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I had dug up the back of my shed to plant some fruit and veg and 1 of the things i had planted was strawberries.. i had planted them over two months now.. they still haven't grown.. they are still only the tiny size they come like.. i have other strawberries in a green house i got after i planted the strawberries in the ground and they are doing fine and they are growing.. should i dig up the strawberries and put them into the greenhouse or should i leave them where they are? please help i dont know what to do with them.. ?
I have two blueberry bushes, same variety, planted in large containers in ericaceous compost. Most of the leaves on both plants have turned yellow and some have gone brown at tips. I was wondering if problem was the windy weather we'd had or could it be soil or watered related?
We have an apple tree that is about 13 years old which has given us great crops of delicious apples for the last few years, but in the last few weeks the leaves have been turning a browny colour then falling off, it looks like Autumn and now the new baby apples are falling off.we have 3 other apple trees that are ok.Can you help me please, can anything be done?
What is happening to my plum tree?
We bought 2 pears Conference and Williams Bon Chretien ...both are dwarf, also apple (Discovery) and a James grieve. we got these about 2 months ago and we were advised in garden centre not to remove them from the pots as they were newly potted. when we took them home we tied the pots to posts and wattered them and kept an eye on them. In the last couple of weeks i notice some leaves brown. I took them off but today i notice one of the trees is almost all brown on the william bon. can u tell me what could of happened... barks seem all intact. could it be the wind? as they are a bit exposed. They all have varying degrees of brown leaves
I've noticed numerous tiny insects on my strawberry plants. The plants are in a sunroom. I've tried wiping the leaves. Didnt want to spray anything and ruin the strawberries. Any ideas what I can do?
I potted some strawberry runners about 3weeks ago and just wondering how long to leave them before sniping off from main plant.there is definitly growth in the runners but i dont want to take them to early.
White powdery coating on leaves of 12 fairly strong strawberry plants. The little small fruit have disappeared off about half the plants and the fruit on the remainder are scabby and misshapen and now appear to be infected with the dust like coating as well. Am trying to keep vegetables and fruit organic. What is this and what can I do.
Have noticed we now have brown leaves on all our apple trees ( old cottage trees and new trees) Is there a blight that has blown through or is it wind burn due to the horrendous winds we have had ? They are beginning to look like they are dying
I have a raspberry bush also a redcurrant and blackcurrant bush, they are all beside each other in their own buckets but lately when i check on my raspberry bush the leaves look like they are being eaten away, my red and blackcurrant bushes are ok though. Could you tell me what it might be, i haven't noticed any insects on the bush itself.
On most of the apple trees i have (15 )the leaves are turning brown like they do in late summer what is going wrong or is there anything i can do to stop this?
M&S sold "Napoleon cherries" as a pack of fruit. They were the nicest cherries i ever tasted. I did a little research online and came across a cherry tree called "Bigarreau Napoleon". Is this the only cherry tree with the Napoleon name? im trying to make sure i get the right tree.
I'm very new to gardening, planted a Conference pear tree, the poor thing needs help, can you identify the problem and tell me the cause and cure please, there are brown spots on top of leaves which are black on the underside, fruits are going black, i planted it last year and it did the same, please can you advise me
I have 3 Pear trees, all of which appear to have what looks like fire blight. I have taken a cutting to my local garden center and was told they had an issue like mine and destroyed their affected trees after sending samples to lab for testing. The results returned negative but I'm not convinced. Any ideas what my trees might have?? Yesterday, under advice from Garden Center, I cut away blackened parts and I fed and sprayed with a seaweed growth stimulant. Really can't afford to replace my trees. Any suggestions??
Over the past week i have noticed all my apple trees ,cox and bramley, along with pear trees and its beginning with the plum trees, have got brown leaves. At first i thought it was scaB and picked those affected leaves off, but now i notice one tree is full of brown leaves-its not scab anymore. We have had enough water over the days so i know its not drought. Rabbits did attack the bark during the winter but we stopped it and protected them and thought they were growing fine, we even had blossoms on all of them until a few weeks ago. is there a cure? I wanted to go organic but will try anything just to save them.
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