Questions

Patchy and stunted new sown lawn in April this year - any ideas ? - is it too late in the year for a product such as green comfort recovery

When do I cut back autumn fruiting rasberry canes?

In our mature garden we both had our “set” chores. My partner, who died last year, was the “pruner” and sadly I was too busy with “my” chores to take a whole lot of notice of his! Last year armed with the pruning book and pruners I set too (carefully) and did what I thought was quite a good job. The tree had produced the most magnificent crop. The week after I’d pruned it all the leaves fell off and it never recovered. Please tell me I didn’t kill it and that p’raps it had come to the end of its natural life!?

The questions relate to training these two plums trees to train against 6’ high concrete post and panel wall. (All wires not in place yet.) Pictures attached. The first is ’Opal’ and I would like to know if I should leave only it’s 2 lower laterals or could I use both these and two other strong laterals higher up (by 2 ft.) to train as fan, or could this particular specimen be trained as a Palmette or is this method suitable for plum trees? The second is Golden Gage. Should I retain the 2nd left lateral (with the ID tag attached) rather than the lower left one as it seems the stronger of these two in training this tree? What length should I prune these to (16”?) and should I do this when they start into growth or shortly afterwards?

How can I prevent my unripe plums on the tree from being attacked by wasps as they are in full flight at the moment and the plums are not near ripe.

I would be delighted if you could enlighten me as to what is causing the tiny holes on the leaves of my Victoria Plum trees and of course what would rectify the problem. See photo.