fruit trees at wilkos

[angle shades]

Kitty,

Thanks for your comments,peach tree going in tomorrow, lottie near Boultham Pk

regards, angle shades,x

[angle shades]

[Roy Bham UK]

 ;D I just bought Apple Golden delishious £4.99. Lemon £3.99. and Rasberry £1.99. Good old Wilko.

Any tips on keeping them alive most welcome. ;D as they don't give much detail to care. :-\ :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

Apples and raspberries just need planting out, though I don't know how well Golden Delicious will bear in our climarte, it doesn't have the best of reputations. Lemons aren't hardy, and I've no experience of them.

[Amazin]

Roy,

I bought a lemon tree in November 2004 - it was about a foot high and had lots of developing fruit on it. I potted it up and left it outdoors in a sheltered spot. It seemed totally oblivious to the weather. It's been covered in blossom and has yielded a good crop of lemons so far. It has put on around 6" of growth over the past year and continues to flourish.

Good luck!

[Roy Bham UK]

That's very encouraging news Amazin thank you, ;) although the weather temps are a bit chillier here than London :-\ fingers crossed, I'll keep you informed of its progress. ;D

[Merry Tiller]

Any luck yet MT?

Sorry RobinOfTheHood, the labels have gone missing

[RobinOfTheHood]

Any luck yet MT?

Sorry RobinOfTheHood, the labels have gone missing

That's OK, there was nowt on 'em anyway!!  (believe me, I looked!)

[angle shades]

Update on wilko fruit trees,the price has gone down to a fiver a tree!!

[jennym]

Thats it then, I'm off to the store, £5 has GOT to be good.

[jennym]

Never been to Wilkos before today, glad I did.
Ended up buying loads of stuff including the £5 fruit trees - 2 pear trees & 2 peach trees. Also 3 gooseberry, 3 roses and 4 other shrubs. All at good prices, although the roots on the trees seem to have been cut quite severely after lifting, so will have to stake them for a bit I think, and some of the trees looked better than others - I got them all off the stand and looked at them - so I chose the best ones they had.
The trays are good value too - 40p for 'Stewart' brand black gravel tray (seed tray that needs the holes knocking out) and 30p for half seed trays.

[misterphil]

does anyone know where I can find out details of what wilkos stock? It does sound promising, but I don't want to have to drive a long way for nothing...

Also, I am sure that I remember reading that someone was heading down to wilkos to buy asparagus crowns - does anyone know anything about htis?

thnaks

[Columbus]

Hi all,
I don`t have a Wilkos near enough  :(
But ... I did get a single perfect golden delicious apple from a newly planted bargain tree last year  :D
Unfortunately ... I pulled the spur off when I picked it  :(
I also got a single pear from a woolies tree, delicious ;D

Just pop your bargain trees not too deeply in a hole with a dash of Blood, Fish and Bone and stake the bottom, and wait. They seem to come good.

Col

[jennym]

Didn't see any asparagus at the Wilkos I went to. In the way of fruit they had apple, pear and peach trees, gooseberry, blackcurrant, redcurrant, kiwi, olive, lemon, orange, blueberry, raspberry, strawberry.

For interest I show a picture of the trees I bought, you can see the roots, for reference there is an 18" ruler by them: