Ahmadmirza

Quince

Green Magpie, you are absolutely correct, I'll have no problem with the weight of the quince breaking the branches this year! I am going to take the bull by the horn and prune some of the branches in October and hope for the best. In the mean time I am going to have to find some quince to make jam with.

Quince

Hello Green Magpie, it is interesting what you said about the fruit of your quince tree being mainly on the top branches, the few  fruit we had was also on the top branches. The problem we had was that the fruit were so heavy they broke some of the branches. Usually there is no need to prune quince trees however since our branches are long and thin do you think pruning the branches would improve the structure of the tree?

Quince

Hello Leggi

Have had a look at my apple trees and found they have about half as many apples as usual. This isn't a bad thing because not many have dropped and hopefully the remaining apples will be bigger. It is a shame about the quince tree not having any fruit because I was looking forward to my wife's quence jam.

Quince

Thanks Leggi for the info. I have a couple apple trees which I have not looked at because they always bear loads of fruit. Funny enough I have not noticed as many apples on the ground as usual so you must be right in that this is a poor year for fruit trees. Will have look at the trees in the morning and let you know what I find.

Quince

Five years ago planted Quince Vranta. Last year it had a few small quince that never developed into eatable fruit. This year it was covered in blossoms but has no fruit. The tree is about 9 feet tall and looks healthy. Eventhough our soil in Derby is mainly clay I've seen other quince trees loaded down with fruit. Can you please tell me what the proglem could be.

Lawn

Hello

I have a half bag of Weed & Feed left over from last year. Should I use it this year or discard it and buy a new bag?

Quince

Lawn