Dan Neuteboom, who runs Suffolk Fruit and Trees, specializes in the growing and supply of quality fruit trees, from a single apple, pear or other fruit tree for your patio, to a multi-fruit garden, a small orchard or an estate. He supplies from an extensive list of varieties, and can provide trees at the age and maturity that you prefer. The trees that he supplies come with an important extra: his legendary support and expert advice. Find out more at www.realenglishfruit.co.uk.
Thanks for a Brilliant Vidclip ....... Now, I have a Massive Infestation of 'Wooly Aphids' .... Just how do I get rid of These Buggers ??????? :-) :-) :-) Best to ALL from ChCh, NZ
John "Appleseed" Chapman, Thomas Grimes, The Mullens (Golden Delicious), and James Stark of Stark Bros Nurseries enter the chat to discuss strategies on establishing nurseries across an entire Continent in the Western Hemisphere to rival the famous manmade orchard in South America a.k.a. the Amazon Rainforest.
My three pears had lots of blossom, however there are now nearly no pears at all (four or five only per tree). What when wrong? Do birds eat the flowers or something else happened?
I usually buy ladybugs and release them on the infected tree. The aphids don't last long after release. The ladybug's usually stick around 2-4 years before they're gone. PS don't kill the babies as they are kinda scary looking. Not knowing they were ladybug larvae, I called the alligator bugs and killed them untill I found out what they were. These big vabies will eat many more aphids than the adults
I have wasps on drinking sweet nectar dripping down my plantain and I was wondering if they were pollinating the little flowers or destroying them for there sap either way I thought I'd better not get rid of them because they do some service to the bees for sure. i also thought birds and moths maybe pollinate too. Only problem I see with the wasps on my plantain is there's one really really big one that attacks the other smaller wasps and it will collect the liquid fly off for about 5 minutes come back and claim it's prize after shewing off the smaller hornets and wasps. This thing might be a yellow jacket...
Is there any requirement for the bud scion from a tree of a particular age? I've heard that scion wood from a fruit tree that flowered and fruited for a few years is preferred.
Tying a tree with a sting like this does not let the trunk expand during growth. The portion under the grease band ends up significantly thinner than the rest of the trunk above. This creates a weak spot at the base of a tree. I did something similar and lost three fruiting trees to strong winds. They all snapped right where the banded portion was. So be careful with this technique.
