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  • Re: Unusual or unlikely fruit trees

    From Charlie Pridham@charlie@roselandhouse.co.uk to uk.rec.gardening on Mon Feb 24 13:05:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    On 05/02/2025 18:13, Nick Maclaren wrote:
    In article <vo056h$2fd2g$1@dont-email.me>, TimW <timw@nomailta.co.uk> wrote:

    Thanks, yes. I planted a variety of fruit trees two or three years ago.
    The only one that has really struggled is the Morus ('Chelsea' I think).
    It's still alive just, but a number of dead little branches. There are
    big healthy Mulberrys around here, even up on Exmoor. I leave it alone
    and hope.

    Most trees have conditions that they dislike, but it may just be the individual plant. I know one that came through 1962/3 in Wiltshire,
    so (winter) temperature isn't a likely factor.


    Regards,
    Nick Maclaren.

    If you want to try something a bit different Plumcot is delicious and
    easy, and I see there are a lot of tougher apricots now being offered
    some of which are said to be leaf curl resistant (not had any leaf curl problems with the Plumcot
    --
    Charlie Pridham
    Gardening in Cornwall
    www.roselandhouse.co.uk
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  • From TimW@timw@nomailta.co.uk to uk.rec.gardening on Tue Feb 25 09:57:04 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    On 24/02/2025 13:05, Charlie Pridham wrote:
    On 05/02/2025 18:13, Nick Maclaren wrote:
    In article <vo056h$2fd2g$1@dont-email.me>, TimW-a <timw@nomailta.co.uk>
    wrote:

    Thanks, yes. I planted a variety of fruit trees two or three years ago.
    The only one that has really struggled is the Morus ('Chelsea' I think). >>> It's still alive just, but a number of dead little branches. There are
    big healthy Mulberrys around here, even up on Exmoor. I leave it alone
    and hope.

    Most trees have conditions that they dislike, but it may just be the
    individual plant.-a I know one that came through 1962/3 in Wiltshire,
    so (winter) temperature isn't a likely factor.


    Regards,
    Nick Maclaren.

    If you want to try something a bit different Plumcot is delicious and
    easy, and I see there are a lot of tougher apricots now being offered
    some of which are said to be leaf curl resistant (not had any leaf curl problems with the Plumcot


    I am looking - interesting! Ta.
    TW
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  • From TimW@timw@nomailta.co.uk to uk.rec.gardening on Tue Mar 4 13:28:28 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    On 24/02/2025 13:05, Charlie Pridham wrote:
    On 05/02/2025 18:13, Nick Maclaren wrote:
    In article <vo056h$2fd2g$1@dont-email.me>, TimW-a <timw@nomailta.co.uk>
    wrote:

    Thanks, yes. I planted a variety of fruit trees two or three years ago.
    The only one that has really struggled is the Morus ('Chelsea' I think). >>> It's still alive just, but a number of dead little branches. There are
    big healthy Mulberrys around here, even up on Exmoor. I leave it alone
    and hope.

    Most trees have conditions that they dislike, but it may just be the
    individual plant.-a I know one that came through 1962/3 in Wiltshire,
    so (winter) temperature isn't a likely factor.


    Regards,
    Nick Maclaren.

    If you want to try something a bit different Plumcot is delicious and
    easy, and I see there are a lot of tougher apricots now being offered
    some of which are said to be leaf curl resistant (not had any leaf curl problems with the Plumcot


    Bare root plumcot arrived this morning.
    Ta!
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