Having the recommended CG is absolutely a must.

Re-balance your plane and get the CG to be further back. A nose heavy plane will tend to have a hot landing.

Once you have the CG right, take the plane a few mistakes high, and find out what the plane's stall speed is. You will probably be surprised at how slow it is. Then, land the plane at closer to stall speed. Nose heavy planes have much higher stall speeds.

Finally, with the .61 on the front, you can probably do with a low-pitched prop. Try flying with a 4 or 5 pitched prop. This will give you lots of torque, and also be more of an air-brake when the engine is at idle when landing.

BUT, your first thing to correct is the CG.

gus