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Strawberries started really well then got a lot of botrytis then started tasting awful. New plants and new bed next year.
Raspberries seem later than usual, crop looks OK but not quite as prolific, birds don't seem to eat them because the canes are not supported and flop over a bit.
Apples doing well. Red Falstaff absolutely loaded with fruit even after heavy thinning, having to prop up several of the branches due to the weight. Scrumptious is only in its second year so not much fruit at all. Both have scab, which seems to happen every year now.
Blackcurrant very good yield for its first year of cropping.
Gooseberries are still small but had a good amount of fruit, though the plants have now been swapped by some neighbouring flowers and the sawfly has damaged a lot of the leaves.
Blueberries pretty good, only in their second year, probably over a kilogram of fruit from two plants in the ground. The Bluecrop plant I got from Aldi a few years ago was on its last legs, pretty much just a twig, but is now flourishing in an experimental potting mix of composted bark and sulphur chips.
Rhubarb has done well after being divided over a year ago.
Raspberries seem later than usual, crop looks OK but not quite as prolific, birds don't seem to eat them because the canes are not supported and flop over a bit.
Apples doing well. Red Falstaff absolutely loaded with fruit even after heavy thinning, having to prop up several of the branches due to the weight. Scrumptious is only in its second year so not much fruit at all. Both have scab, which seems to happen every year now.
Blackcurrant very good yield for its first year of cropping.
Gooseberries are still small but had a good amount of fruit, though the plants have now been swapped by some neighbouring flowers and the sawfly has damaged a lot of the leaves.
Blueberries pretty good, only in their second year, probably over a kilogram of fruit from two plants in the ground. The Bluecrop plant I got from Aldi a few years ago was on its last legs, pretty much just a twig, but is now flourishing in an experimental potting mix of composted bark and sulphur chips.
Rhubarb has done well after being divided over a year ago.