Are you planting trees?

Lozzie · Post: # 14080Post **Lozzie** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:49 am

Hi

Been away from the forum for a bit, but the good news is that I am back!

I am very interested to hear from groups or individuals who are planting trees, mainly in the UK at the moment. (If there are any Malawi readers on here or those with connections in Malawi, then I would be interested to hear from you too!)

As I am launching The Friday Team this year, part of my policy will be an allocation of funds for putting trees in the ground, not admin fees or anything like that, but the actual job of planting trees!

Also, if you grow seedlings and have an excess stock or a nursery who sells trees, please get in touch.

If interested, please contact me, Roz on mail@fridayteam.com

Thank you!

ged.medland · Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:09 pm

Hi Roz,
I am turning the main area of ground in my garden into a fruit/nut tree wood!LOL.I already have 3 apples,1 plum,1 pear,1 fig and hope of hopes,1 olive!1 cherry also,I will be adding mainly nut trees this year.
best wishes with the fridayteam!
atb
ged

gunners71uk · Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:41 pm

planted a plum tree in my back garden. victoria plum.

Verminda Spirit · Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:46 pm

Everything in my garden, i planted myself....This includes a Willow, two Elderberry Trees, a Butterfly tree, and many many plants...

When i moved into my house about 10 years ago, there was nothing there apart from grass, now i have a wild woodland!...

My sancuatry.....

hedgewizard · Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:35 pm

So far this year three apples, two pears, two dwarf cherries. This autumn two nectarines or peaches, another cherry, another apple, a red maple and two elders. Next year, alder and willow galore. What's the plan?

Goodlife1970 · Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:16 pm

Ive got two crab apples,two eating apples,two dwarf pears and a (I think this is right) Miroloban? plum to plant (in pots at the moment).

Millymollymandy · Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:57 am

I'm afraid we are cutting them! Got a woodland gone mad and a garden where the previous people planted trees without thinking 30 years ahead and how far apart trees should be spaced. My pet hate.

alcina · Post: # 16124Post **alcina** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:30 pm

I have in big pots: 1 Victoria Plum (training it as a fan it will eventually got against the wall), 1 Almond tree (only discovered after I bought it that you're not supposed to grow them too close to Plum trees because they're the same family and the Plum tree makes the Almond kernels bitter!

), 1 Olive tree.

Planning to get a Morrello Cherry tree (also to go in a pot), and I've just got a black currant bush..but I gess that's not really a tree!

Hope trees in pots count - I don't have much space so I didn't want them to grow too big!

Alcina

Jove · Post: # 16948Post **Jove** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:10 pm

My garden is a mix of lawn, vegetable garden and some fruit trees (half size = +- 2 meters high). I started a few years ago with some apple trees and every year I planted some more. Now I have 1 prune tree, 2 pear-treas and 5 apple trees (belgian and french varieties). harvest is pretty good, especially the apples !

glenniedragon · Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:21 am

what are your belgian variety apples? what are they like?

kind thoughts
Deb

Jove · Post: # 17204Post **Jove** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:16 pm

some flemish/belgian apples are :

Jonagold
Boskoop
Reinette

these are just some of the most wellknown species.

The flemish region of Haspengouw is the epicentre of apple- and fruit cultivation. Haspengouw is a region east of Brussels in the province of Vlaams-Brabant.

Millymollymandy · Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:24 am

I know those varieties - they are sold in the supermarkets here in France. However I don't like any apples from supermarkets because they are always soft and floury (even at apple harvest time!) and don't ressemble a real apple at all.

glenniedragon · Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:00 am

Can we post apples? If we could I'd do a swap some English varieties with you M3/Jove to grow from seed. Long way round I know but fun! there are loads of different apple types around here as we live in cider country!

just an idea
Kind thoughts
Deb

Millymollymandy · Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:20 am

I've got apple trees, Glennie (but thanks anyway). Only they didn't bear any fruit last year - got the kind that only has fruit every other year - well they jolly well better have some fruit this year! Now they taste like real apples even if they are manky old diseased trees. I don't know what varieties they are though.

hedgewizard · Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:10 pm

MMM - alternate fruiting isn't down to species, but is a mark of a tree that is struggling or nearing the end of its life. You might consider pruning, mulching from the dripline to 10cm shy of the trunk, and feeding. Lots of trees do this naturally but in a cultivated apple it usually means the tree needs a bit of TLC.