"I began my adult life with a rubbish job and nothing in the bank. I got myself an education. I worked hard. I saved. I made plans based on facts not supposition. I didn’t gamble. I have lived a happy life. I want for nothing."
To be fair, this poster asked this question:
"Someone posted a few years back about this and the offer is on again. I’m wondering if anyone has had any luck with Tesco trees. We have a new build garden so starting from scratch without a massive budget, but would love some fruit trees. Any tips, or recommendations for places that sell trees that are good but don’t cost the earth?
The varieties are plum (Victoria) and apple (golden delicious, discovery, jonagold, cox’s orange). The estate developers have also planted an orchard of apple trees just over the road, although only just last year so they’ve not yielded anything yet."
I have not bought a Tesco tree, but I wouldn't give my life history on a question or answer. That is just rude.
I have Tesco Golden Delicious tree had it a long time - got on it own to start firt two year nothing then got and elstar tree from Lidl and fruit appeared on the GD tree and has been doing and growing well now giving loads of fruit for the last few year - learnt the lesson about needing another tree to pollinate it
I would go for what you like, I have a few fruit trees from places like Tesco, Lidl and Aldi all doing well just have to look after well
Think golden delicious and discovery go together but check that out as the trees need to flower similar time for bees to pollinate them to get fruit
Make sure if you do go for the trees to check if you can that they are still green just under the bark scratch a bit off then they are still living well if brown no go tree not going to grow dried out
I bought fruit trees from Aldi last year - although they were £10 each not 5. Came with a basic stake and tie each.
They were good, although I lost one - the one I’d most wanted! - a concord pear, my own fault though. On opening I saw that there was very little root at all, it obviously got damaged when lifted. I should have taken it back straight away but, for some stooooopid reason I decided to just plant it anyway and hope for the best!
needless to say, it started to leaf out with its stored energy, but very quickly stopped and then turned black. When I dug it up there had been no root growth.
wasted tenner - but that was my fault, I could have just taken it back and swapped or got a refund. By the time it died I didn’t have the receipt.
Id still buy again this year, but just switch the brain on!
I too find it the norm to see threads change direction. That’s what makes the forum so much more fun than say a google search! Pansy knows her stuff as do many other members and surely healthy debate is what people have joined the forum for as long as nobody is insulting or aggressive it would be a boring life if we all thought the same all the time!
For me, the problem with supermarket fruit trees is that they don't tell you what rootstock they're grown on. There's all the difference in the world between an apple on M27, which will grow to a couple of metres, and one on M25, which will eventually become a "proper" tree of 6 metres or more. That's really important in a small garden - unless you intend to uproot them if they get too big...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Re your earlier question about local suppliers to you, l have had a quick search and come up with a couple of Worcestershire based ones. You are certainly in the right area for fruit trees!
http://hutchingsandson.co.uk/
https://walcotnursery.co.uk/
To be fair, this poster asked this question:
"Someone posted a few years back about this and the offer is on again. I’m wondering if anyone has had any luck with Tesco trees. We have a new build garden so starting from scratch without a massive budget, but would love some fruit trees. Any tips, or recommendations for places that sell trees that are good but don’t cost the earth?
I have not bought a Tesco tree, but I wouldn't give my life history on a question or answer. That is just rude.
They were good, although I lost one - the one I’d most wanted! - a concord pear, my own fault though. On opening I saw that there was very little root at all, it obviously got damaged when lifted. I should have taken it back straight away but, for some stooooopid reason I decided to just plant it anyway and hope for the best!
needless to say, it started to leaf out with its stored energy, but very quickly stopped and then turned black. When I dug it up there had been no root growth.
wasted tenner - but that was my fault, I could have just taken it back and swapped or got a refund. By the time it died I didn’t have the receipt.
Id still buy again this year, but just switch the brain on!