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Tag: tree planting

Planting Up More Cordon Apple Trees

Feature image - Cordon Planting - trees planted

It’s always a good day when you get to plant new apple trees.

Published February 18, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work, Top Fruit Planting Tagged apple, cordon, trained form, tree planting

Fruit Tree Planting – Advice From the Experts

Four short videos, each explaining how best to plant your bare-root and/or potted fruit trees.

Published January 29, 2021
Categorised as Linking Out Tagged expert advice, tree planting

Thomas Tusser, on Fruit to Plant in January

Looking for a handy checklist of fruit to plant before the month is out? Look no further.

Published January 22, 2021
Categorised as Quotations Tagged C16th, Thomas Tusser, tree planting

Via Twitter: The Pros and Cons of Plastic Tree Guards

Keith from @Stumpupfortrees has clearly done his homework on using tree guards when planting.

Published January 19, 2021
Categorised as Linking Out Tagged sustainability, tree guard, tree planting

Rev. T Collings Brehaut, on Locating Your Fruit Tree

A few words of advice as true back in 1860 as they are today.

Published January 11, 2021
Categorised as Quotations Tagged C19th, tree planting

Planting Our Fig Tree

In which we introduce our new fig tree to its fig-pit home.

Published February 19, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged fig, fig pit, mycorrhizal fungi, tree planting

Establishing Our Air-Pot Mini Orchard

In which we plant out our new fruit trees into air-pot containers.

Published February 18, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged air-pot, apple, Blenheim Orange, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, formative pruning, herefordshire russet, john downie, mini-orchard, Morello, mycorrhizal fungi, tree planting

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stewartwaine stewart waine @stewartwaine ·
26 Jan

Bit o Apple grafting, I’m a bit of a Ebernezer Scrooge when in comes to the apple collection growing my own rootstocks, I don’t use grafting tape or grafting wax anymore just cut up freezer bags , if I’m feeling rich lll get some scions from the NFC

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fruitdiseases KhanLab @fruitdiseases ·
26 Jan

Beautiful illustration showing impact of manure application on the roots & shoot development of Golden Winter Parmen #Apples tree (1957) in “The Root System of Fruit Plants” by Venedikt Kolesnikov!

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applesandpeople ApplesandPeople @applesandpeople ·
26 Jan

Windfall apples have been strung together in the autumn for bird food during the winter months.

Photo: © Christopher Preece 2023 for Apples & People @preecer

'In 1600, Herefordshire was one continuous orchard. Now, only precious remnants stand tall.

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