"Bob Hobden" wrote in
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"Mike Buckley" wrote ...


says...

"alan.holmes" wrote:
Don't be too hasty, let it go for at least one more year, and do
not do any
more pruning, have a bit of patience!



"Mike Buckley" wrote in message


Last chance for this tree - an appeal here! We've been in this
house for 2 years now, year 1 found a fairly neglected garden,
nothing haad been pruned for a few years, so in winter I did both
trees having had a
good crop off one and about 2 in total off the other, The first
tree continues to do very well, but despite quite a lot of care
last year the
poorly tree continues to be poorly. Tried pruning, daily
aphid/ant hunting, clearing the border to lessen competition and
pruning next door
tree to allow more light. It didn't fruit at all, only one tiny
bit of blossom and the only healthy leaves appeared at the very
end of reasonably healthy looking new branches. So - figured I'd
do a really heavy prune over winter - knowing I'd not get any
fruit but might get some decent growth. Disappointed now and it
looks like it will be dug up and replaced. Very late growth -
which I might understand after the heavy prune if it was looking
healthy - but it isn't looking good at all.

Couple of pics on flickr for perusal - both trees are Discovery
as far as I've been able to tell.

Close up of new growth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39665805@N05/5603777696/

It's neighbour.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...in/photostream
/

Any suggestions before it goes in the chimenea?

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Have a look at these 2 videos,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTtXmBVsolY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpgbp...feature=relmfu
give you any ideas?


Given I don't know which part of the tree is poorly I think it makes
sense to replace all of it.
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Seeing as it looks so sick compared to the other one, and they don't
last forever anyway, and you have two Discovery's, I would take it out
and plant a new tree of a different variety or even different fruit
like a Cherry.


Amen to that. Makes sense.

Baz