Jake wrote:
On a different topic, Baz, the Victoria plum put on lots of healthy
growth but no blossom and hence no plums. I netted it last year after
reading on the group that birds would go for the buds. Have you had
better luck?

Jake - sounds like ours. And the leaves are scrunchy and deformed. :-(
(It's only a couple of years old, it's never had a good crop so far)

Did spot my first ripe fig yesterday, though!