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Hi Scotte. I’d always winter prune (apart from Cherries which always need summer only pruning after fruiting) even young trees. This will help thicken them up for privacy and give more fruit. If you let them just grow up up and up. They will be thin and quite unwieldy. So yes I’d prune every year if you can for the thickest and most dense fruit trees. Although they are all on similar root stocks each grafted fruit tree will grow at their own rate. But don’t worry they usually all catch up! This guide may help you too. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-a-fruit-tree-in-summer/ happy gardening! 🥷🌿🤘

Hi Stephen. Sounds like some sort of fungus which yes will spread if left. I’ve dug out sections of diseased hedges like this myself in the past and then replaced sections. The key is to use a different species to the one you’ve removed to try and stop the spread of the fungus and replace any obviously infected soil (those with visible fungus) in too. Hope that helps. 🥷🌿🤘

@@Gardenninja cheers Lee much appreciated 🤙🏻

Hi Stephen. You prune them from year 2 onwards but albeit gently and light touch. Your contrast of nipping back branches to form the shape. Even if just removing the tips to form laterals lower down the new twiggy branches. 🥷🌿🤘

@@Gardenninja thanks Lee much appreciated 🤙🏻

Hi. Tilth is just fine soil that’s been raked free of large stones and debris. So it should already be there once you’ve prepared the top layer. Hope that helps. Lee 🌿🤘🥷

@@Gardenninja Hi Lee, thank you! Video was very helpful.

Wonderful to hear! I always aim to make gardening as accessible as possible so I’m happy you’re finding my guides so easy to follow. Do check out the hundreds of other guides on my site www.gardenninja.co.uk 🥷🌿🤘

Hi Paul. Yes. If moving buddleja in the middle of the season always cut it back to reduce the stress and water water water. Ideally you should move shrubs when they are dormant in winter but understand you don’t always have this luxury! Happy gardening. 🥷🌿🤘

Hi Sal. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave such helpful feedback. I’ll keep up this format with the rest of my video guides! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🤘🌿

Hi Richy. Try giving it a soak first with a slow sprinkler and then use a bar or pick to break the top layer first. Happy gardening. 🥷🌿🤘

As soon as the leaves drop I just leave them alone. If containerised just water maybe once every 2 weeks sparingly. Happy gardening in Sweden! 🥷🌿🤘

​@@Gardenninja Thanks, mate! BTW, love your hair style! <3

Pretty much have done. Just reusing old pots as well. So much better for the environment. Have you tried plastic free? 🥷🌿🤘

@@Gardenninja yay! Yes I run a local plastic free group :) thank you for your reply

Hi Struan. I can remember what brand it was bud I remember it being really thick and quite heavy. I opted for a more substantial deep hose given it was a 50m one to keep the pressure going all the way. That is one thing that catches gardeners out. The pressure issue! Hope that’s of some help? 🥷🌿🤘

Thanks Wilderness. Great to hear your experiences to help other Ninjas. Meadows are just fantastic aren’t they and so worth the boots of effort a few times a year. Mines reviving and evolving every year and is a pleasure to maintain. 🌿🥷🤘

You're welcome! Glad it helped you. Do check out my blog for hundreds more free gardening guides www.gardenninja.co.uk 🥷🌿

Yes the wheels got me a bit but after 5 or 6 years she’s still going strong and the wheels are fine surprisingly!! 🥷🌿🤘

So nice of you to comment. Yes please use all the free gardening resources and www.gardenninja.co.uk where you can use the forum for specifics. 🥷🌿🤘

Thanks Rachel I’m glad you’re enjoying my content. Do checkout my site www.gardenninja.co.uk for hundreds more free guides! 🥷🤘🌿

Thanks so much! Well people keep asking how they can learn more or train so I thought it would be helpful to offer online affordable garden design learning too! 🥷🌿🤘

@@Gardenninja It's the way to go and I'm sure there'll be lots of demand. I'm thinking of doing something similar, but not quite decided which gardening niche yet... Good luck with ith all!

Hi. Firstly I really wouldn’t be using spinosad or any other pesticides on fruit trees that you or wildlife is going to eat. It’s going to cause serious damage to the eco system and health. The birds will love the cherries as they do here at Garden Ninja HQ. You could try netting the tree to preserve them. The sap maybe more of the canker existing the tree which may be under stress. If you’re going to ‘top the tree out’ I’ll do this after the fruit has finished. Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🤘🌿

@@Gardenninja Thanks for your reply. Are you even familiar with spinosad? Organic farmers use it. Which we started applying a little too late this year; it turns out we have fruit flies ruining the cherries. So NONE will be eaten by us, and all will be for the swarming birds. Net may be the plan for next year, as this is the fist year they have bothered our tree; usually only a few cherries are eaten by them. Maybe they are drawn to the fruit fly infested fruit. What method do you use if not using spinosad for keeping the insects away? The canker is mostly "healed," just a bit of sap on the trunk; the rest of the tree looks marvelous, very healthy leaves and new growth, and no aphids on the new growth.

Yes I am familiar. Though spraying it weekly is complete overkill and had knock on effects on earth worms and are most vital pollinator. Bees. It also means you’re blocking the food chain of other insects, birds and mammals too. That’s why I’m shocked. Yes it’s classed as organic but that doesn’t mean harmless to wildlife. I think maybe the lack of balance with flies and their predators may be in part why you’re having so much trouble. I would urge you to consider alternative more hands off approaches. Netting next year for example or just going with the flow that the birds are part of our ecosystem and feeding them with cherries even if you don’t get many is of greater benefit!

@@Gardenninja Thanks for your reply; I would like to know what you use? Or are you just feeding everything in the food chain but yourself? Or do you eat the worms? That would put your answers in perspective for me. Also I am aware of the times to spray (anything) to avoid harming bees, and I do not apply the spray heavy enough to drip thus not harming the worms. But that did help me NOT go with a thought I had for spraying the ground to avoid the pupae from overwintering or even rehatching now. And yes a net will be placed next year.