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Seeking advice on pruning these young apple trees
"'Mike'" wrote in message ... Ophelia that is quite possible. I am in communication with people who read this forum and because of the attitude/troublemakers/snobbery applied, won't ever post. They just laugh at the antics of those who should know better. However, considering that I know of only a 'few', and considering that these postings are copied to Garden Banter, MUCH to the disgust, but JOY for advertising purposes by one habitual poster, you must consider the fact that the wealth of information spread to these two forums in particular and .............. where else? then there must be sufficient information to put into paper format to line someone's pocket .......... and that COULD be someone, in the words of Semprini 'We all know and love so well', in other words, someone who posts HERE. Mike, What is 'quite possible'? Was it about the book? I didn't post for a long time, but I have always been reading. Someone brought here a post by me from another group and I felt the need to respond. I am pleased now that I did, because I have been lucky enough to find Spider who is guiding me through a lot of unknowns I have always learned a lot from just reading here ... most recently the bit about not removing leaves from the tomato plants! Unfortunately I had just taken most of my leaves off, but I will never do it again! I have never seen the in depth advice about my trees discussed though so I am indebted to Spider for her kindness ................................................. For those ex Royal Navy. http://angelradioisleofwight.moonfru...ive/4574468641 7.30 – 8.00 pm Wednesday 3rd September 2014 ‘From the Crowe’s Nest’ "Ophelia" wrote in message ... "Spider" wrote in message ... On 28/08/2014 10:10, Ophelia wrote: "JD" wrote in message ... Spider wrote in : When you do start pruning, you first need to cut out the three 'Ds': dead, dying and diseased growth. Then any crossing growth, that is, any inward-growing branches which spoil the shape of the tree and also increase the possibilty of fungal disease due to restricting air movement. Also cut out any branch which rubs on another and may cause wounding, which will subsequently let in disease. The other useful thing you could do is drop heavy hints for a good pruning guide for Christmas. I recommend the RHS Pruning & Training guide by Christopher Brickell & David Joyce. It's a Dorling Kindersley publication, ISBN 1-4053-0073-6. Hope that helps a bit. It helps massively. Thank you, Spider! Apologies for the delayed reply. Your advice told be a lot that I hadn't managed to find elswhere. Thank you again! Spider should write a book! I would buy it Bless you for saying that, Ophelia, but I don't think it would fly off the shelves. Anyway, whichever gremlin is behind GB and stealing URG's knowledge is already writing it :~(. Oh I noticed that my book has been despatched but ... Your estimated delivery date is: Saturday, August 30, 2014 - Thursday, September 11, 2014 Fingers crossed it comes faster than September What is 'GB'? Are you saying someone is writing a book with knowledge gained from the posters here?? -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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