This is our first year of growing fruit trees and since planting in spring all has gone well .... however .....
the cherry tree and the plum tree are busily producing buds and have been for a couple of weeks. No doubt the very mild temperatures have something to do with this. I have heard that should this continue (to flowering or just more/bigger buds?) then the trees will lose their "mojo" and fruit yields will be very much worse next year.
What can i do about this? should i snap off the buds, or cut them off, or squish them? if i do then the damp and warm weather is likely to allow disease to get hold (hence the advice about pruning is to do it in dry spells during late summer/early autumnal weather). Is there any magic chemical treatment to apply to the new buds to prevent further growth, or to the bare wood after removing buds to protect against disease. Better still is there an organic way of doing it.
the cherry tree and the plum tree are busily producing buds and have been for a couple of weeks. No doubt the very mild temperatures have something to do with this. I have heard that should this continue (to flowering or just more/bigger buds?) then the trees will lose their "mojo" and fruit yields will be very much worse next year.
What can i do about this? should i snap off the buds, or cut them off, or squish them? if i do then the damp and warm weather is likely to allow disease to get hold (hence the advice about pruning is to do it in dry spells during late summer/early autumnal weather). Is there any magic chemical treatment to apply to the new buds to prevent further growth, or to the bare wood after removing buds to protect against disease. Better still is there an organic way of doing it.
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