Trees

I guess you can't say s****e around here :confused:Scale insects can be tough to control, you have to keep after them. Try and figure out which one it is, if you can, as some have hard shells and some are soft. You have to have your timing down when going after the hard shelled ones....

Hi leonora. Knew I'd find a mention of mini-apples if I looked back far enough. Your mini apple tree. Did you get it from v-meuwen? I've got one (first year). In the piccies, it grows straight up with no side-shoots. Mine's growing well but it'sthrowing side-shoots. Do you prune them back to the...

you can actually see a caterpillar at the top of the pic on the stalk,,,took picture come back half hour later and there was about a dozen of the little ******s running around outside the web,now disposed of with my size 9s

Hi, K-G. I've got a dwarf apple, in the pictures the fruit are growing right on the trunk. My tree is throwing out long leaders from the side. Do you know if you have to shorten theses to the trunk?

Welcome back, DaisyChain47.I could talk lots about olive trees but it would not be of any benefit to you. However, there are several people here who can assist.Hope you stay around this time .. the forum has probably changed drastically since you left.

There are varieties of apple which are self-fertile, some that need 1 other, and some that need 2. The pollinators have to flower at the same time, obviously.

Sounds like a fair bit of work there, H-A :rolleyes: But as Voltaire says........ and he wasn't even the one credited with coming up with mots justes!

Thanks for the reassurance, I'll leave it be then. When we moved in, there was a lilac tree closer to the wall than the silver birch and a huge ash equally close to the wall on the other side of the garden. They didn't cause any problems and the building is derelict anyway, so I think I'll risk it

Most of the big ones that I've seen are well and truly rooted in the ground, I find it hard to believe that a plant, can reach the heights that these do, without having a decent root system in the ground. Especially when grow in the dryer conditions that most of these poor things are expcted to...

Thanks so much! this is such a help flower..I never thought about pruning it That picture is perfect, I can see exactly where you are coming from now. Thanks again

Thank you, Hy and walnut. A bit of a relief but still not an answer to my Bruggie. In saying that, it is now covered in budlets and new shoots from the bare stems/trunks? (there stems, here trunks?) and one that is 10cms long that somehow we both have failed to notice! :eek:Interesting...

Thanks both :(

Thank you Walnut. No fruit this year then but I'll do the recommended thing and hopefully they'll be fine for next year. At least there's a chance they will be saved.

One other point about mites, they have 10 legs being crustaceans.

Peapod .... take care to remove reverting leaves... my own tree reverted completely :(

Well certainly the ground is wet underneath that little right toe We have been having loads of rain. Are the pots well drained? Lift them out of the pot to see if the soil is too sodden. These plants like even moisture content (not dry/wet/dry/wet) in well drained soil. It just might be...

Hot sun is, unfortunately, something that is sadly lacking this year in Northern Ireland

Hello ChrysocollaI am not an expert gardener - perish the thought - but I am an expert mover. I have been moving plants around for more years than I can remember and I have a tried and tested formula.For 3 days before I want to move something I water it copiously. Then, on moving day I...

clay soil is very fertile just add organic matter or some of your gravel!to improve the drainage worked wonders for me, garden is happilly growing like mad!

Titch recommends doing it in July, which I would have said is a bit early, but probably wouldn't do any harm.