Hello there. Well this wet Summer is certainly affecting things is my garden. The bamboos are loving it. I am having to keep them under control . Purple loosestrife is another moisture lover and looks set to be good. On the other hand my lovely pink potentilla is quite sad with only a few flowers, last year it was covered. the geranium sanguineum picks up when we get a sunny interlude and looks sad in the rain. I am popping out with the torch in the evening to pick off the slugs too as they are having a field day aren't they. I am hoping for some sunshine soon cos I have a lovely pink salvia shrub and it should be covered in bloom. Fingers crossed then. As someone said, ' Gardeners are always optimistic'. I think with all of these weather extremes we are getting ,we are surely due for a good one.????
I would have thought those affected fruits are very unlikely to be useable.
But you also appear to have quite a few unaffected plums in those photos, a lot more than me. Would it be wise to remove the affected ones. That might reduce the potential for the spread of infection, and the nourishment could then flow to the good ones.
Out bramley apple tree is doing very well this year.. more fruit on it than in previous years.. my bottlebrush is absolutely covered in flowers this year.. have taken picture but once again my camera and compter are not talking to each other.. will ave to get hubby to take look at it.. gettin gon my nerves now it is
out of interest has anyone heard from wintersong.. she is not posting.. is she on her holidays in a sunny place? hope she ok.
Gary, do you mind me asking what the orangy/brown colouring is on your strawberry plant leaves in the top picture. A couple of leaves on my baby plant have started like that, but as yours are fruiting, I presume it is nothing to worry about?
I removed all the affected branches after taking the pictures and I have a few 'clean' branches with fruit on that I am keeping my eyes on to see if they too become infected.
@Insomnia - I'm not absolutely certain what the red blotches on my strwberry leaves are, a strawberry expert might have a more authoritative answer.
There are a lot of viruses that can affect strawberries. I'm guessing it's Strawberry Leaf Spot or Leaf Blight. Those viruses are made worse by wet conditions and lack of sunshine. They reduce the vigour of a plant, and are best removed, if they are getting too extensive.
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My strawberries. They seem to have been just like this for weeks...
Though many commercial strawberry growers have had a bumper crops:
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/ruralfocus/9803091.Strawberry_crop_is_a_bumper_one/
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2012-07-10/the-summers-rain-boosts-strawberry-crops/
My wild strawberries are fruiting OK, though not as prolific as good years. I leave these for the birds...
There are just a few apples. This tree is normally loaded...
And these are the only two plums I could find, on a tree that is normally loaded...
We have plum pocket on a fruit tree in our new garden (I think its plums):
I would have thought those affected fruits are very unlikely to be useable.
But you also appear to have quite a few unaffected plums in those photos, a lot more than me. Would it be wise to remove the affected ones. That might reduce the potential for the spread of infection, and the nourishment could then flow to the good ones.
Two snaps of my pear tree. On the left last year, and on the right, the same branch today. I can't see a single pear...
We seem to be o.k for Apples but I can only see a couple of Pears on our trees
Pam x
Out bramley apple tree is doing very well this year.. more fruit on it than in previous years.. my bottlebrush is absolutely covered in flowers this year.. have taken picture but once again my camera and compter are not talking to each other.. will ave to get hubby to take look at it.. gettin gon my nerves now it is
out of interest has anyone heard from wintersong.. she is not posting.. is she on her holidays in a sunny place? hope she ok.
Gary, do you mind me asking what the orangy/brown colouring is on your strawberry plant leaves in the top picture. A couple of leaves on my baby plant have started like that, but as yours are fruiting, I presume it is nothing to worry about?
I removed all the affected branches after taking the pictures and I have a few 'clean' branches with fruit on that I am keeping my eyes on to see if they too become infected.
The downside of taking on a new garden I suppose.
@Insomnia - I'm not absolutely certain what the red blotches on my strwberry leaves are, a strawberry expert might have a more authoritative answer.
There are a lot of viruses that can affect strawberries. I'm guessing it's Strawberry Leaf Spot or Leaf Blight. Those viruses are made worse by wet conditions and lack of sunshine. They reduce the vigour of a plant, and are best removed, if they are getting too extensive.
There's more about strawberry leaf problems like these here:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/YGLNews/YGLNewsJuly152007.html#strawberrydiseases
This is Lychnis chalcedonica (Jerusalem Cross), brightens up the garden on the dullest day...