Trees

Thanks Neil, it did help, and its good of you to share your knowledge. I wish I had listened more in Biology lessons.

I would talk to the Council... !

Oops Dai it would appear that they are indeed too close about 4 foot at this time, but they were both bought as dwarf varieties and are indeed both grafted. I will leave alone and see what happens. Thanks for the help. Mike

Crow bar, digging bar, mattock, pick, an old saw to cut thru the tougher roots.... and a load of grunting and groaning.

QuercusSorry I missed your original post.Those dead shoots will certainly have to be pruned out and by the look of it, the tree would benefit from a good general prune as well. Years ago, I bought a house with a much-neglected apple tree in the garden so I got myself the RHS book about...

."I think the advice about not staking applies to maidens and whips ( I know what I mean!!!)" :hehe:I have just cut about 4ft of the top of each. I am hoping that by the spring they will have thickened enough to support themselves. Last year I also bought some baby eucs - rather unusual,...

I understand only too well unfortunately, and it is to be hoped you got recompense for your stained furniture. You don't have to let him get someone in for the job, as long as he knows you are doing it, just don't go breaking your neck eh.

Hi juliangaylord,What you have there is a very young tree that needs all the leaf cover it can on order to photosynthesize and grow. By removing any branches (and subsequently the leaves) you reduce the amount the tree will be able to grow, not to mention increase the risk of introducing...

Hi Kais,Yes there is a certain time and way of pruning trees, and walnuts can react very poorly to badly undertaken work. An overall crown reduction and crown thin will deal with the problems you describe. If you're adamant that you want to reduce the crown spread but at the same time keep the...

Preparing the planting holes in the way that you suggest will be fine.I worked in Winchester for many years and it's perched on top of hills which are solid chalk. It had many fine, mature trees of all types and the new plantings were doing well too, provided they had plenty of water in...

thanks redwing for your information, will give it a go. music

Could be scab, bad year for it round here with the warm damp weather. I spray with copper sulphate (Bordeaux mixture) every 2 weeks or so until harvesting. This is allowed under organic growing systems I believe. You can use Dithane if you do not mind sprays.

hi all,i planted a few apple seeds in a good compost last week(?) and i have 1 seedling so im chuffed with that.whats the best way to look after it?TIA me

The kids have one in their garden here, always plenty of seed pods but no idea if the the seeds are viable or not.

Hi Agian.Thanks for the comments.We have a relatively young Arbutus in our front garden which has flowered & fruited from the day it arrived.Perhaps it is a dwarf variety and is in fact quite old compared to the non-fruiting one.I suppose I'll just have to wait & see.Cheers.Ian.

Cheers just needed comformation.

Sorry! Indeed I mean the Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'

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.