The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Fruit => Topic started by: pgkevet on December 10, 2015, 03:18:21 pm
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I noticed that the buds on my blackcurrants are more advanced than i'd expect... and then saw the rhubarb has just sprouted a few small leaves... The peach tree still has all it's leaves..the only deciduous in my plot to have kept them.
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I think it may be to do with wet warmish weather, the weather has been fluctuating a lot recently. Only a few weeks ago I saw little birds tweeting and building their nests and then the storms rolled in, poor things. I would be careful though for frost and stuff. Do you cover the bushes after you have pruned them for the winter?
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We have strawberries and blackberries out in bloom at the moment ???
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I have wild primroses in bloom here in the Marches. I ate a wild strawberry yesterday - not the best I've ever tasted but still.....
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I have a hydrangea in full bloom with all its leaves still,on. Weird weather indeed!
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Our bramley apple is just dropping its leaves now.
We still have crysanth's just coming out in flower along with campanula's.
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I noticed that my rhubarb is starting to sprout as well.
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I have one bush of blackthorn and a blackberry in bloom, both in a very sheltered position. This is not the first time they have boomed in winter!
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The problem with everything blooming on the trees and bushes now is that they have put a lot of energy into it and a shock like a sudden cold hard frost could set them back next year.
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Ah well, nothing we can do about it, we have to take what's sent weather wise. All comes well in the end.