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Poor crops Alistair Macdonald 08-16-2008
Posted by Alistair Macdonald on August 16, 2008, 3:54 am
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South east England. One - raspberries.Two - plums (Prunus L.) (Prunus L.)

Autumn Bliss. Plants about five years old. Excellent crops until this year.
Very poor and the leaves on several plants have lost their "green-ness"
Prune to ground level every year about January and feed with Growmore at
that time.

Victoria Plum. About 20 years old. Never a very good cropper, but a couple
of years ago produced a bumper crop of excellent fruits. Last year about
half-a-dozen and this year nil. Prune two thirds of last years growth in
early Spring.

Any suggestions?

Alistair



Posted by FarmI on August 17, 2008, 5:50 am
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> South east England. One - raspberries.Two - plums (Prunus L.) (Prunus L.)
>
> Autumn Bliss. Plants about five years old. Excellent crops until this
> year. Very poor and the leaves on several plants have lost their
> "green-ness" Prune to ground level every year about January and feed with
> Growmore at that time.
>
> Victoria Plum. About 20 years old. Never a very good cropper, but a
> couple of years ago produced a bumper crop of excellent fruits. Last year
> about half-a-dozen and this year nil. Prune two thirds of last years
> growth in early Spring.
>
> Any suggestions?

I suggest you post this question in uk.rec.gardening where there are many
very experienced gardeners who have a lot of knowledge to help you.



Posted by Billy on August 17, 2008, 7:07 pm
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In article

> > South east England. One - raspberries.Two - plums.
> >
> > Autumn Bliss. Plants about five years old. Excellent crops until this
> > year. Very poor and the leaves on several plants have lost their
> > "green-ness" Prune to ground level every year about January and feed with
> > Growmore at that time.
> >
> > Victoria Plum. About 20 years old. Never a very good cropper, but a
> > couple of years ago produced a bumper crop of excellent fruits. Last year
> > about half-a-dozen and this year nil. Prune two thirds of last years
> > growth in early Spring.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> I suggest you post this question in uk.rec.gardening where there are many
> very experienced gardeners who have a lot of knowledge to help you.

You might have added that they have the benefit of local
experience :o)
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Posted by FarmI on August 18, 2008, 5:36 am
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>> message
>> > South east England. One - raspberries.Two - plums.
>> >
>> > Autumn Bliss. Plants about five years old. Excellent crops until this
>> > year. Very poor and the leaves on several plants have lost their
>> > "green-ness" Prune to ground level every year about January and feed
>> > with
>> > Growmore at that time.
>> >
>> > Victoria Plum. About 20 years old. Never a very good cropper, but a
>> > couple of years ago produced a bumper crop of excellent fruits. Last
>> > year
>> > about half-a-dozen and this year nil. Prune two thirds of last years
>> > growth in early Spring.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>>
>> I suggest you post this question in uk.rec.gardening where there are many
>> very experienced gardeners who have a lot of knowledge to help you.
>
> You might have added that they have the benefit of local
> experience :o)

Chortle. I thought that would have been obvious, but given my recent
experience here, perhaps you are right. I should have stated the bleeding
obvious. :-))



Posted by Phisherman on August 17, 2008, 9:26 pm
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:54:53 +0100, "Alistair Macdonald"

>South east England. One - raspberries.Two - plums.
>
>Autumn Bliss. Plants about five years old. Excellent crops until this year.
>Very poor and the leaves on several plants have lost their "green-ness"
>Prune to ground level every year about January and feed with Growmore at
>that time.
>
>Victoria Plum. About 20 years old. Never a very good cropper, but a couple
>of years ago produced a bumper crop of excellent fruits. Last year about
>half-a-dozen and this year nil. Prune two thirds of last years growth in
>early Spring.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Alistair
>

east Tennessee. More rain than usual this year except for this month
of August.

Good crops: green beans, cucumber, zucchini, husky/jalipino tomatoes,
blueberries, peaches, apples.
Average: early girl/roma/rutgers tomatoes
Poor crops: corn, radishes

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