Growing Potatoes in Tubs – Spring Summer 2024
Another trial of growing potatoes in 2 tubs. We decided to use a variety called ‘Casablanca’ a first early,
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Questions asked about – Air Layering using Propagation Balls or Rooting Balls
Principles of any air layer, is to expose the cambium layer, and wrap around it something damp, and then enclose it to keep it all in one place.
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Are Old English Apple Varieties on the way out ??
From a home backyard perspective, growing traditional old English varieties is on the up and up. Especially those wanting to
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Determinate and Indeterminate Potatoes ??
People say WHAT do you mean ?? In talking to the old timers on our local allotment, nobody seems to
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What is the best fertilizer or fertiliser for Potatoes ?
After last years experiment with growing potatoes in tubs ready for Christmas days dinner. I thought I had better look
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Most Popular Sold Rootstocks and Scions sold 2023/2024
We are very often asked which rootstock and scion varieties are most popular. So we finally got our heads down
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Just a few more Fruit varieties from our Orchard – End Nov/Dec 2023
For this post, out first variety is a Persimmon – Hira-tanenashi. It is an аstringent variety and the fruits should
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Still gathering Apples from our Orchard – End Nov/Dec 2023
There are still apples to be gathered in our orchard. They are very much ripe and juicey, just right for
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Squirrel damage to our Sweet Chestnuts and Walnut harvest – Early October 2023.
Squirrel damage to our Sweet Chestnuts and Walnut harvest
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Pictorial comparison of some of our Medlars (Mespilus germanica) – End of October 2023
Pictorial comparison of some of our Medlars (Mespilus germanica).
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