Trees

My olive tree is about seven years old and has quite a crop of embryonic olives - although I know from experience that most will fall off. This year the woodpigeons have taken a shine to them, which isn't helping. The thing is ... since you can't eat olives straight from the tree, they are...

But that`s not controlling the rust Pete, it`s just spreading it. Personally, I`d cut the tree down and burn it.:lollol::gnthb:

We need a photo to see what the situation is as Shiney says. I moved my greenhouse a couple of years ago so as to get more summer shade from neighbours' trees - it helps keep the temperature down in my greenhouse, I think they have done you a favour.

Hi Lomeo. judging by your photo i Agree they look like Box Trees and i also agree they require a larger pot. also your pots look like plastic pots, i could be mistaken ,but i think i see mould shapes on the bottom/side. your trees by the size of them definitely are crying out for a much larger...

them hard globules of sap are probably what the plum moth maggot has excreted from the fruit, I have them on some of my fruit even though I have used a plum moth trap. Kev

:wink::hehe: They are right I am afraid Harmony... :hehe:

Alternatively, you could do something to your windows - this Windowfilm is excellent. It's a solar barrier that keeps the room cool in the hot weather and warm in the cold and whilst you have full view from within, from outside it looks like mirror glass, similar to ambulance windows. At least...

Even after killing it off it will decay...unevenly. The last to rot will be the "heartwood" in the centre of the stump, so there will come a time when it will look really ugly.

thanks for your help and advice

Hi glosspop,It looks like a Potassium mineral deficiency to me, and as daitheplant said in his above post; overwatering could have compounded the situation. A little less watering and some potassium rich feed should sort the problem out, although if you've simply reduced the tree to nothing...

Hi Chocky, if the leaves are turning yellow or white around the edges, that sounds like some form of stress. When planted in containers they are always more suseptible to things such as under/over watering and lack of nutrients etc. They don't like being waterlogged, let the compost dry out on...

But if we`re right.:hehe::hehe::hehe::gnthb:

See these two links -There should be no problem pruning the low branches or in removing the basal shoot on the pear.

Blissinabox.... Just loved your garden photos, nice to have members from down under.. I have a friend who lives in Parramatta...:gnthb: The trees out front could be Cupressus arizonics, you see them allot in CA planted close to the houses the same usually in 3s too....

They should be fine off of the tree =] I wouldn't of thought there would be any specific things to watch out for although just check to make the fruit is whole without any holes xD

I grow the varieties that Dai suggests and both do well.

The only trouble with hover flies is they really know how to irritate. They fly in front of you with that high pitched hum which can sound threatening - I suppose they are trying to persuade you to go somewhere else. If you don't know what they are you can think their stripes mean they are...

Cornus kousa and Cornus controversa are lovely...as are Japanese maples! Or how about an Acer griseum, the paper bark maple. Then you have beautiful orange red peeling bark all year, a lovely shaped tree, foliage that is pretty all year, then good autumn colour too. Whichever tree you choose, I...

That's was my plan, to use Bonsai shaping, pruning principals on trees without reducing the potential growth by restricting the root ball growth much like you did on your acers. How would you recommend I feed these trees and when should I prune them to stimulate new growth? I'd pop up a like...

They do burn well, 'specially the needles.