Trees

On the 'foundations' note, I once heard or read (can't remember which) that sometimes removing a tree because of concerns about its roots undermining foundations can in some circumstances make matters worse. The logic was that the roots displace some of the foundations, but increase the pressure...

Acers /maples will drip sap. I don't think others will. Are you keeping the leaves on or are you just using the wood? If you are using largish branches you would need to put them in plaster in your container I think to keep them secure.Just put the container with plaster inside a more decorative...

It will be fine to move it between September and March. Prune it back and keep as much fibrous root as possible. Keep it moist in a plastic bag or similar and the least time it is out of the ground the better. I wouldn't do it now in July; it would suffer and maybe even die.

Thank you so much for your reply. I did some more investigation of the trees and research with this new knowledge of leaf miners which led me to other info. After examining LOTS of leaves it would appear we have not just 1 but 2 pests eating away at the oak trees. From the larvae I suspect one...

Yip WT, that is what i have been reading outside of frost damage. Red Spider Mites can cause premature defoliation. :cnfs: As i have only had my trees 7 months CD i am not sure about cutting out.I left one bit to see, and it grew new shoots on the end but the brown bit behind them remained...

is it a tasmanian tree fern,if so mine was a very late developer last year but they came eventually.this year has quite a lot already and is doing very well,can you feel any shoots growing inside?

I have used stump out in the past and although it takes time, it can be effective. I like the idea of leaving it for a woodpile for insects and woodlice I have one outside which is about 4 foot high from an old cedar, I have a wildflower basket sitting on top of it with lots of trailing...

hi everyone, i have an apple tree i put in about three years ago. it had loads of buds but then after they had blossomed they dried up and fell off, the leaves have gone yellow/brown and are dropping too. a friend says this is just the tree establishing itself. do any of you have clue whats...

Hi ShimshamIf your Bramley hasn't produced any blossom by now, it's not going to do anything at all this year.I had a big old Crimson Bramley in my last garden and looked after it for over 20 years. It never failed to produce blossom but it had a definite cycle of "rest" years...

Thank you catz and Flinty .. confirmed my thoughts ... will remedy over the weekend and change waterng habits.

So sorry I am late in getting back to you folks. No, I'm not sure that it is a Rowan now. The leaves are each side of a stalk.I must look closer and compare it with Rowan Trees next door and across the road that do flower and have berries.Thank you.

Soon!I presume you can hear the whole tree buzzing?

thanks mathew your right its not mature as olive trees go 8 years its still a young tree but at 5 feet tall you will forgive me for thinking it as not a new tree . thanks for your advice rpdiy

Thanks to all ---but the woolly aphid states that the white fluffy stuff isd waxy but this is not so it is not waxy at all!! It also states that it bleeds as such if squashed but it does not. any ideas guys n girls on this one

Thank you, that's good news. Obviously I'm a bit behind the times with my 'gunk' question!!

Hi I am back again (having sorted out my camera) to ask your opinion of what could be the cause of the problems I have having with some trees I have. One silver birch has been in for 18 months now and another silver birch and a hornbeam were planted in early December 2008. The 18 month old...

Peeling bark on eucs is normal. It comes away in flakes continually.

thank you all for your information. Will go down the watering route at the moment I think as other parts of the garden are quite cracked and dry. Apropos the dead hen - haven't got a hen (although we are semi rural here) will a dead rabbit do? we are rapidly turning into Mr & Mrs McGregor when...

I ordred them and paid for them end of feb, it took them ages to send them and in the end they turned up with a free gift for me for waiting so long. It was the beginning of april when they arrived and was planted straight away as per the directions. I have some bonemeal, i will put that...

Excellent suggestion. They are, in my opinion, far prettier than buddlejia too, and grow at quite a rate.