The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Fruit => Topic started by: HappyHippy on October 27, 2010, 10:17:51 am
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I found it a real nightmare figuring out what tree goes best with others - LOTS of long nights spent with my head in a book ::) Then I found this great guide on a website and thought it might save you the eyestrain and headaches I had ;) ;D
http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/Choosing-Fruit-Trees-Pollination (http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/Choosing-Fruit-Trees-Pollination)
Happy planting folks
Karen x
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Thanks Karen good information there. Am about to buy a few pear trees so thats a great help.
JD
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nice one, didnt have anything about grapes or peaches or Almonds though....pity
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Hmmm bookmark that one me thinks haha. In regards to apples I always just thought that group C could be pollinated by all of group C, B, an A i.e. its own group and all those in the group either side so even though its a few months old thanks for posting ;)
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Hi, this was really helpful, thankyou ! We were thinking of chopping one of the pear trees down (they seem to be a little too close together) but we have changed our minds now. Phew ! :)
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I was so glad to see a few days sunshine last week just when our apricot blossom is all fully open and looking wonderful. Hope that means there are lots of little insects flying around doing the pollinating job for me. Last year the appropriate time was very cold so we had almost no fruit from that particular tree which was disappointing as the jam is just the best! :yum:
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that was our bad luck last yr, everything open the the late frost got them, wer lost 1000 odd almond trees to late frost, nothing past the bloom stage, this yr though there is NO signs of buds breaking never mind opening, it all seems a bit later this yr for some reason, last yr as well we where out in the fields with the animals, this yr they have not gone past the dry lot