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slowcompost Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 01 Jan 2010 Posts: 17
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:42 pm Post subject: fruit trees in aldi tomorrow!!! |
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cant wait i missed out on the bare rooted ones in lidle in the autum.does anybody know if they will have cooking apples!! dont you just love aldi |
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paul5000 Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree


Joined: 18 Jan 2010 Posts: 94 Location: Westmeath/Longford Border
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The cold frame looks good 37 euro. Same one on ebay is 70 euro. _________________ Paul. |
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Dr. Sunny Thomson Rank attained: Rowan Tree


Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 132 Location: ireland
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Macy Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 33
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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They had a bramley's, slowcompost, if you didn't get there yet. Elstar was another one that I spotted.
They also have/ had garlic, strawberries, Asparagus, Rhubarb, and Onion and Shallot sets. None of them had named varieties from what I could see, but I took a punt on the strawberries and garlic - they weren't bad value imo for €3 for 8 plants/ 4 Cloves. The cloves were certainly bigger than the likes of heatons offer for a similar price. |
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slowcompost Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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ya thanks but i got there and snatched up 2 brambleys!!! any idea what rootstock they were though i dont know how far away to plant them.. i also got a bag of charlotte spuds and some seeds  |
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fontodi Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Dublin south
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: fruit trees in aldi tomorrow!!! |
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Thanks for the heads up Slowcompost. I got in this morning and got 2 plums and one apple, pear and cherry. I didnt like the look of the rhurbarb as most of them looked rotten and were supposed to have 2 plants in each pack. I'll be busy to-morrow. |
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Macy Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 33
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:50 am Post subject: |
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slowcompost wrote: | any idea what rootstock they were though i dont know how far away to plant them.. |
That's the perennial question on the Aldi and Lidl fruit trees. I think the consensus is M26 or MM106 , but it's pot luck really. btw I think the lidl ones are probably due in a couple of weeks... |
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slowcompost Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:01 am Post subject: |
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thanks macy but what do they mean are my trees gunna be big?? |
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MacFistycuffs Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 30 Jul 2009 Posts: 22 Location: Kerry
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:00 am Post subject: |
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M26 grows to 10-12 feet, you should leave 9 feet between trees. Mm106 grows to 14-18 feet and you should leave 14 feet between trees. _________________ My Blog: http://blackvillage.wordpress.com
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Sive Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 1731 Location: Co.Wexford
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Can I just introduce a different strand to all this aldi/lidl discussion ?
How about supporting your local garden centre instead ? Or Irish Seed Savers ?
Aldi/Lidl just sell you the things they can make most profit on ......whenever they feel like it.
Garden Centres have had a rotten three years because of our poor summers and if they close down we are all the poorer.
(And no, I am not involved in the trade...) |
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AJ Rank attained: Ash Tree

Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 218 Location: West Cork
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:10 am Post subject: |
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I agree with u Sive and I'm not in the trade either, but I must also say that I'm consistently guilty of supporting the big overseas companies here as opposed to my local garden centre's. Must concentrate on home support this year.
Getting back to the thread, last year I bought 4 apple trees, 2 plum trees and a pear tree in lidl or aldi, can't remember which one it was. Planted them and 2 fruited to my surprise. the cox's orange pippin produced about 6 very nice apples whilst the james greaves produce 12 or so fruits which were small and very bitter.
Can't wait to see what happens this year _________________ vegandflowertime.blogspot.ie |
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medieval knievel Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:24 am Post subject: |
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Macy wrote: | €3 for 8 plants/ 4 Cloves. |
4 bulbs of garlic or four cloves?
never been too happy with the results of stuff i've bought in aldi or lidl.
i bought astilbe there once, and the two or three plants in the pack easily weighed a fifth (combined) of the single plant i bought in mr. middletons.
granted, the one plant in mr. middleton's was twice the price of the three, but since none of the three survived, i paid €1.50 or thereabouts for nothing. |
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Foxylock Rank attained: Sessile Oak Tree


Joined: 08 Aug 2009 Posts: 291 Location: cork
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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I think Medieval Knievel the phrase " you get what you pay for " applies here. It comes down to buying power the big stores have it the small garden centres don't. However try asking for planting tips the next time you buy something in aldi or lidl, or return something that didn't thrive once planted !! |
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medieval knievel Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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i once bought an echinacea in tesco - and there was nothing in the bag - i thought it was just sitting in the middle of the peat! |
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James Kilkelly Rank: Site Admin

Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 2173 Location: West of Ireland
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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For very small sites (or container growing) chose an apple tree with M27 rootstock, this limits the growth to approx 1 metre in height with a similar spread in a bush-like shape.
Moving up in size is the M26 rootstock, which gives you a slightly larger tree at 2 metres by 2 metres.
Apple trees grown on these M27 and M26 rootstocks can be expected to produce a reasonable crop of fruit after 3 years.
The most commonly planted apple tree rootstock is the MM106, causing trees to grow to an eventual height and spread of 4 metres.
This is a great rootstock for medium sized and larger gardens, producing up to 50lbs of fruit when mature. It takes longer to begin producing fruit with a wait of 5 years common, but its well worth the wait. _________________ Gardening books.
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