Catalogue your fruit trees – activity
Catalogue your fruit trees – activity

Giving each individual fruit tree in your garden an identifying name or number will help you to monitor each tree and track its progress. It will also make doing your Grow Great Fruit homework easier! Find the activity in Autumn - Week 5.

Learn how to monitor your fruit trees – activity
Learn how to monitor your fruit trees – activity

Monitoring your fruit trees regularly is one of your best tools in the fight against pests and diseases, as it helps you respond quickly before a problem has got out of control. Weekly visits throughout spring, summer and autumn help you get t [...]

Pollinating insects – what are they and do you have enough of them? – activity
Pollinating insects – what are they and do you have enough of them? – activity

Getting a crop of fruit from our trees depends on having enough bees and other pollinating insects in our garden, at the right time. Find the activity in Spring - Week 1.

Pollination quiz and chart – activity
Pollination quiz and chart – activity

Lack of appropriate pollination is one of the leading causes of lack of fruit. This activity guides you to check that all the fruit trees in your garden have the right pollinising buddy. Find the activity in Autumn - Week 7.

Recording when your fruit trees flower
Recording when your fruit trees flower

Knowing when your trees flower, and observing how well they flower, how long the blossom period lasts, and whether the flowers are affected by anything (e.g., rain, frost, hail, disease or wind) is a crucial step in becoming a good garden dete [...]

Summer tree review
Summer tree review

Noticing how your fruit trees have performed this summer will give you vital information to guide which trees need more work. Read the article in Summer - Week 12.

Using your Fruit Tree Diary – activity
Using your Fruit Tree Diary – activity

Keeping good records is an important part of growing great fruit. This week we’ll go in-depth into the Fruit Tree Diary, and learn how and why recording important info about your trees can be helpful. Find the activity in Autumn - Week 9.

Work out your chill factor
Work out your chill factor

Chill factor is unique to where you live, and simply describes the number of hours your fruit trees are likely to spend below 7˚C each winter. It’s definitely worth working out the chill factor at your place, because  in order to get good frui [...]