I've done a bit of apple grafting but never anything on a large scale. I'm not skilled, I don't have years of experience but I can say that it has almost always worked, in that the grafts have been successful. I was however a nurseryman and I did have access to rubber ties and grafting…
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How to prune apples.
I read a blog the other day entitled ‘How to grow Alstroemeria’ which started with an apology for its pretentious title, used because confident titles attract search engine attention. I imagine there is a lot more written about pruning apples than growing Alstroemerias, so confident or not, I’m not expecting the world to sit up…
Six on Saturday 13/5/2017
Six on Saturday, or SOS; appropriate because my allotment seems to be constantly under assault by pests. Gooseberry sawfly is far worse than I've had before, I squash hundreds, the next day they're all back again. And I thought the slugs had been chewing my cabbages, turns out it's rootfly. Nematodes will be ordered and…
Six on Saturday 6/5/2017
"The Propagator" has just launched a new meme which struck a chord with me, so this is by way of climbing on board. Six things going on in the garden. 1) This is Camellia 'Nightrider', very dark, very late flowering and with new leaves a similar colour to the flowers but shiny. It's a very…
Pruning the apple tree
Well it's done now, for better or worse. There's no going back. I have to admit to a degree of trepidation each year when the third week of August comes around and it is time to prune my Suntan apple. It has to be done; in a garden the size of mine there is no…
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