They won't get any more flowers/berries this year, so I would leave them alone for now and enjoy what they do have. I don't think they generally need pruning but if they do, the time to do it would (I think) be around May, but you'd lose that year's berries.
If any of your skimmias have no berries at all, they might be male varieties. They're like hollies in that only the female varieties produce berries, although some of the male ones, like the popular "Rubella", have attractive flower buds that form in autumn and stay over the winter until they open in spring.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I bought a 3-in-one Ph, moisture and light tester today and tried it out. I found that the pot plant soil was alkaline and that the soil in 3 different beds in the rear garden were also alkaline. I wondered if the meter was reading true.
It showed the pot plants were moist (towards the wet end) and it reacted to shade. If I dunk it in vinegar would that be a suitable test or should it be a very weak acid solution?
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It showed the pot plants were moist (towards the wet end) and it reacted to shade. If I dunk it in vinegar would that be a suitable test or should it be a very weak acid solution?
My abode: Essex, soon to be a desert!