tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post2504746787345119813..comments2024-03-28T13:00:45.457+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Trouble With My Damson TreesKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-73307017319636790222021-09-04T14:29:42.788+01:002021-09-04T14:29:42.788+01:00When you bud, you MUST leave a little 'handle&...When you bud, you MUST leave a little 'handle' on the bud. That handle is the leaf stem. Cut off most/all of the actual leaf, but leave the stem. If you break that off, it will kill the bud. That little handle/stem is enough to give the bud energy, and keep it alive. Otherwise, it is just an odds game. CheersTim B. Inmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08143483015560273896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-1003881052061304892021-09-04T10:02:45.064+01:002021-09-04T10:02:45.064+01:00I seem to be good at grafting but fail at the budd...I seem to be good at grafting but fail at the budding - maybe I'm getting my timing wrong? Coppicing the rootstock one seems like a good idea. I get the timber then and some new rootstocks. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-29228502216630885052021-09-04T10:00:46.255+01:002021-09-04T10:00:46.255+01:00The cherries I have I just seem to grow for the bi...The cherries I have I just seem to grow for the birds! I have one apricot tree but it hasn't really grown since I put it in, maybe another on a more vigorous rootstock would do better? Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-12740876671301609352021-09-02T14:22:10.479+01:002021-09-02T14:22:10.479+01:00As it seems you have no emergency needs for fruit,...As it seems you have no emergency needs for fruit, I would sure try some grafting! You already have established roots for your new little tops. The stonefruit family (in my experience here in Iowa USA) will happily graft onto their cousins. I have plums growing on peach roots all over the place. I might suggest coppicing the tree to induce some sucker growth. Then, next year, you could graft new things onto those sucker sprouts. T-budding is easy and for me at least very successful. Multiple varieties on one root?! Have some fun. Tim B. Inmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08143483015560273896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-69961283949455297462021-09-02T09:18:38.880+01:002021-09-02T09:18:38.880+01:00I only have one damson , always fruits well, but i...I only have one damson , always fruits well, but is prone to scale insect. Think I would grow a crab apple, or risk an apricot and cherry.Failing that plums (can you have two many !)<br />Kathywalking in beauty carmarthenshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353481918125809808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-24027503923674934572021-09-02T09:08:51.772+01:002021-09-02T09:08:51.772+01:00I'm trying a cherry plum hedge along the garde...I'm trying a cherry plum hedge along the garden, early days yet as only planted last winter but about 30 plants in there so far with victoria plums as standards in it. <br />Quite a few wild crabs about. I think I like the idea of a quince more than it would be useful - they do smell nice though! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-84115790821948127132021-09-02T09:07:27.440+01:002021-09-02T09:07:27.440+01:00I've built a good collection of plums but all ...I've built a good collection of plums but all planted quite close together. Think I have 16 types in all now, but I could promote one of these to grow as a big tree or happily get another - have a favourite you'd recommend?. have some bullaces planted with the damsons and looking forward to seeing them fruit in the future. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-53571072869051059502021-09-02T08:58:56.674+01:002021-09-02T08:58:56.674+01:00or cherry plums (or crab apples - they are easier ...or cherry plums (or crab apples - they are easier to grow than quince and just as excellent for making jams and jellies, and pies).Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-28960026612860554172021-09-02T08:57:39.460+01:002021-09-02T08:57:39.460+01:00Plums - if you really think you have enough damson...Plums - if you really think you have enough damsons. I'm not sure that you can have enough damsons, but there are some really excellent plums and gages (and bullaces) out there that aren't fashionable enough to appear in commercial orchards but which have great flavour and are often very regional in their adaptations to soil and climate.Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.com