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How do I encourage my plum tree to produce fruit?

The Victoria Plum is self-fertile and, although cropping can be improved by a compatible pollination partner, it should fruit satisfactorily without one. There are a number of possible reasons why yo …
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Is staking young trees helpful or harmful?

Unless the site is sheltered from the wind, I always stake my trees for the first two years - sometimes longer, depending on how well they have developed, and how exposed the site is - to give the tru …
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Why are my honey-locust tree leaves turning yellow in mid-summer?

You don' say whether your tree was planted recently or is a well-established one, but it sounds as though the problem is caused by over-watering, as you suspect. A mature Honey Locust is an extremely …
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How to "correct" uneven trunk widths in a cherry tree?

I'm not an expert, but this suggests to me that the twig/ bud that was used for the graft (the scion) was taken from a far more vigorous variety than the rootstock, and therefore their growth rates ar …
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What is my citrus deficiency, based on leaf appearance? And how to treat?

Although I haven't come across this problem myself, I have done some research and would say, judging from the first (smaller) photo, that this is probably a magnesium deficiency, to which citrus trees …
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Damaged Tree Heather: can it survive?

I have a tree heather (Erica arborea) in my rockery (acid soil) which I grew from a seedling about twenty years ago. Until it was severely damaged by a prolonged freeze-up last winter, it was about se …
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