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Fruit Trees?

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  • 23-11-2006 12:49pm
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    ThomasH
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    Hi,

    What fruit trees can you plant here in Ireland in your back yard and when is a good time to do this?

    Thanks
    Tom


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    garyh3
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    Hi ThomasH

    What fruit trees were you looking at...

    Depending on what you want most fruit trees can be grown in the back garden. Some like pear trees have to have a partner another pear tree (different type) to get a fruit.

    Now, cherry trees are popular but they can get big even with pruning so if its a small garden you might want to consider dwarf varieties that can be grown in a pot (I have a dwarf plum) and I have a fig tree also a couple of Blueberry bushes but they need acid soil.

    Plant in the spring after the last frost. Usually takes a couple of years to fruit

    Go to your local garden center and the should be able to give some advice on veriaties and types of plants. Also check if you have a south facing garden and does the soil drain well in the garden. Google is also a good place to seek advice and what to plant.

    I bought the fig of eBay !

    garyh3


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    Linford
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    Apple, cherry, pear, plum. I am sure there are many others. Not sure about planting times.


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    looksee
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    Now is a good time to plant bare root trees, but you would be better to get trees in pots which theoretically can be planted anytime, but are also really better planted in the autumn. What kind of trees depends on how much space you have, what you want and how much time you want to put in. Apple (eaters and cookers), crab apple, pear, plum, cherry (feed the birds) - get local advice from a good nursery - you can buy cheap trees in various places but if you are going to invest time, effort and money you might as well get off to a good start with quality, disease resistant trees. If you want bushes gooseberry (desert gooseberries yum) raspberry, currants are all easy. Slightly more specialised are peaches, figs, apricots (Dublin might be a bit cold for these, again, get local advice.) If you are from outside Ireland (you refer to back yard!) you can't grow citrus, grapes, olives, dates, bananas outdoors here (not to get fruit anyway), but any temperate trees would be ok.


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