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Fruit trees - weeding and mulching.
josusa47
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in Fruit & veg
How important is it to maintain a weed-free zone around fruit trees once they're established?
I have four growing in my lawn, three against a fence at the back of a border, and I look after ten more in the park. I try to keep a circle weeded and mulched around them all, but it isn't that easy in the park, where dogs and children scatter the mulch around. The council which owns the park keeps the grass down with ride-on mowers, but we asked them not to mow around the fruit trees for fear they'd be damaged. So the grass and weeds have a free rein, and I have to try and keep them under control with shears.
My own four trees in the lawn are four years old, so I should think by now the roots have extended beyond my original circles. If I make them too much bigger, there won't be much lawn left. Would it make much difference if I let the grass grow up to the trees?
I have four growing in my lawn, three against a fence at the back of a border, and I look after ten more in the park. I try to keep a circle weeded and mulched around them all, but it isn't that easy in the park, where dogs and children scatter the mulch around. The council which owns the park keeps the grass down with ride-on mowers, but we asked them not to mow around the fruit trees for fear they'd be damaged. So the grass and weeds have a free rein, and I have to try and keep them under control with shears.
My own four trees in the lawn are four years old, so I should think by now the roots have extended beyond my original circles. If I make them too much bigger, there won't be much lawn left. Would it make much difference if I let the grass grow up to the trees?
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