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How can i prevent wasps attacking my Victoria plums next year? I prefer not to use insecticides.
I intend to sow strawberry plants in the ground where I harvested my potatoes. Is this ok?
I have been growing two apple trees in pots, and they are going into their second year of winter. I am asking if you think they would be able to survive the winter outdoors at this young stage and if they will loose their leaves. Also, should I continue fertilising throughout winter?
A pear tree, planted 3 years ago, looks really healthy and produced flowers this year but they didn't develop into fruit. Should we have pollinated them by hand, perhaps?
Is it too late to prune my plum tree.? Other websites suggest June .The tree is about three years old and is all over the place.I never did prune it at all as I was led to believe you did'nt need to.I did get a reasonable crop this year for the first time.
I was wondering if anyone could help with some advise as to how to over-winter strawberries that are in hanging baskets? I have heard mixed reports of where to store them - I only have a shed, no greenhouse.
I have two little girls that love the gardening, they want to grow an apple tree from the seed from the fruit, can this be achieved,
I have recently moved into a house that has three apple trees, one plum tree and one unknown tree in the back garden. I am a complete novice at gardening so desperately need a bit of help. All the trees have some sort of disease (rotting fruit, withering leaves, etc) to varying degrees. Help? What can I do to help them?
We have an orchard about 3 yrs old 1 tree has a lot of apples [not sure if they are eaters or cookers] they are covered in a wooly substance, and when rubbed off, are perfect underneath. it was the same last year, good with flowers , no use with fruit trees. sorry if the question seems rather silly. plums were fantastic last year, not good this year.
Is it safe to plant fruit bushes along a creosote fence?
I have a four year old cooking apple tree and I came home from holidays to find it had fallen over. It had been leaning. The trunk has split almost all the way through just above the graft. Can this tree be saved? What's the best plan of action? It has a good amount of crop on it and the leaves are still green. I was only away for five days so it hasn't been down for too long. Any advice.
I have young strawberry plants growing indoors in pots.
my minature apple tree in pot is not doing well
We planted an orchard of 27 trees, 5 years ago with a variety of native old Irish varieties native to the West of Ireland sourced from the Irish seed savers. The trees look well have plenty of leaves, have been pruned and fed, however apart from a small number of tiny apples on two of the trees, we would have expected to have apples by now. Last year in an effort to aid pollination we got two bee hives. Some leaves have brown marks on them, but reading other posts this appears to be wind scorching similar to marks on a lot of other trees in our garden. Are we doing something incorrect and is there anything we could do to encourage fruit next year? Also can you recommend a book for the back yard Irish orchard, any books we have found all refer to the UK and not specifically to Ireland and our unique climate?
My blackcurrant bushes are looking very sick. The leaves have been discolouring and dying off for some weeks, and some fruiting shoots are now dead. The bushes cropped reasonably well, but they're under attack from something. The question is, what?
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