Peter Collett

That's all absolutely great! Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly. Fortunately we have a bag of wood chippings which I will put to use!

Thank you again

Pete

Thank you very much for your help. I will give repotting a go and see if that helps. I am worried it might be too far gone but probably worth a try. I think you are right that the area is diseased, it certainly doesn't look healthy. I would be willing to plant it out if you think that may help? Is it worth trying to clean the diseased area up or is this likely to be futile?

On a bit of a side note. I have couple of blueberry plants growing quite close to eachother. One has done well and produced fruit while the other one has very red leaves. I have added a bed of grass clippings as a mulch to see if that helps incase it is nutrient deficient. Do you think this will help or is there something else I could do?

Thank you, this is an incredibly helpful forum!

Pete

Thank you for getting back to me.

1. Wales, UK
2. We did have about 3 weeks of very dry weather but the leaves had started to yellow before that
3. Victoria patio plum
4. The oak tree had been planted shortly after the plum from an acorn.
5. There are gummy deposits and sap leaking from the tree I have tried to photograph these in the photos
6. No signs of small holes, but I have noticed lots of wood lice in the pot.

Looking forward to your reply! The main question I would like to ask if it is salvageable. If not I will just have to remove it.

Thanks again

Pete

Plum tree help!

Hi I have only had this plum tree under a year and this is it's first summer and it has not done well. The leaves went yellow then fell off. I wasn't sure if it was too dry as the oak tree in the same pot also looked a bit dry. After watering the oak tree has recovered but the plum has not. It also has a couple of areas that don't look especially healthy.

I don't know whether to abaond it or if there is any chance of recovery.

Any advice would be appreciated.