Author: Orchar_Admin
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June Drop
Under some of the trees in my orchard there is a spattering of small unripe apples. This is June Drop, which (so I read ) can be due to various causes but particularly to there being insufficient carbohydrate to support the developing crop. The weaker ones in a bunch will drop off leaving the stronger…
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Orchard History Project, working with GGLT – your help needed! From 19th June.
We are working with Gloucestershire Gardens and Landscape Trust (GGLT) on a new project looking at archival records of the county’s orchards to assess their history, cultural importance and their current status. And using this to help promote orchard knowledge to our members and the wider public. We will be inviting people to help on…
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Longney Orchard – Monthly Management Workshops from 22nd June
From Saturday 22nd June (and each subsequent 4th Saturday of each month – 27th July, 24th Aug, 28th Sept, etc) we’ll be hosting an orchard management workshop at Longney, with the objecting of helping to maintain the orchard in general terms as well as pass on particular knowledge from time to time. From 10:00 am…
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Blossom time and fruit finishing
The first week in May has been peak blossom time in my orchard of Gloucestershire apple varieties. They started to bloom in the first week in April, and there are still several trees showing no pink as yet. I have been keeping a record this year, so will be able to put them into various…