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Following on from my Fig Tree thread,
Bought a plum tree early in the year, stands about 6 feet tall. Planted it in a (too small in retrospect) pot so that I could move it about and hopefully avoid the local deer stripping the bark of it like the did the last one.
Moved it into the polytunnel now as the high winds have blown it over and need to decide what to do with it next year.
The garden is poor quality, despite some massive beech trees in the locality, I have about 6" of topsoil over mostly sand and pebbles. The area must have been under the sea at some point. We've planted cherry and plum neither have come to much (anything), previous occupants have planted hawthorn and laburnum, the former needs removing, the latter surviving, just.
Do I keep it in a much bigger pot next year or dig a massive hole and fill it with decent soil/compost? Then some form of protection from the deer (and rabbits)?
Bought a plum tree early in the year, stands about 6 feet tall. Planted it in a (too small in retrospect) pot so that I could move it about and hopefully avoid the local deer stripping the bark of it like the did the last one.
Moved it into the polytunnel now as the high winds have blown it over and need to decide what to do with it next year.
The garden is poor quality, despite some massive beech trees in the locality, I have about 6" of topsoil over mostly sand and pebbles. The area must have been under the sea at some point. We've planted cherry and plum neither have come to much (anything), previous occupants have planted hawthorn and laburnum, the former needs removing, the latter surviving, just.
Do I keep it in a much bigger pot next year or dig a massive hole and fill it with decent soil/compost? Then some form of protection from the deer (and rabbits)?
I would take the crater route and plant it, and use something like this: https://www.rhsplants.co.uk/product/_/tree-guard-f...
But how are the deer getting in to your garden?
But how are the deer getting in to your garden?
Keeping it in a bigger pot next year is an option.
Sometimes there is no point making a big effort to plant something in the ground only to find it doesn't like the climate.
You could take it out of its pot and see how rootbound it is.
I have a few small trees in pots, some are in planters up to 100 litres.
Is it an expensive plum tree?
I have some 'wild' plum trees in the hedge which are doing OK after being in pots a couple of years.
With cheap plants, I have tended to keep a few spares in pots, because not everything I plant flourishes.
They also screen the old boat parked at the top of the drive.
Is the OP serious about the land being under the sea? Is it salty?
Otherwise, it sounds like normal river valley floor kind of thing which should be OK?
Obviously, trees in pots need frequent watering, which can mean getting them in the ground is a good idea.
Sometimes there is no point making a big effort to plant something in the ground only to find it doesn't like the climate.
You could take it out of its pot and see how rootbound it is.
I have a few small trees in pots, some are in planters up to 100 litres.
Is it an expensive plum tree?
I have some 'wild' plum trees in the hedge which are doing OK after being in pots a couple of years.
With cheap plants, I have tended to keep a few spares in pots, because not everything I plant flourishes.
They also screen the old boat parked at the top of the drive.
Is the OP serious about the land being under the sea? Is it salty?
Otherwise, it sounds like normal river valley floor kind of thing which should be OK?
Obviously, trees in pots need frequent watering, which can mean getting them in the ground is a good idea.
Arrivalist said:
Simpo Two said:
But how are the deer getting in to your garden?
If a deer wants to get into your garden, it s getting into your garden. Nothing less than a 10ft hedge/wall/fence will stop them (and possibly taller than that).Deer jump the fence, rabbits through it.
OutInTheShed said:
Is the OP serious about the land being under the sea? Is it salty?
Otherwise, it sounds like normal river valley floor kind of thing which should be OK?
Obviously, trees in pots need frequent watering, which can mean getting them in the ground is a good idea.
Red spot is approx locationOtherwise, it sounds like normal river valley floor kind of thing which should be OK?
Obviously, trees in pots need frequent watering, which can mean getting them in the ground is a good idea.
Skyedriver said:
Arrivalist said:
Simpo Two said:
But how are the deer getting in to your garden?
If a deer wants to get into your garden, it s getting into your garden. Nothing less than a 10ft hedge/wall/fence will stop them (and possibly taller than that).Deer jump the fence, rabbits through it.
The first time I experienced them on my land I made the mistake of ‘trying’ to keep them out with some hastily built fencing. Then I saw them jumping across a massive ditch in a field and gave up
Skyedriver said:
OutInTheShed said:
Is the OP serious about the land being under the sea? Is it salty?
Otherwise, it sounds like normal river valley floor kind of thing which should be OK?
Obviously, trees in pots need frequent watering, which can mean getting them in the ground is a good idea.
Red spot is approx locationOtherwise, it sounds like normal river valley floor kind of thing which should be OK?
Obviously, trees in pots need frequent watering, which can mean getting them in the ground is a good idea.
The only thing you're going to grow there is 'old'.
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