They think its all over...
well sadly it is now - as the famous quote nearly goes. Yes my dear reader this year is quinceless; the last vestige of hope has fallen from the tree and I am, quite frankly, disappointed. Oh I will recover from the disappointment obviously, to quince or not to quince is hardly of the highest priority in my life. The more important measure is how delighted I am when one of the Quince Brothers does achieve a quince. Maybe next year I will reach this moment, maybe next year. I had a look back and this is first year without any quinces for quite some time so I have to put this failure down to my bad pruning earlier in the year taking strength away from the tree when it needed it most: in the preperation time. This in itself gives me hope for next year; hopefully normal service will be resumed which may only be a harvest of one or two but that is good enough.
Now my tree following moves into Autumn mode. The trees are already showing signs that their leaves are considering falling. They turn so beautifully that this almost (almost) makes up for the lack of quince. I do consider them very garden-worthy trees whether they quince or not. Good job really.
The weather hasn't helped...
ReplyDeleteAll the best :)