having read the flier that fell onto my doormat the other week............i decided to try..........(if i remembered).to have a look in my local lidl store at the fruit trees they were offering
last night.on my way home from buying cement and ballasts for my new windbreak/fence...........i remembered the offer.and as i was passing,decided to have a look!
3.99...............for coxs orange pippin
3.99..............for a granny smith
they also had pears...........two types.............(didn't get those as not sure on cross pollinators)
bramley apples...............stella cherrys............some type of gage..............
3.99.................?
has anyone bought fruit trees from lidl before.and if so......how,d they do?
I'm a novice with fruit trees.............been looking at them for ages.....and although im no expert...........these look just as good as some in a local nursery .but at a third of the price?
gonna nip back in today and get a couple of cherrys................the wife was with me last night and was looking at some ornamental trees they had in.....(4.99)
right..........rhs book out..............look for "planting fruit trees for novices"...........i do rather fancy growing these against a fence....as a cordon............any advice.before i dig the holes?
My Lidl experiences are too recent to know how they've done.
I got my Stella, Orange Pippin, Granny Smith's, Bramley, rasps and goosegogs at the end of October last year (at the same prices) and to date they've done absolutely nothing but then I wouldn't expect them to .... yet !
Seemed healthy enough at the time, but then how do you know if a stick is healthy ?
;D
Hi M M :) I called into Lidl today and look at the fruit trees but not sure how big they will grow will watch and see if you get many replies then decide
BB
The labels said ver 3m ???
I've got all mine in very large pots for this year anyway.
Not very big root stock, but my cherry has buds - looks promising. Have not put them out tho'. Will wait until soil is warmer!
hi bb......................
im hoping to limit the size with pruning while they are young................either grown as cordons or espalliers with the apples.............and maybe a fan trained cherry
was going to go in again today but got that busy up at the plot i lost track of time.
will nip in tommorow...............have decided that at that price..i can afford to maybe make a mistake.......lol
avidly reading the rhs book..................but would still welcome advice from people who have "been there..got the t shirt" sort of thing
Remember that Coxes Orange is not recommended for the North. Last year Lidle's were selling so-called Blueberries, which turned out to be miniature Roses!!
cheers real.....................i didnt know that................. :o
and if my granny smith turns out to be a rosebush..............they`ll be bloodshed at the tills of donny lidl..............and a pile of mud where ive taken it back!
now.....................
anyone sarf of watford wanna bargin coxs orange pippin?............ ;D
in a pot ? can stick it on the roof of the car next time I travel down.
;D
Sorry to say this but I would say start again.
We have a Cox's Orrange Pippin in our Garden (down south) and the taste of the apples is out of this world. However up north you are taking a bit of a gamble and there are more reliable varieties available.
Don't expect the Granny Smith to be like the ones in the supermarkets as it needs a warmer climate than we can give it. It will most likely have to be used as a cooking apple.
Always buy a British apple. As Dr Hessayon states in "The Fruit Expert" - "English apples will taste better than the shop bought ones, but foreign ones will taste worse"
I've just bought a new variety - "Herefordshire Russet", which keeps coming out on top in apple tasting events. (Is also self-fertile) Sunset is another good one.
The bottom line is, if you going to invest time and effort on a couple of apple trees, spend a little more and the reward will be worth it. After all they should live for decades.
hmmmmmmmmmmm...........seems like my reserch needs to be more thourough.......thanks for the advice greatpalm.....and all thats contributed.......ill still plant em.............but will now be on the lookout for better suited varietys
they say......"its grim up north"............never realised that meant growing fruit......lol
we have a discovery apple tree, we get hundreds of pounds of apples, the only trouble is, they don't keep, we give loads of them away, eat at least three each a day, cook and freeze some 'til the freezer's full, next is going to be apple juice, need another freezer..and we live in wigan, slightly up north ;D
here in Lincoln we had a cox's orange pippin for over 30years in our garden, fantastic taste, I'm on the look out for another, I know it gets every pest and disease known to apples ,but it's worth it.
also grow Lord Lambourne apple,again fantastic taste. /shades x