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Hi there
I have a very new pair of dwarf peach trees - I bought them about 3 weeks ago form the same nursery, and they're identical. They're called Terrace Diamond I think! One of them is going great guns, many flowers and new leaves sprouting. The other? Nada, nothing, zip. It sits there, dormant maybe, maybe dying, I dunno! When I very lightly scraped a little of the bark away on a branch it was still green, but a couple of the lower branches appear to be dead at the very tips only. It has many closed buds, but there are no obvious signs of life. I rang the nursery who were a little brusque with me, telling me that this was perfectly normal, and that if nothing had happened in a month's time then I could take it back, but I was being impatient to worry about it now. It seems odd to me that 2 identical trees should blossom up at differing times, so I'm asking you good people to offer an opinion! What do you think? worrying unnecessarily, or justified concern. Symmetry is important to me on my terrace so I shall be cross if I have one tree a couple of months behind the other! Many thanks lynne |
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"storm" wrote in message ups.com... Hi there I have a very new pair of dwarf peach trees - I bought them about 3 weeks ago form the same nursery, and they're identical. They're called Terrace Diamond I think! One of them is going great guns, many flowers and new leaves sprouting. The other? Nada, nothing, zip. It sits there, dormant maybe, maybe dying, I dunno! When I very lightly scraped a little of the bark away on a branch it was still green, but a couple of the lower branches appear to be dead at the very tips only. It has many closed buds, but there are no obvious signs of life. I rang the nursery who were a little brusque with me, telling me that this was perfectly normal, and that if nothing had happened in a month's time then I could take it back, but I was being impatient to worry about it now. It seems odd to me that 2 identical trees should blossom up at differing times, so I'm asking you good people to offer an opinion! What do you think? worrying unnecessarily, or justified concern. Symmetry is important to me on my terrace so I shall be cross if I have one tree a couple of months behind the other! Many thanks lynne In nature, individual plants within each species will often start earlier or later than others, for a number of reasons. First, there are only so many pollinating insects to go around. So that if all the flowers matured on precisely the same day, much of the pollen would go to waste and not be transferred by feeding insects. Second, a species where all the individuals plants flowered at exactly the same time, would be at a disadvantge whenever weather conditions affected the life cycle of pollinating insects. Or whenever weather conditions such as a late frost, might possibly destroy an emerging bud. In all such cases a whole year's crop of fruit and thus seed might be lost. Species with a broader range will thus have a selective advantage which will increase over generations to within the limits imposed by the prevailing weather conditions. Both in nature, and in cultivation so long as plants are primarily selected for flower, fruit, general appearence, size, or whatever. For trees which flower at exactly the same moment, you should maybe have selected trees which were already in flower from among a broad selection. michael adams .... |
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Hi Michael
thanks v much for your reply, it all sounds entirely logical thanks to your explanation! I'll try to be more patient - I don't mind that there is a few weeks between them really, I just wanted to be sure that the apparently dormant one is actually still alive. |
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RIP little furry fruit dude
I took it back to the nursery yesterday where it was pronounced dead. The staff believed that it had been dug up rather too brutally because the root system had not grown at all, and the ends were cut straight off rather than showing any signs of growth. They told me they were unable to get another one, so I bought a blueberry bush and some ericaceous compost. They rang me today to tell me they now could get one, but a Terrace Ruby, rather than a Terrace Diamond. It's a rather good idea to have strawberries, peaches and blueberries on the terrace, isn't it! I'll keep you posted on the progress of both plants |
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