Trees

We'd ordered four fruit trees plus "care kit" from Ideal World. Each tree would have its roots in a poly bag full of compost, four large tubs and a pair of pruners and I think some fertilizer. What arrived today, were the four trees all bare-rooted in a poly bag, (this was a much cheaper...

Hi Alice sorry to but into this thread.

Trees... they can be fickle things.Good arboricultural practice does advise against changing the soil depth around a tree. This is for various reasons including but not limited to:It can alter the soil's pH level It can alter the rate of water absorption It can introduce new pathogens into...

Hi everyone and thanks for your help.I really like them palm trees,would like one but in a big pot.Unfortunatelly live in quite windy place(between two farms ,so open space)It gets windy and cold in winter.Any ideas which trees will be suitable.

Leaves can curl if they get infested with aphids, but there are probably other reasons.As to black spots, well I get a few on mine, but I dont worry too much about it.

yes its normal, figs are deciduous.

thanks for info. We had the apple trees given to us as a gift so type chosen for us. Rather clay-ee soil (on IofW) so chippings were for drainage, compost was just general type from B&Q. Apparently trees were 3yr old and grow max 5ft so hope that we can get away with pots this time. Take your...

I know nothing about them, but have read that trees and shrubs that spread by their roots can be contained as follows: Dig a square hole big enough to accomodate their roots, sink foor plastic covered boards so as to line the square hole but leaving the bottom uncovered, partially fill it back...

Don't feed them now... you don't want to encourage growth in the winter. A tonic might help out in the spring, but if the problem is drought, then the damage is already done, so make sure they get enough in future.

No, Nat, I'll check Madrona Nursery out next time I'm over that way. I like Stone Green for big things like trees, climbers & shrubs etc. They usually have a stand at the Kent Garden Show too. At the moment, I'm thinking about seeds for next Spring which I often get from mail order catalogues...

Why do you want to prune it. If you want to make it a more compact size cut it down to the size you want. It'll grow again. If you're happy with the size it is, then, as has been suggested, just cut out any dead wood.

I can (and probably will) put a temporary fence around them for the winter, as that's when they are most likely to get eaten, as food becomes scarce. I ultimately plan to put loads of fruit trees in, and when I do, it will probably be impractical to fence them all off. Besides the whole way in...

Just wanted to let you guys know the outcome. The company came back a third time this week and ground out many of the larger roots. I've been out this afternoon and have been able to dig some manure in. There are still some roots left of but I'd say that from the surface down, there's...

Dicksonia Antartica grows a very good root system, It was Dermot Gavin who started the "plant it in concrete as they have no roots" rubbish. They need a lot of water at the top whilst the logs re-establish themselves but quickly re-grow a thick mat of roots. Other tree ferns dont re-root as well...

Olives are bushes to get back to what you had originally involves some topiary , remove all growth from the trunk until you have a bushy shape on top again and then prune that to a ball, i would remove any bare wood above the leafy part,

Thanks

Hi LMYour bay looks quite good, in my opinion.Mine has developed a thicker, tapering trunk but that's because it's so old. It's got a bit of middle-age spread!Next spring, I reckon you could give yours a good prune, reducing the top growth by at least a third. possibly even a bit...

Winter flowering jasmine doesn't really climb or scramble. It needs tying into place but it's a great plant for the yellow flowers. It is deciduous though so it will be bare for a while before flowering. Another annual that gives good climbing cover is Ipomaea (Morning Glory) but again, an...

Could always get someone in who specialises in fruit trees I guess to prune it for best effect next year? I know its a cost, but im not expert enough to advise anything, just what my brother did with his last year, and its given loads of apples this year

Im in South Yorkshire UK. I've just planted this in the garden, it was in a pot to develop its root system before I planted it. Its on a South facing wall, next to our 6ft fence, so its protected from Wind, and gets sun from morning til dusk. How do you combat PLC? Will keep a lookout for...