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Title: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Tin Shed on January 29, 2009, 12:55:06: Just got my Lidl email - fruit trees are due in on Feb 5th in our local store - Joanagold, Cox's orange pippen, Bramley, Stella cherry, Beurre hardy pear, Conference pear, Victoria plum and Opal plum - all £3.99.
Just wish I had more space.
Haven't grown Lidl fruit trees, but my Aldi plum and cherry are doing well.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Lauren S on January 29, 2009, 14:07:10: Quote from: Tin Shed on January 29, 2009, 12:55:06
Just wish I had more space.

Can you find room up against a wall or fence?
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Psi (Pronounced 'Si'!) on January 29, 2009, 14:12:09: does anyone know if these are on a dwarf rootstock?

thanks.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: manicscousers on January 29, 2009, 14:35:58: we bought a nectarine last year, definitely not dwarf rootstock but we just 'top' it to where we want it :)
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: tomatoada on January 29, 2009, 14:57:13: There is also a cordless iron I fancy as well.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Deb P on January 30, 2009, 16:51:26: Lidl fruit trees are not on dwarf rootstock, but can easily be trained as cordons. My plot has a nice screen made of criss cross Lidl fruit trees, cost me under £40 for the lot. Great fruit off it last year! :o
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: cambourne7 on January 30, 2009, 17:05:56: Joanagold, Bramley, Beurre hardy pear, Victoria plum and Opal plum.

These are on my shopping list for my visit and i will pot them up for the new place. I just need to check the polination for them. I will be taking my asian pear with me and i have 3 other apple trees to replace as these are not going to come with us.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: samela on February 05, 2009, 16:00:14: Hi All,

Been to Lidl today to get my trees. Was expecting tiny little things but they were huge! taller than me! ;D
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Gobby on February 05, 2009, 19:06:15: Picked my pear tree's up today, wasnt expecting them to be that big, so very pleasently suprised.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: grannyjanny on February 05, 2009, 19:42:02: Can they go in large containers for now. ATM we have a 52' plot & 16' are taken up with fruit. If we can prove our commitment we may be offered a bigger plot or another 1/2 si I would like to pot them up for now. If I can I assume it would be J.I. no3 or could I get away with MP.
Thanks.
Janet.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Psi (Pronounced 'Si'!) on February 05, 2009, 20:04:23: Got mine today - yes, big things - about 6ft and look really really healthy specimens. Cherry, pear and the 2 types of plum - should be good but got to find the right spot now! Bit worried that they are not on dwarf rootstock but I am told they are manageable in cordons. Now I need to learn about growing as cordons! Could be a perfect screen/fence if it works! I am confident! All advice on cordons welcome though.....or is this another thread???? :P

Psi
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: taurus on February 05, 2009, 20:10:22: ;D ;D Lidl 1 apple, 2 plum, 2 pear bought with some of my xmas money. Must thank my very thoughtful stepdaughter.
::) ::) then on to Aldi bought 12 mixed fruit bushes for under a tenner. Happy bunny or what ;D ;D
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Gobby on February 06, 2009, 08:07:59: Did you spot any blueberry bushes at the Aldi store?
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Deb P on February 06, 2009, 11:25:26: Quote from: Psi on February 05, 2009, 20:04:23
Got mine today - yes, big things - about 6ft and look really really healthy specimens. Cherry, pear and the 2 types of plum - should be good but got to find the right spot now! Bit worried that they are not on dwarf rootstock but I am told they are manageable in cordons. Now I need to learn about growing as cordons! Could be a perfect screen/fence if it works! I am confident! All advice on cordons welcome though.....or is this another thread???? :P

Psi

There are quite a few threads on how to prune cordons, I tried to find the link where I had posted a photo of my Lidl trees which are trained as criss cross cordons, but as I've rearranged my photo book, none of the images are showing now! Hang on I'll try and post it from my other book..........
Found them, hope it works...

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/dlp133/Plot%2098/hols08014-1.jpg)

Close up of the fruit last year, these trees were planted in late Feb 2007.

