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  • Fruit Trees - North East Scotland

    Hi,

    Im looking for advice on growing fruit trees. I have 10 plots 13 ft x 13 ft and I'm interested in growing apple, plum, pear and cherry trees.

    The advice I'm after are which variety of each tree are suitable for growing in North East Scotlands climate - I'm looking to plant by October ? How many trees should I plant in each plot ? Suitable sites for buying trees ?

    Im a relative novice so I'm not sure about rootstocks, pollination etc

    Any advice or links would be appreciated

    Regards

  • #2
    Welcome, where are you based Stuart?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by burnie View Post
      Welcome, where are you based Stuart?
      Hi,

      Aberdeen.

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      • #4
        Have you visited Gordon Castle in Fochabers? They are restoring their gardens and have lots of different fruit trees, especially apples but also plums and, I think, some pears too. It's an inspirational place.

        https://www.gordoncastlescotland.com/

        The Beechgrove garden is a programme worth watching to see what does well up here. They have a website here: Home


        We have a small number of fruit trees which do variously well depending on the weather. Last year we had a bumper crop of plums (Victoria) but apples did quite badly and no pears at all. This year, a handful of everything but nothing in great quantity. So much depends on the weather at the time of pollination. I've never been brave enough to try a cherry tree, though the wild ones can do really well around here.

        Dwell simply ~ love richly

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        • #5
          Thanks Birdie Wife.

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