Questions & Answers
On this page we will answer a number of often asked questions. These will be added to over time.
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Ordering
- Do I have to be in to receive my trees?
No. If you can describe a safe place, we can ask the carrier to leave it there. |
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Growing
- I would like to grow fruit trees along a wall or fence which varieties are suitable for this?
Apples and Pears can be grown as cordons or espaliers. Plums and Cherries are usually grown as fans, which is a little more intricate.
Most of the apples we supply are spur bearers and are ideal for this type of training. A few are tip bearing or partial tip bearers ie Worcester Pearmain and will not fruit or will bear a reduced amount of fruit because of the pruning that has to be done in late summer. The suitability of each variety for cordons or espaliers is detailed in the catalogue in 'further details' on each variety.
For apples select rootstock MM106 or M26 for more restricted sites.
The Pear, Plum & Cherry varieties are all alright for restricted training |
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Pest & diseases
As with all plants fruit trees can suffer from insect damage or fungal attack. Here we raise a few of the common problems and offer organic control measures.
Some of the leaves of my apple tree are curling up in early summer, what is this?
This is likely to be Rosy Apple Aphid. Grey aphids will be seen when a curled leaf is uncurled. Control is important in the early years of a trees life otherwise its growth will become distorted. Organically control with an insecticidal soap ie Savona available from good garden centres or the Organic Gardening Catalogue.
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Mildew is affecting some of the shoots on my apple tree. Should I do anything?
Ideally prune out as this will reduce the pressure on other parts of the tree and others in the area.
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