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/dlp133/Plot%2098/October2008094.jpg)
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: grannyjanny on February 06, 2009, 21:37:16: I wanted to get the buerre hardy pear tree from lidls but the pollination looks as though it could be a problem. On another site it names all sorts of obscure pears that are suitable. Any thoughts please.
Janet.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Froglegs on February 07, 2009, 09:25:23: Can ya grow plums as a cordons. ???
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Psi (Pronounced 'Si'!) on February 07, 2009, 09:38:41: thanks Deb P - the cordons look fab - congrats. I need to read up but the fruit is impressive for the first year!! WOW! Gives me hope. I'm going to plan where to put things and then plant when this cold snap passes - hopefully we will have fruit late summer!

Thanks!
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Deb P on February 07, 2009, 12:39:15: Quote from: Froglegs on February 07, 2009, 09:25:23
Can ya grow plums as a cordons. ???

I'd love to know the answer to that....or cherries? I really fancy trying to do cherry or plum cordons, but would the pruning be the same?
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Deb P on February 07, 2009, 13:01:43: Quote from: Deb P on February 07, 2009, 12:39:15
Quote from: Froglegs on February 07, 2009, 09:25:23
Can ya grow plums as a cordons. ???

I'd love to know the answer to that....or cherries? I really fancy trying to do cherry or plum cordons, but would the pruning be the same?

Right, attempted to answer my own question, it seems you can try plums and cherries as cordons, good RHS advice on this link..
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/documents/FruitGroupNewsletter0505.pdf
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: thespade08 on February 07, 2009, 13:30:53: Went to Lidl this morning and bought 4 apple tree,s ;D....cannot get them in the ground at the moment
due to the garden being covered in about 5 inches of snow >:(.
Any ideas on what i should do with them?? do i leave them in the packaging and leave them outside??
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Deb P on February 07, 2009, 13:32:57: I'd keep them in a frost free place outdoors until you are ready to plant out....shed/garage?
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: thespade08 on February 07, 2009, 13:39:16: Quote from: Deb P on February 07, 2009, 13:32:57
I'd keep them in a frost free place outdoors until you are ready to plant out....shed/garage?

Thanks Deb......will put them in my shed
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: grannyjanny on August 29, 2009, 12:07:15: Reopening this thread.
How have people done with their Lidls fruit trees? We have 3 apple & 2 pear. We have 3 Jonagold apple & can't wait to eat them ;D ;D ;D.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Digeroo on August 29, 2009, 13:20:01: I am interested that Lidl had Jonagold. All my Lidl trees doing well, except none of them are the varieties I expected. I thought that the choice was Bramley (i haven't got two of those), golden delious and granny smith, though none of mine are green, cox, certain no cox here, or James Grieve, and none are like my older James Grieve, so it is rather pot luck what you get.
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: manicscousers on August 29, 2009, 16:53:46: we got a nectarine that produced 4 peaches this year ;D
keeping it topped to 7'
sorry, got them 08 ;D
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: tricia on August 29, 2009, 23:07:58: Hey Manics - snap! my nectarine tree looked great early on but then dropped 7 of the 8 fruit and yes the one remaining fruit turned out to be a peach.............no wonder it suffers from leaf curl!

Tricia
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: manicscousers on August 30, 2009, 10:01:04: Quote from: tricia on August 29, 2009, 23:07:58
Hey Manics - snap! my nectarine tree looked great early on but then dropped 7 of the 8 fruit and yes the one remaining fruit turned out to be a peach.............no wonder it suffers from leaf curl!

Tricia
yes but I'll bet it tasted better than anything you can buy..read to take them off when they are just soft at the 'shoulders' and keep them for 3 days before eating so we did and they were fab ;D
oh, both peaches and nectarines can get peach leaf curl :-\
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: tricia on August 30, 2009, 17:01:03: Now I know why the foliage on the other nectarine I bought is so different. That tree didn't fruit this year and didn't get leaf curl either, so it will be interesting to see if it really is a nectarine - hopefully next year. I don't remember if it was bought from Lidl or Woolworths.

Tricia
Title: Re: Fruit trees in Lidl
Post by: Psi (Pronounced 'Si'!) on September 02, 2009, 14:25:40: I espaliered my apples - 3 buds appeared and are growing away well but unfortunately I realise I need to move them over winter as I have a problem with their position! Grr but they ought to be ok.

2 Plum trees awaiting a site in pots but looking ok.

Stella cherry hanging on - almost dead >:(

All in al, very pleased and am clearing an 'orchard area' over autumn to plant them into. I plan to get a few more over winter.

Psi