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Fruit Garden in October
 
Week 40   30th-5th

Start planning what new fruit bushes and trees you require for next season.

Seek advice from your local nursery, garden centre or specialist catalogues, before buying fruit varieties, which ones require one or more 'pollinator' trees nearby.

Erect supports for Rasberry canes

Prepare site for new Apple & Pear trees

Prepare supports for Blackberries & Pears

Plant out Black Red & White currants  Blueberry, Bilberry, Cranberry,  Filberts & Hazelnuts, Grape vines

Prune Black Red & White currant bushes

Divide  Blueberry, Bilberry, and Cranberry bushes 

Week 41   6th-12th

Continue with last weeks tasks if not completed

Week 42   13th-19th
Windfalls are best gathered up regularly and, if unusable burnt with other suspect material.

If allowed to remain, windfalls may attract unwelcome pests and they may harbour disease spores such as scab.

Infected leaves that have fallen should also be raked up and burnt.

Plant out Apple, Blueberry, Bilberry and Cranberry, Peach trees/shrubs.

Feed Black Red & White currant bushes

Take Black Red & White currant hardwood cutting.

Week 43   20th-26th

Ensure that all tree fruits are adequately supported to minimise damage during bad weather.

Week 44   27th-2nd

Prune Gooseberry bushes

Plant out Blackberry plants

Plant out fan trained Cherry trees

Plant out Raspberry canes

 
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