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
Posted by FarmI on August 17, 2008, 5:50 am
> 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.
Posted by Billy on August 17, 2008, 7:07 pm
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
>> 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
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
> 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?