Haven't found an answer? Submit your question now.
Over the years, Gerry has answered more than 5,000 of your gardening questions. His knowledge is based in science and practical experience, and by working on radio and television.
To Ask Gerry a question please search the database to make sure it hasn't been asked before and then enter your question. It's a free service open to all Garden.ie club members!
have 3 apple trees approx 4 years old. very little flowers this year. now there is no fruit .after flowering the stalk fell off. whats wrong?
I have two apple trees - one Elstar. this is very heavily laden with fruit, should I take some fruit off. Also have discovered a lot of cob webby looking things clinging between leaves. What should I do?
My apple and pears were attacked by sheep. they have eaten the bark off the trunk and they have also eaten this years new fruit, What can i put on the trunk for them to survive, I am afraid these will die? They have totaly ruined my crop for this year, will they grow back next year?
I have an apple tree grown from seed about 15yrs ago planted out back, it is in poor soil and about 6ft tall and 4 inch wide at trunk base. i intend to graft an eatin variety onto it. Im wonderin is it to old to move it?
I was at our apple trees today ,noticed there was lots of ladybirds on them,one of them was black with gold spots,never seen one b4,cant seem to find any info on what it is,was wondering have you come across any of them.
One of my two apple trees (Elstar) has only a few flowers this year, while the neighbouring Discovery is fully blossoming. I gave both them some potash in Nov. and in March, and both also some stable manure. What went wrong?
Is captan spraying topical or generic? I mean, when spraying, will the buds that got a hit become good fruit, while the others will not, or will the whole of the tree profit even if only one half of the tree is sprayed?
last year was the third year of eighteen apple trees in our new orchard. There were only four apples in the whole orchard that developed. there was plenty of blossom.. would you suggest we buy a butterfly tree to attract some pollination. as i understand the bees have decreased in numbers. Thanking you in anticipation. all the beetroot was taken out of tunnel today and a small proportion have been cooked as baby beetroot
I recently acquired 4 apple trees namely Bramley, Jonagold, Annie Elizabeth and Egremont Russet. I know that the first two are triploid and the last is a good pollinator. My question is will there be cross pollination with this selection and will I have apples? They all have blossoms on them at the moment.
Could you recommend Cooking Apple, Eating Apples, Plum Trees and Eating Pear trees to plant and grow now . Heavy Alkaline soil
I have a cooking apple tree which has had curled and dried out looking leaves for the past few years, It also has lines running across the leaves. However i have always had a very good crop of apples. Is there anything i can do to prevent it this year.
The leaves on one of my apple trees goes brown during the summer every year and I wonder if there is anything that I can do now to guard against this happening this year.
Can you please tell me the names of self pollinating fruit trees?
An old friend of mine has an apple tree growing in her garden and each year the apples are attacked by codling moth. Is there any way of preventing this preferably organic . She is talking of cutting it down
Having read your piece on greenfly eggs on apple trees, I decided to inspect my own young apple trees to find that many of them have the greenfly eggs around the buds.Can you recommend a spray for greenfly eggs that would not harm other beneficial insects and predators.I could let nature take its course and see if some predators will sort out the greenfly though this did not work last year and I had to resort to spraying the greenfly.
Haven't found an answer? Submit your question now.
Simply enter your email address to receive our free weekly email newsletter!
Uploaded
Failed
|