Trees

Thanks Pete. They've got quite leggy this year so they do need a good tidy up anyway. I was just a bit scared I'd do it wrong and wreck them.

Seeing your from manchester makes me wonder, wouldn't it be funny if 2 neighbours were on this forum and didn't realise. Imagine if you had just knocked on my door asking me about my holly? :D

Thanks I will send a photo when I learn how to do it. I have managed to get it on digital camera but after that its one big mystery.

Thank you very much whis4ey and Fran, I hadn't imagined the sump forming but can now visualise it happening. I just thought about the expansion and contraction of the clay around the roots, so thank you very much for that. I might form small channels of gravel, a couple of inches wide...

Sorry! I seem to have thanked the wrong person!I flicked through the posts, saw the web address, then, scrolling down too far, saw the name, Pete. I went to the site and was so delighted by what I read, that I treated my tree and, then, thanked the wrong person!I don't have senior moments, I...

Cheers, i hadn't noticed those gloves :D Must have been one i'd left out and got soaked in the rain.Heres the little thing after it got blown over. http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=003323You see the new panel on the left too? Thats the...

I go along with walnut. Definitely looks like a Eucalypt. I suppose you could paint the top of the stump with Arbrex. Should stop any form of disease getting in

I agree with Pete there John, the fruit is just putting stress on the plant. David.

It does sound like your tree has suckered. You need to pull the pieces of it off where they emerge either from the trunk below the graft union, or from the roots. They are more vigorous than the cultivated part of the tree and are taking all the strength away from that. If you merely cut them...

wife decided on a acer tree. she boss

I think the palm is Chamaedorea elegans, (I call it Neanthe bella), I think division is the only option at the base, but that could well spoil the plant, so personally I'd leave it alone.As to the apple tree Paul, I dont think I would worry that much about a few dying leaves at this time of...

It must not be pruned in the dormant season. Cherries would then get silver leaf disease. You can prune them after the leaf buds have burst.

I have a lovely magnolia that I got about three years ago. Not very big yet, but it flowered twice this year too! We have had very strange weather here in Canada too this year!

Hi Mikey as Pete and Daith says wind scortch is the likely problem, probably dried out being in a pot difficult to maintain a stable watering regime in a pot you only have to slip up once and you have a problem, it's unlikely they will come back good they will be misshapen were all the dead bits...

Thankyou so much for your replies. I feel more confident about 'trimming' some of the roots in the knowledge that I won't kill the tree!

I would be inclined to water with rain water whilst its indoors. Watch out for mealy bug!

I`ve had my Olive growing in a pot for about 5 years now and it has quite a few ( small ) fruit again this year. I am, however, going to plant it in the ground this winter the only reason being that I am changing my garden around a bit. If you do keep yours in a pot don`t forget to feed and...

Yes, geoffhandley, I agree about the needles, they can really be a sea of needles. I do like these trees a lot and in Rome and Pompei for example, there are gigantic exemplars of these beautiful trees.

Greg, I think it may be one of the Phytophthora family of diseases. Why not check on the Forestry Commission website. David.

Most trees that provide you with seasonal interest are deciduous - and will not cope well with drought and limited attention in a container. They will need both watering and feeding to produce seasonal colour.Amelanchier, Malus, Cotinus,Prunus, Sorbus and Cornus would seem to meet the...