Comments on: Come on Bees, Requesting Back Up

By: Still No Peach Leaf Curl - HappyFarming.com by Thomas Wagner Nielsen

Still No Peach Leaf Curl - HappyFarming.com by Thomas Wagner Nielsen — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:22:05 +0000

[...] help the tree by doing some artificial pollination with a brush. (Check out Gill’s post about peach pollination by hand on [...]

By: Not so peachy « The Vegetable Conspiracy

Not so peachy « The Vegetable Conspiracy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:24:20 +0000

[...] this photo, in the last week of March, what I didn’t realise was that I should have been hand pollinating the peach tree in our little roof garden. I learnt that about a week later, and rushed outside with [...]

By: Martyn Cox

Martyn Cox — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:52:22 +0000

Your peach is far more advanced than the one growing in my London garden. However, there are lots of just opening buds on it – could be a good crop as long as peach leaf curl doesn’t hit the plant again.

By: AnneTanne

AnneTanne — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:38:38 +0000

Our peaches aren’t blooming yet… But like David@quest guessed, that might be related to the warm spot against a south-facing wall.

It’s not a good climate for peaches here, either…

By: David@quest

David@quest — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:45:48 +0000

Is your peach tree early this year or does it always flower at the same time?
I see you have cane trained it into a fan against wall mounted wires. Presumeably this is a nice warm wall?

We have done the same to an apricot, but it is some way behind your peach.

By: Chiot's Run

Chiot's Run — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:46:22 +0000

I was just at a bee seminare (we’re getting a hive this year) and they said that on certain plants bees only visit for an hour and only during a specific period when the pollen & nectar levels are highest. Perhaps you were just too early!

By: Tessa at Blunders with shoots, blossoms 'n roots

Tessa at Blunders with shoots, blossoms 'n roots — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:40:35 +0000

Beauty of a day to have to do this! I’ve been thinking of getting some mason bee homes and scattering them around my yard. They are very busy little guys- even in the rain! Happy spring to you!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:09:06 +0000

Maybe he was just welcoming you into the bee fraternity, LOL

Margaret

By: Rosie at Eco-Gites

Rosie at Eco-Gites — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:59:01 +0000

I must hand pollinate my poytunnel strawberries – they are self-fertile but still need the pollen moved from and to the relevent bits. I wonder if it would work with sheep’s wool. It might be better than a kid’s chunky paintbrush I think.