{"id":894,"date":"2024-08-08T12:05:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T11:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/?p=894"},"modified":"2024-08-08T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T11:05:29","slug":"notes-on-fruit-tree-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/notes-on-fruit-tree-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Fruit tree care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/08\/fruit-tree-pruning2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/08\/fruit-tree-pruning2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/08\/fruit-tree-pruning2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/08\/fruit-tree-pruning2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/08\/fruit-tree-pruning2-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/08\/fruit-tree-pruning2-520x347.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/08\/fruit-tree-pruning2-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pruning of  trees with secateurs in the garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Notes on Growing Fruit Trees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feeding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apply Growmore fertiliser once a year in autumn and winter. Sprinkle a couple of handfuls around the base of each plant, about a metre out from the central stem.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/growmore-fertiliser\/\">More on Growmore<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From March through to September, feed monthly with liquid tomato food using a watering can. Liquid tomato food, rich in potash, helps with fruiting and flowering.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/liquid-tomato-feed\/\">Benefits of liquid tomato food<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Soil Treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On acid or very acid soil, add a couple of handfuls of garden lime in winter to sweeten the soil. Lime will naturally wash into the soil over winter and create a higher soil pH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pest Control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Perform winter wash using Vitax winter wash to kill overwintering aphids and their eggs. It has to be applied when the leaves have dropped off the tree for winter.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-how-to\/fruit-garden\/environmentally-friendly-pest-control-for-fruit-trees\/\">Winter pest control for fruit trees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply grease bands around the tree stem to prevent pests from crawling up into the tree.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gabi\/grease-bands-on-fruit-trees-to-help-prevent-pests\/\">Using grease bands on fruit trees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sow calendula seed around the base of the fruit trees as a companion planting; it deters aphids and attracts beneficial insects.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/companion-planting\/\">Companion planting with calendula<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hang codling moth pheromone traps in the tree to prevent codling moths from laying grubs in the fruit.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-how-to\/fruit-garden\/environmentally-friendly-pest-control-for-fruit-trees\/\">Using pheromone traps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pruning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conduct general pruning in autumn and winter, avoiding frosty days. Aim to create a framework of fruiting buds or spurs, which produce flowers and fruit annually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can identify fruiting buds and spurs by stubby shoots with rings around them.\u00a0<a>Identifying fruiting buds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carry out summer pruning in mid-June to July to produce more fruiting stems or remove them, promoting more fruiting stems and open plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General Fruit Tree Care Additional Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As fruit sets in spring and flowers fade, ensure regular watering, especially in dry conditions, to prevent fruit drop. Water each tree with a couple of watering cans full of water during dry spells through the spring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fruit trees benefit from cross-pollination, especially in urban areas where local insects facilitate this process. However, with pear trees, they rely on cross-pollination to produce fruit; ideally, grow multiple pear trees in the same garden for effective pollination.\u00a0<a>Cross-pollination for pear trees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Notes on Growing Fruit Trees Feeding Soil Treatment Pest Control Pruning General Fruit Tree Care Additional Notes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-notes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Notes on Fruit tree care - James&#039;s Garden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/james-garden\/notes-on-fruit-tree-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Notes on Fruit tree care - 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