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September's Most Popular Articles...
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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… [4560 views in Sep]
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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… [4072 views in Sep]
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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… [3554 views in Sep]
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Growing Goji Berries: They’re the latest ‘must have’ miracle berry in celebrity circles. Said to banish cellulite, boost your immune system, contain more vitamin C than oranges and more… [2016 views in Sep]
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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… [1912 views in Sep]
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Orange Trees: Orange trees originally come from China but have been grown in Europe and North America for over 100 years. Orange trees are now grown all over the world for their delicious… [1872 views in Sep]
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Latest Comments
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PeteT
Re: Pear Trees
@Lea - you can't really stop the tree blossoming - it's all to do with our freak weather! Cold snaps and then the tree thinking it's spring again.
29 September 2016 -
Lea
Re: Pear Trees
My conference pear tree came into blossom last autumn then had some tiny pears which fell off. all summer we thought the tree was dying as it had brown…
28 September 2016 -
FruitExpert
Re: Cherry Trees
caroline - Your Question:I have a cherry tree in front garden, it was there 14yrs ago when the houses were built, it does not have cherries on it and h
27 September 2016 -
caroline
Re: Cherry Trees
I have a cherry tree in front garden, it was there 14yrs ago when the houses were built, it does not have cherries on it and has a thin trunk ,it weeps…
26 September 2016 -
Hazle Weatherfield-C
Re: Plum Trees
I have just moved house and inherited a plum tree, that has outgrown the wire training strings holding its lower branches. It is now well over 6ft and…
23 September 2016 -
FruitExpert
Re: When to Harvest Fruit
None - Your Question:When to remove Bramleys.We have a mature Bramley tree, which has a great crop of large cookers. I've always understood…
20 September 2016 -
FruitExpert
Re: Plum Trees
Hopeless Gardener - Your Question:My Victoria plum tree is laden with small red fruit but all the plums are shrivelling. What is the cause and what sho
20 September 2016 -
None
Re: When to Harvest Fruit
When to remove Bramleys. We have a mature Bramley tree, which has a great crop of large cookers. I've always understood that the trick is…
19 September 2016 -
FruitExpert
Re: Growing Avocados
Nick - Your Question:There is a fruiting avocado tree in London, just off Ladbroke Grove.Our Response:
19 September 2016 -
FruitExpert
Re: Growing Avocados
mum2-4 - Your Question:Trying to grow my second (first was indoors and died) this second one I planted directly into the soil and took weeks to…
19 September 2016
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