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August's Most Popular Articles...
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Growing Avocados: While avocados are a tropical fruit more suited to the humid regions of Mexico and Central America, it doesn’t mean they can not be grown successfully in the UK. The trees… [1410 views in Aug]
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When to Harvest Fruit: If you grow your own fruit you will look forward to huge harvests of delicious fresh fruit. But how do you know when it’s ready? Most fruits are ready to harvest in… [1164 views in Aug]
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Using Up a Plum Glut: Lucky enough to have a plum tree in your garden? If you’re drowning in fresh plums and you can’t eat them fast enough to stay afloat, we’ve got some ideas for… [1124 views in Aug]
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Why do we not hear about Winberries?: The first part of your question is a lot easier to answer than the second – if you’re looking to harvest some wild winberries, then I’m afraid… [552 views in Aug]
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Canning and Bottling Fruit: The preservation of fruit by bottling or canning is a common way to manage large harvests and keep you in fruit throughout the winter months. The term… [398 views in Aug]
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Plum Trees: Plum trees are regularly grown in gardens in the UK and their fruit is traditionally made into jam and eaten on its own. They can also be made into a fruity wine or dried and… [396 views in Aug]
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Latest Comments
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Cinders
Re: Plum Trees
I have a plum tree I’ve had 4 many years n it hasn’t flowered or produced fruit last year I had very small green fruit but wasn’t big enough n it’s never…
17 August 2018 -
MacKinley
Re: Growing Avocados
@Paperboy - it should be fine in the greenhouse, best place for it if it is free from drafts and gets the sun.
13 August 2018 -
CatY
Re: Plum Trees
@Cobra - If from the outside the plum looks OK (or there may be a small brown mark on the skin), then it could be the plum sawfly.
13 August 2018 -
Paperboy
Re: Growing Avocados
Hi ,I have a one year old avocado tree grown from a stone .In the spring I put the small plant in the green house ,I previously have the plant on…
12 August 2018 -
Cobra
Re: Plum Trees
I have a plum tree in the garden 3 years old and this year when just picking a few off which were ripe they have brown specs inside, I picked some off the…
11 August 2018 -
AaronN
Re: Plum Trees
@Nico21 - The tree has only so much energy to use to produce fruit so thinning (removing some of the fruit) is essential to produce a good crop. But it's…
10 August 2018 -
Finn
Re: Apple Trees
@Janex - if the tree has deep pink flowers and dark red fruits it might be a crab-apple Malus Harry Baker. If it is they make for great crab-apple jelly.
9 August 2018 -
Nico21
Re: Plum Trees
My plum tree is covered with fruit for the first time.I have been advised to take off the not yet ripe fruit now to obtain a better yield next year, is…
9 August 2018 -
Janex
Re: Apple Trees
We have an apple tree that has a small dark red apple but totally inedible, very sour. Has a dark red blossom in spring. Can anyone tell me what it…
7 August 2018 -
Sal1978
Re: Plum Trees
@Jan - it could also be plum sawfly. If there is a brown dot on the plum itself that it due to the pest burrowing inside. You'd have to research how to…
7 August 2018
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