One of my best plants was a Woolworths reject - reduced for a quick sale.

LOL - the neighbours always give me funny looks:o

Yep, they were fruit buds. They're just breaking into flower. I'll try hand-pollinating 'cause I haven't seen hide nor hair of any bees:(

Gaz I get aphids in annoying numbers on my ACER pseudoplatanus Brilliantisimum. It's still a nice small tree and managable for spraying early on. I did it with rose clear last week and it gets rid of the bulk of the aphids. We have a few sycamores around at the end of the gardens and something...

Apart from getting bird scarers in I'd definitely try the netting in the tree. You may want to even try popping a fake bird of prey in among the branches too. You never know...

Brought a bare root one from morrisons for £1.99 WIll give a try nothing to lose!

Are the dead leaves still attached, if so its usually a sign that the wood is dead. It could still possibly sprout from low down near the root.

Well this is fantastic news! Something for the G&T's... Off to the shops for a lemon tree I'll get a fair sized pot and hope for the best! Thanks all

Thanks for the advice. To be honest think I knackered them last year cos they went brown and havent recovered. Not sure what to do , cant afford to get anyone in. Great before and after picsMaybe I should take a pic of my after and the before of the rest that needs doing.

Should be sprouting any time now Kev. I don't know if you will make this one out but it has just started this morning. Then it will grow like the clappers.

KAT perhaps some curtians could sort your probs out :eek:

Hi chabal,Keep it watered and protected and it should, eventually, come round. If it's still in the same pot that you bought it in you may want to try feeding it. Take care not to overwater it as too much water will force the air out of the soil and drown the tree. Pruning the dead leaves may...

Hi vegmandan,Silver birches are fine and quite tolerant of high wind due to their flexible nature. I'd shy away from using willows, alders and poplar as they're brittle and have a potentially high risk of failure due to wind damage.Do you know what causes the wet conditions in your garden?...

The Spaghetti Tree was on Panorama in 1957. Doesn`t time fly. And the Beeb is still trying to fool us with food related items.

Ah well - looks like Kindling is living up to its name then. Mr J gave the tree that name as a threat...

Oh, good! Thanks for the reassurance. I haven't got any kids who could appreciate my gardening efforts in future years - and the dog'll probably not outlive me! Must try to be less impatient.

Thanks guys,returned home from work and all seems well no more yellow leaves, thanks again

Thanks guysRosa you balcony looks great! thats just the type of look I'd like, quite a way to go yet mind!my flat overlooks the back of tesco so I'm keen to get a good coverage so its a bit nicer when looking out the windowThis is the only pic of the ivy I have at the moment, I took it...

Pete, yes they are both made of Kauri pine. Apparently the cogs had been in use for many years in a saw mill.

Hi freddy, Ivy prefers to grow on trees that have open crowns as there is more light. so it tends to grow better on trees that are dying or are dead.