February in the vegie patch + Why hasn't my fruit tree fruited?!
This month, alongside your regular vegie patch and fruit tree to-do list, I'm answering a fruit tree question that I get a lot at this time of year - why hasn't my fruit tree fruited? Or it may equally be, why has my fruit tree got such a small crop? My top 10 reasons will, I hope, surprise and reassure you with their simplicity. Resolution is at hand!
Yours in the earth
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February in the vegie patch and greenhouse
Its time to turn your attention to planting Autumn and Winter crops. Before planting, check in first with your soil. Use your best soil for heavy feeders like brassicas or leeks.
Kath Irvine
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February Fruit Tree To Do List
Summer pears, early apples, peaches and plums are coming off the trees, with the promise of mid season and late apples and pears to come.
Kath Irvine
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Why hasn’t my fruit tree fruited?
Here are the 10 most common reasons your tree has no fruit, or next to no fruit. None of them are complicated and all of them resolvable.
Kath Irvine
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Soil Preps for Heavy Feeder Crops
Heavy feeders are called heavy feeders because they are hungrier than light feeders. It’s not that they need piles of fertiliser, what they need, is just enough... steady, not boom and bust. Overfeeding is, long term, perhaps worse than under feeding. Today is all about how much, is enough. Check
Kath Irvine
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