AudlemOnline Logo Link

Gardening Tips – ADAPT Food Group

5th January 2019 @ 6:06am – by Christopher Lewis
Back home  /  News  /  Gardening Tips – ADAPT Food Group
default

ADAPT FOOD Group Gardening Tips

With the very mild autumn many soft fruit bushes and top fruit trees have only just descended into dormancy.
Now is the time to prune any as yet unpruned. Pruning can be carried out so long as the air temperature does not exceed -3°C.

Soft Fruit

Gooseberries,- Remove any dead wood, cutback any shoot low and parallel to the ground, keep the centre of the bush as open as possible to allow air to circulate. Reduce new growth by about a ¼ cutting to an outward facing bud
Blackcurrants Remove any dead, diseased or weak growth at the base. As blackcurrants crop on new growth a proportion of older stems (darker coloured) should be removed at the base to encourage new growth.
Red currants andWhite currants crop on old wood. All hat is necessary is to keep the bush open and remove some of the oldest branches to encourage a regular growth of new wood to be cropped 2 years hence, Essentially just keep the bushes tidy.

Top Fruit Apples and Pears

Remove diseased, weak growth and one of any two branches which rub together. The principle of pruning fruit trees is to try and effect a wine glass appearance by keeping the centre open. Cut back new growth you want to help shape the tree by about a .." to a bud pointing in the direction you require. All other new growth should be reduced to a few buds or cleared right back to its origin. For newly planted trees and those in their early years refer to the suppliers notes. For trees requiring major reduction in size it is best to only remove 1 or 2 major branches each year.
NEVER PRUNE PLUMS, DAMSONS OR GREENGAGES IN WINTER. They should be pruned either in flower or immediately they have finished cropping


This article is from our news archive. As a result pictures or videos originally associated with it may have been removed and some of the content may no longer be accurate or relevant.

Get In Touch

AudlemOnline is powered by our active community.

Please send us your news and views using the button below:

Village Map

© 2005-2024 AudlemOnline
Visitors Today 0 / Mar 20,794