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A step by step guide: Planting, pruning and harvesting your favourite fruit trees
Published 2 years, 11 months ago
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This week Keith and Elisabeth follow up on the recent episode that listed Keith’s Top 10 fruit trees! Now we are stepped through a step by step guide to growing beautiful fruit trees
- Choosing the right location
- Preparing the hole for planting - with Clyde's Compost, MycoGold, Munash Rock Dust Clyde’s lignite
- Planting and staking your new tree & finishing with good quality mulch like Who Flung Dung
- When and what to fertilise with. Keith recommends Neutrog Gyganics
- Pruning and maintaining your fruit trees Stonefruit, citrus, apples - hear how and when to prune to maximise fruit production
- Preventing and treating pests including the dreaded Curly Leaf
- Researching the required Fruit tree pollination
- Harvesting your fruit
- Consider drying your excess fruit. Try Singing Magpie range for inspiration!
We look forward to hearing the successes of your new fruit tree growing!
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