acr
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Post by acr on Jul 13, 2021 14:21:08 GMT 1
perhaps it is worth bearing in mind that fruit trees can mean a lot of work and a lot of wasps and frelons in the autumn. The work aspect is reduced if you have trees on a dwarfing rootstock, otherwise they are extremely daunting....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 14:33:34 GMT 1
Eek
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Post by Nifty on Jul 13, 2021 14:40:08 GMT 1
And unless measures are taken, local birds will probably get more cherries than one would like .
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acr
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Post by acr on Jul 13, 2021 14:53:56 GMT 1
I know I'm banging on about this but you can net a dwarf cherry but haven't a hope if it's a "standard" size tree! Please don't be put off trees, @stvincent - they are great! I have learned from moving into a small terrace house 23 years ago in the UK. It had a delicious mulberry tree in the back garden. After a couple of years, the neighbours on both sides could reach up in their gardens and pick the fruit. When I bought this house I planted a cherry (standard size) - as Nifty said the prolific fruit was taken by birds. I have definitely abandoned the concept of mulberries as there are much tastier fruits available but dwarfing plums, cherries, apples, pears are great and they aren't that teeny - 10 to 12 feet high is normal.
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Post by exile on Jul 13, 2021 16:54:58 GMT 1
Our walnut (well the one that self seeded) did better than that Elsie but it was still more than 10 years before it started cropping.
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Post by monsieur3seas on Jul 17, 2021 9:04:27 GMT 1
if you like apricots try the 'abricot de Saumur ' variety, normal ones dont do so well around here in Maine et Loire
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