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18 months ago I bought 8 fruit trees for £3.99 each and potted them into big Morrison's pots using home made compost.
We had
2 Stella Cherries
1 Morello Cherry
1 Golden Delicious Apple
1 Bramley Apple
2 Opal Plum
1 Victoria Plum
1 Morello Cherry gave us quite a few cherries this year - I made this into Sour Cherry Jelly.
The Plums did beggar all but look ill - but then again so did lots of plums this year.
The Golden Delicious didn't produce any fruit but I used a cutting to graft onto some rootstock in May and that's taken nicely.
the Bramley has produced about 10 apples, bearing in mind I am growing it as an Espalier and cut off most of the branches I'm quite pleased. I did notice that the Bramleys were turning red though, so it's definitely not a Bramley.
I've just picked the first one and it's nice and sweet. So - not even a Bramley!
Ho humm - I was going to use it to graft others on so I'll graft some Bramley on over winter and hope it takes.
*carries on munching the first apple.
Has anyone else had success with Aldi trees bought last Spring?
We had
2 Stella Cherries
1 Morello Cherry
1 Golden Delicious Apple
1 Bramley Apple
2 Opal Plum
1 Victoria Plum
1 Morello Cherry gave us quite a few cherries this year - I made this into Sour Cherry Jelly.
The Plums did beggar all but look ill - but then again so did lots of plums this year.
The Golden Delicious didn't produce any fruit but I used a cutting to graft onto some rootstock in May and that's taken nicely.
the Bramley has produced about 10 apples, bearing in mind I am growing it as an Espalier and cut off most of the branches I'm quite pleased. I did notice that the Bramleys were turning red though, so it's definitely not a Bramley.
I've just picked the first one and it's nice and sweet. So - not even a Bramley!
Ho humm - I was going to use it to graft others on so I'll graft some Bramley on over winter and hope it takes.
*carries on munching the first apple.
Has anyone else had success with Aldi trees bought last Spring?
Its been a dismal year for fruit here.
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