It's also possible (not that I've ever done it, I should add ) to erect a fence wherever you want it for the express purpose of growing fruit on it. Posts and wires.
No Bekkie, not fan training it, nor any other training, just want it to look reasonably tidy and to give us plenty of fruit.
Fence is on sunny side of garden but had planted it up with other stuff before I got the fruit, will peruse (posh word!) the situation next year, in the meantime I'll carry out a bit more butchery
Realised i hadnt been practicing (no idea how to spell that- i hope you know what i mean!) What i preach, had to chop my apple trees back too today, amazing how much they grown! Chopped quite alot off!
Hi all, I also have TV bought fruit trees (apple, Pear, Plum and Cherry) all on dwarf rootstock. They are now about 3 years old and have had little or no fruit! Have followed pruning advice and fed regularly as they are in pots, (If I was allowed to plant them on my allotment I take them out of pots.) What am I doing wrong?
Jan you might want to give a handful of fish blood and bone in March April as the trees awake ,and then a little potash watered in then as it responds a really good watering of a handful of Potash this should have a really good effect on the fruiting carry on feeding till around just before they start to think of going into fall ,if you use comfrey a little at every feed is good also, and of course i hope your trees are all getting Pollinated properly ,good luck.
hi Jan, i would defenately do what alan said, but sometimes it can just take a while for them to fruit. i know this isnt very practical for everyone, but the bigger pot you can get, the better the trees will be, i use the very big flexi trugs filled with a mix of compost and garden soil, the only other advice is watering every day, trees use a ridiculous amount of water, i think most of us underestimate it
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It's also possible (not that I've ever done it, I should add
) to erect a fence wherever you want it for the express purpose of growing fruit on it. Posts and wires.
No Bekkie, not fan training it, nor any other training, just want it to look reasonably tidy and to give us plenty of fruit.
Fence is on sunny side of garden but had planted it up with other stuff before I got the fruit, will peruse (posh word!) the situation next year, in the meantime I'll carry out a bit more butchery
Hi all, I also have TV bought fruit trees (apple, Pear, Plum and Cherry) all on dwarf rootstock. They are now about 3 years old and have had little or no fruit! Have followed pruning advice and fed regularly as they are in pots, (If I was allowed to plant them on my allotment I take them out of pots.) What am I doing wrong?
Jan you might want to give a handful of fish blood and bone in March April as the trees awake ,and then a little potash watered in then as it responds a really good watering of a handful of Potash this should have a really good effect on the fruiting carry on feeding till around just before they start to think of going into fall ,if you use comfrey a little at every feed is good also, and of course i hope your trees are all getting Pollinated properly ,good luck.
hi Jan, i would defenately do what alan said, but sometimes it can just take a while for them to fruit. i know this isnt very practical for everyone, but the bigger pot you can get, the better the trees will be, i use the very big flexi trugs filled with a mix of compost and garden soil, the only other advice is watering every day, trees use a ridiculous amount of water, i think most of us underestimate it