[mdjlucan]

Went to my allotment this afternoon notice my damsel tree is been chewed to pieces the leaves will it die

[Kleftiwallah]

Good evening mdjlucan,  I'm sure you mean damson... but what the heck!  Try an application of neem oil, it won't bring your leaves back but it will slow the beasties that are chewing.

Cheers, Tony.

[mdjlucan]

Whereabouts do I buy this stuff

[Kleftiwallah]

Whereabouts do I buy this stuff

Off the good old interweb, but buy organic neem oil.  Cheers,  Tony.

[grinling]

any caterpillars?
Neem oil can be used for all sorts of things including flea treatment and fertility, be careful

[mdjlucan]

Not seen any caterpillars it’s the first time I’ve been up there in  weeks Just worried if the tree will die

[New shoot]

Sometimes you can get a whole cluster of tiny caterpillars that move as a gang eating their way through stuff and are then gone again leaving no trace.  If they are no longer there, there is not much point spraying with anything.

The tree should be OK, but it has lost leaves, so will struggle a little,  It would be worth looking after it a bit.  Make sure you keep it watered and sprinkle round some fertiliser.  You could also look at putting a mulch of rotted manure or garden compost round the base, if you have it.  Just make sure the soil underneath is well watered and don't let the mulch come right up to the trunk of the tree.

[mdjlucan]

I’ve got Garden farmyard manure or well rotted menu are from an old stables has got some wood chippings in it Also I’ve got some chicken pellets would that be okay to give it

[New shoot]

Sounds perfect.  A feed of chicken manure pellets and then a mulch on top of either of the bulky manures that you have