Kitchen Garden Forum

Can any one help perhaps. Two problems - first connected to my plum tree. Variety is Dittisham Ploughman, planted three years ago in heavy red Devon soil. It fruited lightly last year, but the shoots started to die back from the top during the winter and all the buds went brown. Absolutely no signs of life - dug out and removed yesterday.
Secondly a peach tree - planted in a 24 inch pot 12 months ago. It thrived last summer and looked good. Moved into a polytunnel in January to protect from peach leaf curl, It flowered in February, but the flowers seemed very stunted compared to another peach tree planted permanently in the tunnel. It too is slowly dieing back from the tips and all the new leaves are very stunted. The two trees are about 30m apart. Any help gratefully received.

Dear Ray, we are not ignoring you, but sometimes it's very hard to give an answer on something when it dies. It can be one of many causes, or a combination of a couple.
Lets just hope it's not something nasty like honey fungus.

I had a dwarf peach in a pot. This was it's second year. I over-wintered it in a cold greenhouse. It flower this Spring then suddenly died back. I have no idea what happended either.

Fortunately I had purchased it from Bakkers and they have replaced it. So far though it is not showing any signs of new growth. I live in hope.

Beryl.

how horrible. Sounds fungal, perhaps? Or waterlogging?