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my apricot and peach have a load of fruitlets this year how's yours doing in your part of the world
Quotemy apricot and peach have a load of fruitlets this year how's yours doing in your part of the worldWhat variety of peach are you growing? I have Avalon Pride into it's second year and while it had flowers both last year and this there has been no fruit set although I hand pollinated. The flowers didn't seem to open fully. I know some peach trees have really good flowers.You said before your apricot is Alfred, a variety I shall be ordering in autumn. I have a Tomcot but it has only been planted a couple of months so I hope for fruit forming this time next year.I do have a few almonds set so the hand pollination does work.
my peaches came from lidl so have no idea what they are they have been under a plastic cover all winter just open at both ends to stop leaf curl which it has will do this next year as i think the extra protection from the plastic as made sure of a good set you can just see the structure at the back of this pic hope this helps
Quotemy peaches came from lidl so have no idea what they are they have been under a plastic cover all winter just open at both ends to stop leaf curl which it has will do this next year as i think the extra protection from the plastic as made sure of a good set you can just see the structure at the back of this pic hope this helpsSo it could be a European variety if it came from Lidl. I have seen some recommended euro varieties offered for sale from online fruit nurseries.I chose Avalon Pride because it is supposed to be leaf curl resistant. From your description it could be it needs extra protection at flowering as well. I shall try this next spring. I'm coming to the conclusion that apricots may be a better prospect anyway.
Sorry to hear it Johnny.Just as a point of interest ...when was that picture taken?
Wow!Like my potatoes my onions & shallots are not planted out yet, might do the shallots next week.Add to that I have given up with over wintering types although I am experimenting with some some potato onions which I planted at the same time as my garlic and they seem to be doing well.If the experiment is a success I might go this route next season.This picture was taken a little over two weeks ago that's them at the bottom of the picture they are about twice that height now!
Be careful with anything non-hardy! The temperature forecast charts are showing minus temperatures for overnight Monday and Tuesday6am Tuesdayhttp://max.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20170415/00/78/ukmintemp.png6am Wednesdayhttp://max.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20170415/00/102/ukmintemp.pngSo have your fleece at the ready :(
Picked first radishes of the year today white lisbon salad onions wont be long I have been growing them in containers in the greenhouse
having a salad tonight so i thought id harvest some of this years spring onions the old fav white lisbon what do you think?