Trees

it must be quite a sight !

If its dead, its dead. Resurrection only happens in the bible.Just give it a nick with a knife and see if its green under the bark.

Hello there, can anyone help me? There is a tree in my garden that had been chopped down to about 50cm. This season it has sent up shoots from low down that look to me to be Acer Cappadocicum. Is this a typical rootstock for Acer varieties or is it more likely that the tree was and is an Acer...

It's okay in fact, looks great now - the leaf opening was just very different in comparison to my other horse chestnut - that one started with a leaf spike pointing up which then opened out, while the one that I thought had a problem kind of partly opened into the "umbrella" that you see in my...

I'd complain to the supplier, sounds like they were selling you a bare-root plant along with a load of loose compost.Rootgrow and bonemeal don't work together although now you've used it I don't think they do any harm just that they won't do any good either.

You can clip, just dont cut into brown wood. which is why small amounts and often is good.

Do it the easy way, hire a stump grinder. Lots of fun to use as well!

The numbers generally increase as the tree size goes up, but by no means not always. Here's the rootstock info from Keepers...To be honest, the extra care that M27 needs is what you would automatically provide / need to do to any stemmed plant in a pot. Weeding around the base of a tree is...

I think if my memory serves me correctly i think stone fruit you prune after flowering i.e. cherry and plum, so mid summer is best like you say i think mid June is about the time for pruning but if they are heathy you should be ok pruning now.

Put it into some gritty compost and keep it damp not over-watered.I'd just reduce the buds to two by rubbing them off.

My parents used to have a line of these. Each set of flopping branches was bound with a stake and metal hoop. Sort of overgrown lupin staking!

Thankfully, it has started sprouting back, so all is well. The other tree that was reduced to being just a trunk has been removed and a sapling planted in its place (looks like a silver birch sapling)

Nope, you've knackered it. Don't waste any more of your time - remove and replant.

yes I meant elliptical, sorry. I dont think it is referred to the shape of the plant itself, but the the shape of the edge lenght/perimeter.

"A mature oak tree can draw up to 50 or more gallons of water per day"The pdf is mainly for kids but contains lots of useful information

Hi Thanks,Would they really expect me to return it as they are based in the Netherlands which I did not know until it was delivered. If they did I would hope they will pay for postage before its returned.If I find out that it is nothing that will affect the tree and it will recover once the...

I mixed Bonemeal with the earth and compost when I planted and a few weeks ago put a fraction of Blood, Fish & Bone at the base and also some Seaweed Extract in liquid form with a watering can. I've watered them regularly. All I can think of is, when I planted both plants, I pruned the top to...

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The ones that are falling off have probably not been pollinated. Most trees go through a similar process, just wait until September.