Brogdale Trust Fruit Days Don’t miss out on the day/ weekend events at the Brogdale Trust, faversham, Kent. Events start next month – Soft Fruit day – June 24th Cherry Festival – July 7th & 8th Plum Day – August 12th Nut Day – September 16th Cider Festival – September 22nd – 23rd [...]
Pest & Diseases
Due to the abnormal amount of late rainfall it has been very difficult to apply treatments for pests and diseases. Now with the dryier weather coming in and the warmth, pests are starting to cause a few problems. Aphids are showning signs of leave curling and should be either removed by hand or sprayed. I have [...]
Countryfile travels through three counties looking at traditional forgotten orchards
The Countryfile team travels through Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire to find out why spring is such a special time in the Three Counties. Julia Bradbury discovers why Britain has lost half of its traditional orchards, and takes to the skies for an aerial survey of those that remain. Meanwhile, Matt Baker sows the seeds for [...]
Working with Nature
Look after your garden birds during the winter and they’ll look after your fruit trees for the rest of the year!
Top Ten Tips – Planting a Orchard
Planning on planting up a new orchard? Then check out the Top Ten Tips to help you on your way.
Become a Oxford Fruit Care Customer
Joining our fruit care programme allows all your fruit trees and soft fruit to be cared for in a twelve monthly programme which is taylor made to suit your trees and budget.
Get booked in now for your winter pruning!
We are taking bookings now for apple & pear tree pruning. To ensure your fruit trees are kept in good shape ready for the new season, please get booked in before it’s too late! Click here to go to our pruning page.
Christmas idea
Don’t miss the new Christmas Gift Vouchers -’Give The Gift of a Fruit Tree at Christmas’ Give something different this year.
Click here to see our voucher offer.
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- Pest update: pear leaf blister mites causing damage, not a many insecticides for mites, Cut off shoots & monitor http://t.co/j0DkhoBq
- Jobs in the fruit garden: Watch out for bacterial canker on plum/ cherry. cankers appearing on branches & trunk with gum leaking out
- Jobs in the fruit garden: Prune out dead, diseased & damaged wood from plums/ cherries. Monitor through year for more dead wood appearing
- Look after your soil, it's what feeds and supports your plants, feed the soil every spring with a mulch layer of organic matter
- Jobs in the fruit garden: Monitor apple trees for a mildew as new shoots have been showing signs of this. remove affected leaves and spray.