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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
Continue with last weeks tasks if not completed
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.
Ensure that all tree fruits are adequately supported to minimise damage during bad weather.
Prune Gooseberry bushes
Plant out Blackberry plants
Plant out fan trained Cherry trees
Plant out Raspberry canes
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