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Category: Orchard P&D

Another Grafting #EpicFail – A ‘Family’ Tree, Killed by Canker

The best laid plans of orchardists gang aft aglay when apple tree diseases get involved, including my latest grafting experiment.

Published March 22, 2023
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard P&D Tagged apple, canker, disease, experiment, grafting

William B. Page, on C19th Apple Tree Pest Control

The whole race of apple-trees is threatened with extirpation? Quick, to the chemicals cupboard!

Published January 29, 2022
Categorised as Orchard P&D, Quotations Tagged apple, C19th, insect damage, orchard pest, pest control

More Pest Problems: Pigeon-Pecked Pears

What’s an orchardist to do? It’s been a lean year for pears, not helped at all by the pointy beaks of the local wildlife.

Published October 17, 2021
Categorised as Orchard P&D Tagged orchard pests, parakeet, pear, pigeon

How To: Check For a Maggot in Your Apple

A quick guide to spotting an unwanted lodger in that ripe, perfect-looking piece of fruit, *before* you bite into it…

Published September 25, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard P&D Tagged apple, codling moth, Cydia pomonella, damage, identification, maggot, orchard pest, pest, worm

Mother-loving Moths and Bastard Bloody Pigeons

I’m seeing a lot of fruit-damage this year, both the classic damage caused by of codling moth larvae and beak-wounds from feathery foes.

Published July 30, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard P&D Tagged codling moth, orchard pests, organic control, pest control, pigeon, winter moth

More Canker! This Time on a Cordon Apple Tree

Another dose of apple canker, this time on a cordon tree and with an even more drastic remedy required.

Published June 15, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard P&D Tagged apple canker, disease, howgate wonder, maintenance pruning

Emergency Late Apple Pruning for Canker Control

Pruning apple at this point in the season isn’t usually advised, but sometimes you have to cut to control a problem.

Published May 23, 2021
Categorised as Orchard P&D Tagged apple canker, disease control, pruning

Dealing With Pear Midge Problems the Organic Way

Spring 2021 has brought blossom, but also pest and physiological problems in Ordsall Hall’s heritage pear trees

Published May 9, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard P&D Tagged frost damage, Ordsall Hall, pear, pear blossom, pear midge

Winter Pruning to Control Apple Canker

Sometimes a drastic tree health problem like apple canker requires a fairly drastic pruning remedy.

Published March 7, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard P&D, Top Fruit Pruning Tagged apple, apple canker, lord clyde, winter pruning

Orchard Pest & Disease Watch, 2020 Edition

There are a few of the usual problems to keep an eye on in the orchard this year.

Published June 24, 2020
Categorised as Orchard P&D, Orchard Work Tagged aphid, apple canker, fireblight, powdery mildew, wind damage

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  1. Darren T on Time to Check Grafted Trees for Rootstock RegrowthSeptember 12, 2023

    Hi Patti - Yes, I'm afraid it sounds very much as though that's what happened. Sometimes if the graft union…

  2. Patti on Time to Check Grafted Trees for Rootstock RegrowthSeptember 12, 2023

    I have a cherry tree that I bought this year. It was grafted onto a Maximas 14 rootstock. There seems…

  3. Darren T on Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning Year OneAugust 28, 2023

    Quick summary of the info I put in my email reply (thanks for the pics!) for the benefit of anyone…

  4. Darren T on Harvest 2022 – Top Fruit from the Allotment OrchardAugust 28, 2023

    It is a rather superb cultivar, isn't it? Sadly our tree has only produced a few apples this year, but…

  5. John on Harvest 2022 – Top Fruit from the Allotment OrchardAugust 27, 2023

    My Isle of Wight 'Howgate Wonder' grows well in the N. Yorkshire/Co. Durham border. Good Southern apple!! In my youth…

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