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Hi everyone
I posted in the Vegetable forum for some vegetable growing issues, but I also have some fruit growing issues! I hope you can help, and sorry again about the questions.
Plums
I always wanted to grow a Victoria Plum tree, and was given a cordon tree a few years ago. For the first 2 or 3 years, nothing grew at all. Last year, suddenly, I had hundreds of plums growing on it. I didn't do anything differently (I thought it was dead). The branches have grown in some cases to well over a metre long. It is planted in a really big tub (approximately 1 metre diameter, and 40cm tall.
Question 1. For the sake of the health of the plant, should I prune these branches? If so, when? I had to support some of the branches last year as they were so heavily weighed down with fruit.
Question 2. What should I feed the plant with, and when? I need recognisable brand names please!
Raspberries
I have a big raised bed of raspberry plants. I prune these back to ground level every February/March. These are Autumn Treasure raspberries. They are planted in soil, with some compost in top of it.
Question 1. What should I feed the canes with and when?
Rhubarb
I have several heads of rhubarb. They are planted in soil with compost on top of it. In recent years, I have put manure down on top of the rhubarb heads in the spring and usually has resulted in a lot of growth.
Question 1. Is this the right approach - I saw it mentioned somewhere a couple of years ago, but have since read conflicting advice. Basically, what should I feed the rhubarb with, and when?
I posted in the Vegetable forum for some vegetable growing issues, but I also have some fruit growing issues! I hope you can help, and sorry again about the questions.
Plums
I always wanted to grow a Victoria Plum tree, and was given a cordon tree a few years ago. For the first 2 or 3 years, nothing grew at all. Last year, suddenly, I had hundreds of plums growing on it. I didn't do anything differently (I thought it was dead). The branches have grown in some cases to well over a metre long. It is planted in a really big tub (approximately 1 metre diameter, and 40cm tall.
Question 1. For the sake of the health of the plant, should I prune these branches? If so, when? I had to support some of the branches last year as they were so heavily weighed down with fruit.
Question 2. What should I feed the plant with, and when? I need recognisable brand names please!
Raspberries
I have a big raised bed of raspberry plants. I prune these back to ground level every February/March. These are Autumn Treasure raspberries. They are planted in soil, with some compost in top of it.
Question 1. What should I feed the canes with and when?
Rhubarb
I have several heads of rhubarb. They are planted in soil with compost on top of it. In recent years, I have put manure down on top of the rhubarb heads in the spring and usually has resulted in a lot of growth.
Question 1. Is this the right approach - I saw it mentioned somewhere a couple of years ago, but have since read conflicting advice. Basically, what should I feed the rhubarb with, and when?
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