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shrinking patio fruit tree

busybee7busybee7 Posts: 14
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imageI have a plum patio fruit tree which used to be a nice rounded top tree,now it looks like it has been cut in half,  the branches look scrabby and the leaves are goin spotty and yellow, should I have pruned it when I bought it from the gardening centre......?????

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  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    I dont have the answer, sorry, however i do have a full size plum tree which has behaved in the same way, i have now moved it, so it has better light, and basically given it a bit more tlc, its now getting better image



    Have you fed your tree? the nutrients in the compost dont last for long, and this hot spell could have stressed the tree too image
  • busybee7busybee7 Posts: 14

    imageI feed it every week and give it a good watering, it is in full sunlight by rites it should be healthy and growing strong instead it is looking very unhealthy.....!!!!!

  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Might just be stressed by the weather, im sure it will recover, mine was really shaded by other plants, now in a spot with no encroaching plants, but only gets sun for the first half of the day, i wonder if a slightly more sheltered spot in very warm weather may help? image
  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Mine looked terrible, i thought it would die, but its pulled through, dont be too disheartened image
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,134

    I'm not  fruit tree expert, but feeding every week sounds excessive to me - what are you feeding it with?


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • busybee7busybee7 Posts: 14

    just a general plant food out of a bottle, the sort you add about a capful to a gallon of water....

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