31-07-2017, 10:05 PM
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Cherry tree
We have a cherry tree in our garden and for the last few years it has been looking a bit sickly, it starts off OK in spring but as the season goes on it starts to lose its leaves and thins out, it has a bit of rot on one of its limbs, but this year it has a few cherries on it, something I've not noticed for a good few years, I don't know if to prune it right back in the autumn, or to remove it altogether, any one got any ideas as to why it goes this way, and what to do about it?
31-07-2017, 11:41 PM
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Re: Cherry tree
This might be a bit of help Primus.https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edi...e-diseases.htm
01-08-2017, 05:27 PM
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Re: Cherry tree
Originally Posted by Mups
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This might be a bit of help Primus.https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edi...e-diseases.htm
03-08-2017, 12:00 PM
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Re: Cherry tree
When my mils cherries started to fail Percy thrower (there's a blast from the past) advised removing them as they have a life span and had after ten years reached end of theirs.She replaced them with an apple tree and a cob nut tree.
Both did well until the garden was raised to the ground after it was sold for housing.
03-08-2017, 05:19 PM
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Re: Cherry tree
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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When my mils cherries started to fail Percy thrower (there's a blast from the past) advised removing them as they have a life span and had after ten years reached end of theirs. She replaced them with an apple tree and a cob nut tree.
Both did well until the garden was raised to the ground after it was sold for housing.
05-08-2017, 05:48 PM
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Re: Cherry tree
Well we just got home today when the doorbell rang, a guy offered to prune our cherry , as he was working just a few doors down, now normally we wouldn't entertain someone just turning up uninvited so to speak, but he offered to take about 10 feet off the height clear all the cut branches, cut out the rotten limb and treat the cut off branch to prevent disease, all for £160, so we thought what the hell save me a job, so we said yes, actually he's done a really good job, done everything he said he would, in a couple of hours, helped by, I assume, his daughter, cleared all the mess, and left our front garden tidy, we were a bit worried as to where he'd dump the rubbish, but he takes it to a guy who chips it down ( and sells it back to him if he needs wood chippings on a job), he seemed to know what he was talking about, and we found out he lives across town and has been doing it for about 20 odd years, now weather our tree survives is another matter.|
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