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Quick update on the project: Treated steel arch ordered in 2 sections 4.5m long each. That's to allow a break in the middle to pass through. Ordered from Agriframes in Bristol who seem pretty good.

Now looking to buy fruit trees and bushes to grow up the outside. Apple, pear, damson, pomegranate (a boy can dream), mirabelle, mulberry, blackcurrant, gooseberry, jostaberry, red currant and white currant.

It's all a bit intimidating...what if I'm making a horrible mistake???
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Phil Moss
Planting fruit, never a mistake.
Any particular varieties you're looking at?
JimmyB (he/him)
Just added the list of potential candidates below. Had a great chat with a lady from Pomona Fruits - who can deliver to #Jersey (which is a big factor)... very helpful. And she's going to look over the list for any obvious problems.

Gave me great advice on training berry bushes too.

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Phil Moss
A good list to choose from. Some of those I wouldn't try here on the edge of the peak district
JimmyB (he/him)
Neither would I! 😀 😀 😀 😀 We don't really have a frost problem, and our growing season is long. The Pomegranate is an exercise in hope (isn't all gardening tho?) but...hopefully the rest (let's see on that Mulberry)?
JimmyB (he/him)
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Potential candidates:

Apple Tree 'Adam's Pearmain'
Apple Tree 'Ashmead's Kernel'
Apple Tree 'Bramley's Seedling'
Apple Tree 'Egremont Russet'
Apple Tree 'Gala'
Black Mulberry Tree 'Chelsea' (3 Litre Pot)
Malus 'Jelly King' (Crab Apple Tree)
Nashi Pear Tree 'Kumoi'
Pear Tree 'Beurre Hardy'
Pear Tree 'Doyenne du Comice'
Pear Tree 'Louise Bonne of Jersey'
Mirabelle Plum Tree 'Golden Sphere'
Plum Tree 'Jubilee'
Quince Tree 'Vranja'
Pomegranate Tree 'Provence' (5 litre pot)
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JimmyB (he/him)
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Blackcurrant Bush 'Big Ben'
Blackcurrant Bush 'Ebony'
Gooseberry Bush 'Captivator'
Jostaberry Bush
Pinkcurrant Bush 'Gloire de Sablon'
Redcurrant Bush 'Junifer'
Damson Tree 'Merryweather'

Thoughts?
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LionelB
Mulberry is gigantic. Even the 'early' fruiting cultivars. Do you really have space for a tree?
LionelB
You can grow apple, pear, quince as cordons.

But mulberry I would think 4 metres and 10 years.
JimmyB (he/him)
If I prune hard to keep it small, it just won't fruit? Is that the issue?
LionelB
Well I haven't tried myself but that is my understanding.

There are commercial mulberry berry growers somewhere I imagine. What they do would be a good guide.

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JimmyB (he/him)
Yes - fair shout. I see them outside the walls in St Malo - there is a line of lovely (about 4m high 😀 ) Mulberry standards by one of the main gates in through the walls to the Intra Muros, and I admire them every time I go past.

I've got space for quite a lot though none can be allowed to get too big so I might just try and see.

But...yeah: will see what the lady from Pomona says as well.
LionelB
Commercially, seeing 3 metre pyramids in California.
JimmyB (he/him)
Me too! 😀 😀

The frame is 2.3 high so probably 2.5 with spread. Hmmmm.
LionelB
Yep. Absolutely avoid inside the frame.

Which begs the question, can you protect against birds even if you get fruit?

Solutions are explosives or hawks...
JimmyB (he/him)
Well - that's a great shout. But we sort of take the view that, if we can get some fruit, then the birds are welcome to have some too. It is an issue though. Had a nice cherry which I did net last year. Lovely fruit - and lots of it. With a hole in the net...and the day I came to harvest a blackbird had got in and taken every single one.

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JimmyB (he/him)
Yes - we are planning to plant outside the frame.

I have a few issues I need to resolve though. I think I have to do some ground prep because this is going, mostly, up the middle of the lawn. So will be compacted - and the soil will be pretty poor.

Sir Monty of Don says not to improve soil when you plant a tree, but then he hasn't seen our soil! Think I have to ignore that a bit and get some organic matter in there. I have had success with a massive seaweed mulch on top so maybe..
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LionelB
Probably lots of leatherjackets in a lawn? They might nibble the new roots?

Would saturating the lawn bring them up to the surface where the birds can feast?
JimmyB (he/him)
Like it! The lawn is completely saturated right now. So maybe? We don't seem to get a lot of leather jackets but then - maybe I don't look or notice them? It's a great point though. Hadn't really considered pests I might need to address...

I'll have a think.
JimmyB (he/him)
OK - yes - image searching there: we do get some of these. I'll do some research.
JimmyB (he/him)
This page seems to suggest pruning is good for Mulberries

https://heppy.org/mulberries/

Also says they grow 20 to 50 feet which is definitely NOT happening!

Mulberries: ad-free Plant Guide for the Mulberry Tree

Mulberries are juicy & sweet. Mature trees provide HUGE amounts of fruit for 100 years! Mulberry trees are a VERY low-maintenance fruit tree!
HEPPY
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