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Old 18-08-2008, 02:26 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Poor crops

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:54:53 +0100, "Alistair Macdonald"
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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