Trees

Great! Thanks very much.

Yes defo a Sycamore just dig it up as soon as possible.. I love trees..... But in the right place....For starters they need a lot of space as they get bigger.. Roots are invasive on foundations.. They attract many pests above as well as below ground.. Fungal disease and scale insect are the...

I had one when my kids were small - showing them the seeds was a good way to explain to them that you only eat what your parents say are safe! If you get the vossii hybrid you get magnificently long flowers and fewer seeds.

Agree with Pete and Shiney: Ash seedlings I remove a large number every year, remove as soon as possible or they become very hard to pull out.

I agree, it's not worth keeping FC.

Hope you watered before mulching Gary and kept trunk clear? A great believer in using generous mulches...lawns too.

I'm no expert but I believe the apples should be pruned in winter and the cherry and plum in summer during dry weather to minimise the chance of infection.I'm not sure how to best prune to achieve the results you want. I suspect ideally you would have started with trees that were trained as...

Leave the trees and get the the phone people to move the cables.

Well the main thing is frost free. By that I mean a bit on the cool side but no frost. D So if you have an unheated room with lots of light that might do.

Yes, it is about ten days since I changed the compost, and it's not showing any signs of life.

Hi MG, good to hear you have a bird/wildlife friendly hedge. When it gets more established it may be best to prune it around February time. By then hopefully no birds will be nesting and any nectar or berries will have been used as food by wildlife. It will also set up the hedge for the new...

There are two huge Loquat trees on the lane in front of my house. I always think the fruit looks diseased!

not in a hurry to burn our stumps. as we live in a wooded property, have plenty of twigs, limbs, leaves to pile high on it and hit it with a match. then sit with a glass of wine and watch the fire. all is good.

Thank you so much Shiney and Verdun, that is exactly the advice I wanted and was more or less what I thought apart from the 6 to 12" you both varied on, so I will opt for 9" (Ooooh, matron!).That does make sense as you say avoiding a woody stem at the top of the hedge.

I dont think whatever you do it is going to be weather proof, it is afterall a living tree, increasing in size every year, if only very slowly, perhaps.Anything that can absorb water and stay saturated would in my opinion encourage rot and fungi. Just my thoughtsHaving said that I really...

I planted a small one around 5 years ago. It’s huge now. Going to be a very big tree.It seems to love the sun.

Freddy! behave. you must remember to take your pills .

Can't really help without a photo, but my initial thoughts are to remove it from the pot and plant it out if possible. And by saying ' but does get watered now and then' that suggests a bit more would be a good place to start.

Hello again, Well I'm well into trying to tame this garden, but still a few issues. One of the main ones is the huge conifer hedge. It's over 7 ft tall 18ft long and 5ft deep. I would like to make my life easier. Can I just cut it back several inches from the top? I don't want it to die back...

hallo all, yes luckily have a warm south-facing wall to create a cordon against and yes i will try to propagate it - i take it i just stick a twig in the ground in autumn and see what has/has not happened when i return in spring. cheers, karaman