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Fruit Trees and Clay Soil
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How likely am I to succeed with fruit trees in clay soil. Ideally I would like to grow a plum tree - victoria would be nice. But... The sunniest spot in the garden gets maybe 6 hours of afternoon sun at the height of summer. The ground is heavy clay - can I improve it locally to support fruit tree growth (if so how)? I have read that victorias need free draining soil! Are plum trees available on different root stock? I would want to have a max height of 2.5-3m, not the 4m I have seen on victoria label at the local gardening centre. Would I necessarily need 2 trees for cross fertilising? Thanks in anticipation Phil |
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Fruit Trees and Clay Soil
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from Charlie Pridham contains these words: Victoria is self frtile but you would still get a better/more reliable crop with a cross pollinator. I would think a combination of one of the dwarfing stocks like Pixie(?) That's a cherry stock. It might work. and pruning should keep your tree to within the size you want. IME Pixie might struggle to six or seven feet... Local improvement of the soil to a good depth will be of huge benifit to the long term health of the tree (I have always found plums difficult to keep alive!) Victoria is a good allround choice When I was an anklebiter we had a mature codlin, another mature tree - can't remember which - and another young apple tree, all on thick, sticky, yellow alluvial clay, and they cropped very nicely. I've no experience of Victorias on clay, though sloes and bullaces do well on Norfolk near-boulder-clay (Left near the morain of a glacier at the end of the last ice-age) -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote: I've no experience of Victorias on clay, though sloes and bullaces do well on Norfolk near-boulder-clay (Left near the morain of a glacier at the end of the last ice-age) Did you really? Boggle. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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