On 23/03/2014 15:23, Phil Cook wrote:
On 23/03/2014 11:24, Spider wrote:
On 23/03/2014 08:57, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Spider" wrote...

Bob Hobden wrote:
I've seen some horrendous "pruning" on our allotment site this
week, you
simply would not believe it, so there will be no fruit this year if
not
longer and it will take years for the plants to get back to the good
croppers they were, if they are not butchered again. The plot holders
concerned know at least two of us on the site know what we are doing,
pruning wise, so why won't people ask beforehand?

Because many people simply don't understand just how crucial some
pruning is.

In this case I would not have said any of these plants were getting too
big, just getting going and beginning to show their best would have been
my comment.

Mystifying, and very sad. Let's hope they have the sense to ask for
advice next time. There seems little point being too proud to ask for
help when you're surrounded by all the collective knowledge on an
allotment.

They will never ask if they haven't this time. The neighbourly thing to
do is to have a friendly word with them.



Or maybe offer them apples this autumn, because "they got the pruning
wrong this year". It might just start them thinking.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay