All the things that can go wrong with your apricot trees
Apricots are delicious fruit, but fussy to grow in your garden. Here’s some of the things to look out for.
Are insects in fruit trees a good thing?
Trying to remove insects from your fruit tree can be frustrating, expensive, and impossible. The Grow Great Fruit targeted intervention approach works much better.
7 Steps to a Simple Worm Farm
This week we’re talking about worm farms, and the huge capacity of worms to turn “waste” food into a rich source of nutrients for your fruit trees. It’s the single best thing you can do at home to provide high-quality fertiliser for your fruit...
6 step plan for beating Codling moth
Grubs in apples are scary and revolting – particularly if you only find half a grub, right? Apart from the visceral disgust of biting into an apple and finding that something beat you to it and is already living inside, it also downgrades the quality of the...
How to know if your fruit tree flowers are healthy
At this time of year the fruit trees look absolutely gorgeous, with many of the apricots, peaches, nectarines, and plums in flower. The early pears and some very early apple varieties have also started to show what we call ‘green tip’, which is the...
3 Ways to manage your weeds in spring
Spring is the time when weeds really start to grow. Managing them the right way can provide benefits for your fruit trees, the soil and you.