Tag Archives: Trained Fruit Trees

Fruit growing, How to grow soft fruit

RASPBERRIES – HOW TO TRAIN AND PRUNE

Raspberries are easy to look after if you follow some simple rules for pruning them to make sure you get maximum crop which also helps to reduce there chance of disease as there not as congested.Your Raspberries will be either Summer fruiting called floricane types or Autumn Fruiting called primocane and as i grow then next to each other its easy to see the difference.These Raspberry were all planted earlier in the year and its important to get your stock plants from a reputable nursery
After you have pruned you raspberries its best to either burn or dispose of the trimming but dont add them to your compost heap as you may spread disease spores

I have been as asked which secateurs I use  Okatsune Secateurs
from Niwaki who have a fantastic range of superb pruning tools

The Nursery I use for my fruit is Blackmore fruit

 

 

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Benificial fungi, container gardening, Fruit growing, mulches, no-dig gardening

PLANTING A MAIDEN COOKING APPLE TREE

A maiden or first year apple is the best way to get the biggest choose of variety’s and a great way to start your fruit garden.In this film i plant apple Charles Ross which is Duel purpose so can be eaten or used in the kitchen

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Benificial fungi, Fruit growing, How to grow soft fruit, no-dig gardening, Soft fruit

WIRE FRAME SUPPORT FOR FRUIT GROWING

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If you are going to grow raspberries, blackberries or any hybrid berries you will need to grow them with a support.  The simplest way to do this is using posts and wire.  In my film i show you the easiest way to create a long lasting and sturdy support.

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Apples, Fruit growing

How to Plant Apples Trees

Fed up with tasteless supermarket apples all you need is a Wall or Fence and it couldn’t be easier.In this film i plant a container grown trained apple,which means it takes up little space makes a boundary productive and looks wonderfully architectural,with the advantage that as its container grow you can plant at anytime of the year.

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