Trees

I remember my mum buying a 'rockery' conifer many years ago. It was cute and well shaped. When it reached 30 odd feet tall i had to take it out cos she couldn't see her garden gnomes... True story, honest.

The tree has a nicely developed trunk and it'll look quite handsome with careful pruning. I'd agree that now is a good time to do it. As Mike says.. new shoots will soon grow next Spring so I'd take a bold approach. Greengage is underrated, and not over planted, i absolutely love the fruit.

The edge on that looks brown, which suggests it been like it a while. It also appears to be an older leaf, most insects would go fopr new growth I'm thinking.

Ok thanks for your help.

Normally the small ones that fall off are never going to ripen. I see you are supporting some branches, that is probably all you can do at the moment. It is a bit leggy and appears to not have many leaves. Shape needs some attention as well, I think you can only sort that out over two or...

Always difficult decisions, but it is a big un eventually.

Hey all, just a little update! Both sets of seeds have now germinated (they started to germinate about a week ago) and are looking quite healthy. Thanks for the help!

Prune at your peril Pruning will produce lots of leafy growth next year. Leave well alone and you should get more blossom/ fruit.

Last year my pear tree had at least a 100 fruits on it. It was positively dripping wirh them. This year it has TWO!! What on earth happened??? Also can anybody identify what variety please. All I know is that it's not William or Conference. Fruit seems ripen later than others mentioned.

Just picking up on this again - now I have a little bit of spare time.I can get hold of some large trough planters, size: 1.2m Wide 0.9m Height 0.3m DepthSimilar to the below (not in pink though!)Would i be ok to plant bamboo in such a trough? My idea being that the near 3ft in height for...

Might be best when watering to set a hose to a slight drip and let it stay around the root area for an hour or two at a time.

Jymi..I'd hate to have to lose the tree. Advice on board about pruning in the dry weather. I'll make sure to do it when (if) we have a spell of sunny weather forecast. Shiney..I'll be lucky if mine get past the allotment gates but a plum crumble sounds fab. I picked a few yesterday, they're so...

There are all kinds of insects out there sucking sap from leaves at this time of the year. That can cause brown spots, but it doesn't mean the tree is under real pressure,even wind damage can cause browning on leaves, some parts have had a few windy spells recently.Please dont cut it down and...

Yeah, I think earwigs could be the culprit.

I know you well enough kind sir!

One of the main culprits for killing of trees quickly is Honey fungus. Once in the soil it can quickly attack other things close by. It sounds to me that it's more likely to be a soil water availability problem that has affected your tree.

Bottom heat in a propagator with automatic spraying - easy! Actually got first two above but no spraying! So majority of cuttings are easy but never do coniferous material!! Yet. Cuttings generally I take, three at a time in deep cream pots (elm lea) Usually pot up together in larger pot as...

Peeling Bark Cherry - Prunus Serrula.

Interesting, I didn't know that.

She must have been talking to my wife!