Trees

Hi tdubyaThere's a wealth of information online regarding fruit tree pruning. For example:Fruit tree pruning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Growing fruit - pruning apple trees in summer | gardenersworld.com Apples and pears: winter pruning / Royal Horticultural SocietyAnd books such...

Hi SpruceYou can't 'make' a tree grow branches, although some species of tree, such as willow, have been seen to grow epicormic branches from cuts and wounds. Branchlets will develop as and when needed by the tree, and only if there are adequate and viable buds beneath the bark. Your friend...

I`m just trying to help the man, but he obviously knows it all already. I just hope he doesn`t kill someone before he finds out he knows nothing.

Thank you very much in deed for the info, will give the cuttings a go,so they's not much to it then just stick a load in the ground:yess: sorry slow at replying,internet has been slow (sorry not working Grrrrrr):wallbang:

Thank you for your replies. I will see if I can get a refund (even for £7) and put it towards a decent specimen from a garden centre after payday! At least I can console myself with the knowledge that the hard work is done.

Hi Looks like your tree has canker , which is a fungal disease. Some varieties are realy effected ie Bramley apple . The new varieties are a better choice to plant You are meant to cut out the infected branches, but with older trees like yours you probably woudnt have much tree left its...

Your tree generally looks fine to me The 'lichen' on the main trunk is not a problem Cut off the dead branches (cut up to but not beyond the collar on the main trunk) It is this collar that will grow over and heal the wound Japanese maples suffered greatly this past year with the unusual weather...

I have 4 painted up old galvanised dustbins 1 has a Fig tree( fruits well as they quite enjoy their roots restricted), 1 Cherry from a pip, 1 Albezia & 1 Redwood grown from a tiny seedling from my cuz's garden in California.. All have been happily growing away for at least 10yrs now & as long...

I see it's called "scoring and notching" here: Scoring and Notching: A Method in Tree Training --Home Orchard Society

Good evening Freebird and welcome to the site.. How do you explain the Evergreen Oak then? Quercus Ilex aka Holm Oak?

Goodness me(polite aint I),what a pain they are!...I take to all fours and scour my borders grubbing out the blighters

Hi Wait till the Autumn (not long to go), you will be able to get a freshly dug barerooted tree if you (google) look at any of the tree sites you can order in advance. make sure you put a stake in and a proper tree tie :yess: I would leave your transplanted tree alone and see what happens in...

Hi Nicholas - and welcome to the forum. I have had to Google your tagataste. But I love doing that - its the way to learn about new plants. Please do show us some pics with information about Australian plants. I think we all like seeing new plants, and there are a number of us that like to...

my eaucalyptus has lots of dead leaves after the harsh winter. Still a few green leaves at top. It is about 25 feet tall. This week it has lots of small bushy leafy shoots/branches coming from the trunk at just above ground level. What do I do? Leave the tree as it is, or have the top and...

Thanks, fortunately brute force and ignorance are my strongest points. Thanks for the reply.

Definitely scale. I get them on all my acers. Wipe them off as soon as they start appearing if you can and I follow up with a spray of provado as well. I check my acers from about April May time.

Thank you Dai. You're a star

I was given a small tree paeony seven years ago. It came from the south coast, and being planted in our exposed northern garden almost did for it. I dug it up and put it in a big pot which is situated in the shelter of the house. Since then, every year it puts out pretty new leaves but hasn't...

Thats exactly whats happened! Moved the greenhouse and found about 4 new ones up to about 2ft hiding under the mad clematis at the bottom of the garden! Cheers :D

I'd agree with Pete on that one. While Figs are vigorous and hungry feeders, judging by the picture, this one is on a forced hunger strike. A tree that is in the same pot for 8 years will have used up any fertilizer in the compost after a few months. Even if fertilizer was added to the compost...