Dave 123
Legendary Member
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- Cambridgeshire alps
Fill it full of rubble.
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Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
Where is this? When I was a kid I used to slice a ‘leaf’ off and drag it behind my bike. It would wear the flesh away in a deliciously, gruesome way. As far as plants go anyway.
That one is about to flower. Often they don’t survive afterwards.
(Giant aloe btw)
The Crofted Crest
Veteran
Thanks for that. We've got two fig trees in the garden, just planted into sandy soil about five years ago. They're over four metres tall, very straggly and have never borne fruit. Neighbours a couple of doors away have figs that do fruit. They're a bit dull and spoil the view to be honest. Is there anything we can do to rescue them?
Oh, we've also got some plums that have never fruited ...
The Crofted Crest
Veteran
I've got a beehive nearby.
OP
OP
Tin Pot
Guru
The bees around here love my cotoneasters and spiraea japonesa. Don’t see them in the trees as much.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
[QUOTE 5274495, member: 259"]They react well to maltreatment! We cut ours right back every year and get plenty of figs on it on the new year's growth, but having said that it's also against a south-facing wall, so it seems very happy there. it's Brown Turkey fig, so it's self pollinating.[/QUOTE]
@The Crofted Crest as Mort says, they'll take a spanking, but be careful not to cut the small figlets off as they become next years figs.
As @User13710 says slice the roots, then line the trench with old paving slabs.
@The Crofted Crest as Mort says, they'll take a spanking, but be careful not to cut the small figlets off as they become next years figs.
As @User13710 says slice the roots, then line the trench with old paving slabs.
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I have a small lavender hedge in my front garden, on a warm day its buzzing with inscts
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
My plums regularly give forth their bounty
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Be careful...
https://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/how-to-grow/fruit-trees/plum-trees/pest-and-disease-control
You wouldn't want bacterial canker!
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Hopefully this is a good place to ask a bee question?
Approximately 25 years ago my middle son proudly presented us with the nesting box he made at school. It was placed on the rear wall of my wood shed, nice quiet sheltered spot I thought, and has never been visited by a bird let alone one with nest building desires!!!’ C’est la vie.
However.......... yesterday I walked round the back of the shed only to get tens of bees buzzing around my head. We have bees nesting in the bird box and judging by the number moving around the entrance it’s a big nest.
We live very rurally and from time to time swarms appear, someone will ring a bee keeper and it gets collected.
These fellas are at the top of my allotment, doing no harm, they seem happy and I like having them.
Should I though be calling a bee keeper to take them away? I can’t see why?
Approximately 25 years ago my middle son proudly presented us with the nesting box he made at school. It was placed on the rear wall of my wood shed, nice quiet sheltered spot I thought, and has never been visited by a bird let alone one with nest building desires!!!’ C’est la vie.
However.......... yesterday I walked round the back of the shed only to get tens of bees buzzing around my head. We have bees nesting in the bird box and judging by the number moving around the entrance it’s a big nest.
We live very rurally and from time to time swarms appear, someone will ring a bee keeper and it gets collected.
These fellas are at the top of my allotment, doing no harm, they seem happy and I like having them.
Should I though be calling a bee keeper to take them away? I can’t see why?