On 27/7/06 14:50, in article
, "Mike Lyle"
wrote:


Bob Hobden wrote:
"avc" wrote

Can anyone suggest what's wrong with my young tree?
It produced new foliage earlier this year but this has failed to grow
to normal sized leaves. It's like someone waved a magic wand over it
and stopped it from maturing! Do I dig it up or give it another chance?
My soil is heavy clay.


Beech trees are suffering in this heat/dry we have had around here for weeks
and weeks so if it's like that where you live that's why your tree isn't
doing well. The Savill Garden have talked about removing theirs and
replacing them.

snip
that tree probably wants something
like five gallons per square yard every week: in weather like this,
you'd have to provide all of that yourself. If the ground's dried out,
you may need to give it much more to start off with, to get things back
to normal. A good much after watering will help a lot.

And a tube in the ground beside the tree helps get the water right down to
where it will do most good.

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)