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Fruit tree prices
Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2
for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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"David WE Roberts" wrote ...
Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. £10 per tree sounds very cheap to me, what's wrong with them? -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "David WE Roberts" wrote ... Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. £10 per tree sounds very cheap to me, what's wrong with them? Nothing that I can see - about 3-4' tall and healthy looking, with roots covered. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:24:41 +0100, "David WE Roberts"
wrote: Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. Cheers Dave R Are you able to tap them out of the pots to check the roots? This sounds almost too cheap for "named" trees and it may be that they are unsold bare roots simply shoved into pots. OTOH, Parkers have this offer: http://www.jparkers.co.uk/plant-1001...ee-collection/ which are in pots. They have a good reputation so maybe Homebase have something decent and cheap (for once). Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the sunny and refreshingly green east end of Swansea Bay. |
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On Tuesday, 10 April 2012 17:24:41 UTC+1, David WE Roberts wrote:
Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") I think I'd want a peek at the roots. I'd also want to know what the rootstocks were. 3-4ft isn't very big even for a maiden apple tree on a typical dwarfing/semi-dwarfing rootstock like M106 or M26. Rod |
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On Apr 10, 6:18*pm, Rod wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 April 2012 17:24:41 UTC+1, David WE Roberts *wrote: Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") I think I'd want a peek at the roots. I'd also want to know what the rootstocks were. 3-4ft isn't very big even for a maiden *apple tree on a typical dwarfing/semi-dwarfing rootstock like M106 or M26. Rod- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - More to the point, if you are going to plant them on your alotment, I wonder......... Are you allowed to plant trees Are there any other fruit trees to polinate them, most apples are not self pollinators see http://www.shrubs.co.uk/fruit-tree-p...uide-419-c.asp |
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "David WE Roberts" wrote ... Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. £10 per tree sounds very cheap to me, what's wrong with them? Nothing that I can see - about 3-4' tall and healthy looking, with roots covered. -- Do they indicate the rootstock used? Just look for clean undamaged stems seems a good price -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:24:41 +0100, "David WE Roberts"
wrote: Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. Cheers Dave R Aldi and lidl and morrisons are all about £4-5 a tree. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... "David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "David WE Roberts" wrote ... Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. £10 per tree sounds very cheap to me, what's wrong with them? Nothing that I can see - about 3-4' tall and healthy looking, with roots covered. -- Do they indicate the rootstock used? Just look for clean undamaged stems seems a good price Will go back for another look (just saw them, felt temptation, came home to Google). If they don't specify a dwarfing or semi-dwarfing then I wil assume full height. Although our last Victoria on (IIRC) St Julien A semi-dwarfing was still pretty big. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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"mogga" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:24:41 +0100, "David WE Roberts" wrote: Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. Cheers Dave R Aldi and lidl and morrisons are all about £4-5 a tree. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk Thanks - IIRC the trees in Aldi and Lidl have already been through (so perhaps not again till next year) and they were significantly smaller than these. Will look at Morrisons but again I sem to recall much smaller treees. I may have underestimated the height because I an trying to remember how high they were and how far off the ground the roots were. Another visit scheduled :-) -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... On Apr 10, 6:18 pm, Rod wrote: On Tuesday, 10 April 2012 17:24:41 UTC+1, David WE Roberts wrote: Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. I think I'd want a peek at the roots. I'd also want to know what the rootstocks were. 3-4ft isn't very big even for a maiden apple tree on a typical dwarfing/semi-dwarfing rootstock like M106 or M26. Rod- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ** More to the point, if you are going to plant them on your alotment, I wonder......... Are you allowed to plant trees Are there any other fruit trees to polinate them, most apples are not self pollinators see http://www.shrubs.co.uk/fruit-tree-p...uide-419-c.asp ** Thanks for the link. Next plot has plums - and Victorias are self fertile. Next plot also has apples and there are more around the site. I note that Bramley is shown as 'T' - needing two other varieties - we managed at our previous house with a Bramley and a Queen Cox so presumably there was a third one around somewhere. This allotment is quite old and there are all sorts of things on there - no pigs anymore, but still plenty of chickens despite the Council's gentle disapproval (I am told that there is a 1950s law which allows the keeping of chicken on allotments). So a couple more fruit trees will not make much difference. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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There again, if there are other apple trees on the allotments, you may get away with it, if they flower at the same time - but you'd be dependent for your apple crop on other people's decisions. I'd want to know the rootstock, because this will determine whether you get a small tree that needs staking all its life, or a huge tree which will shade out your entire allotment and that of your neighbour as well. And I suppose I'd also be wondering whether I really want to buy a Bramley, which is readily available in the supermarket, or whether I'd prefer to buy some other cooking apple with a different taste.
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... "David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "David WE Roberts" wrote ... Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. £10 per tree sounds very cheap to me, what's wrong with them? Nothing that I can see - about 3-4' tall and healthy looking, with roots covered. -- Do they indicate the rootstock used? Just look for clean undamaged stems seems a good price I now have :-) Victoria Plum - semi dwarfing Myrobalan - self fertile Greengage - semi dwarfing Myrobalan - self fertile Bramley - semi dwarfing M7 - pollenator for ER Egremont Russet - semi dwarfing M7 - pollenator for B All trees are 2m tall. The label states that the trees are not established in the pots i.e. they have been put in the pots to transport and sell and have not been in them long term. I did see a couple where there were roots showing above the post suggesting that the pot wasn't really deep enough for that particular tree. However all four look pretty good, and I've just been to Lidl which has dwarf fruit trees for £9.99 so the price still seems reasonable. Now to go and plant them out whilst the weather is nice and showery. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2 for £20. Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more. Are these good value? Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the allotment. Cheers Dave R -- Bramleys are a triploid, you will need two different apple trees to pollinate it. |
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