Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Chris929 on December 11, 2018, 08:18
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Hello,
New to the allotment scene and got my keys at the weekend! The plot I have obtained is quite overgrown, as seems usual. In addition to the many weeds there is a tree that I can't seem to identify with my extremely limited gardening knowledge. Can anyone help me out?
Cheers!
Chris
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Hi there and welcome to the forum :)
Sorry, but identifying trees without leaves, flowers or fruit is very difficult...
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Hi there and welcome to the forum :)
Sorry, but identifying trees without leaves, flowers or fruit is very difficult...
Yes indeed. If you could post a photo of a twig with buds on it, I could have a go, if it is some kind of fruit tree.
Congratulations at getting your first allotment... a life changing opportunity imho :D :D :D
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Hi there and welcome to the forum :)
Sorry, but identifying trees without leaves, flowers or fruit is very difficult...
Yes indeed. If you could post a photo of a twig with buds on it, I could have a go, if it is some kind of fruit tree.
Congratulations at getting your first allotment... a life changing opportunity imho :D :D :D
Thanks to you both. I'll get a better picture when things pick up again!
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The bark looks Birch like but not at all sure that's what it is.
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I think it's some sort of fruiting tree judging by the way the branches are growing. Maybe a good close-up pic of a small branch and also the main trunk will help.
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I'll go for a cherry of some description...
The bark has the main sort of markings in the pic!
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Are there any leaves on the ground beneath the tree which might help identification?
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I'm with Growster on this. I'd say it was a cherry of some description, going by the bark.
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I'll go for a cherry of some description...
The bark has the main sort of markings in the pic!
I'd agree with a cherry, or some type of stone fruit by looking at how the branches are growing.
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Hi there and welcome to the forum :)
Sorry, but identifying trees without leaves, flowers or fruit is very difficult...
Yes indeed. If you could post a photo of a twig with buds on it, I could have a go, if it is some kind of fruit tree.
Congratulations at getting your first allotment... a life changing opportunity imho :D :D :D
Went up today to (try) clear some weeds, it's very overgrown. I couldn't see any leaves nearby but I could get pictures of the buds.
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Now looks like cherry to me.
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I thought it was something like that, but looking at the buds and the bark it reminded me of a fairly young horse chestnut. See this link: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/how-to-identify-trees/leaf-buds-and-twigs/
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It is a cherry tree , whether it is a fruiting variety is another question .
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Now looks like cherry to me.
Definitely. The buds are distinctive in size and shape as well as their growth pattern.
Pleased o not prune this until all the leaves are out next year, because with stone fruits such as cherries and plums, there is a high risk of a disease calle Silver Leaf entering wounds while the tree is dormant. This can be fatal to the tree.
Plenty of flower buds equals plenty of cherries too, so if you are wanting to save them from the birds, plan how you could make some fine net"sleeves" to cover branches once you have nice fat green fruit!!
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Now looks like cherry to me.
Definitely. The buds are distinctive in size and shape as well as their growth pattern.
Pleased o not prune this until all the leaves are out next year, because with stone fruits such as cherries and plums, there is a high risk of a disease calle Silver Leaf entering wounds while the tree is dormant. This can be fatal to the tree.
Plenty of flower buds equals plenty of cherries too, so if you are wanting to save them from the birds, plan how you could make some fine net"sleeves" to cover branches once you have nice fat green fruit!!
Great news, thanks!
:-D
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Update:
The tree is now overshadowing a large proportion of my allotment, maybe 15 ft high? Is anyone able to give me advice on if this is a cherry tree that will produce fruit and/or the chances of it producing fruit? I don't have any knowledge on cherries. Attached are a few additional pictures that I took yesterday of the branch structures.
Thanks everyone
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The leaves look like a cherry. In the third photo, bottom right, and a little bit out of focus, the lighter green blobs look like they could be small green cherries developing to me? Mine are at about the same stage now and will be ripening shortly. You might need to protect them from birds though if you are going to find out what they are like!
G&R