Five Years On: Development of a Fruiting Spur System
In which I revisit the subject of my ‘Year in the Life’ photo essay, to see how bourse-on-bourse fruiting structures grow and develop.
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Winter Pruning: Training a ‘Bramley’s Seedling’ on M9 Rootstock
Training a tip-bearing apple tree is a tricky task at the best of times, but when it’s a vigorous Bramley, is it even feasible?
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Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to Fruit
Follow the lifecycle of a single apple bud from dormancy to harvest, in this series of 40+ photos.
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A Frost-Pruned Fig Tree, and What Happened Next
Last year our fig tree was hit by a late frost. Every apical bud and fruitlet was killed. But that was far from the end of the story…
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Decision Time For My ‘Air-Pot Mini-Orchard’ Apple Trees
An interesting idea that still has potential, but mistakes (many mistakes) were made. Time to reboot.
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Au Revoir to Pear, Plum and Damson Blossom?
Two nights of bad weather after early blossom has bloomed is bad news, but hopefully not the end of this year’s crop.
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Frost Warning! Bad News for Blossom
It’s every orchardist’s worse-case scenario: a sharp frost forecast just as the blossom is starting to open…
