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    I found a good article on the traps, I would have to speak to my local hort supplier about cost, but they suggest about 500 traps per/h. Seems excessive and too time consuming to me. The trees get sprayed with oil and soap over winter, which I’m hoping gets rid of the overwintering moths.
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    I had a quick look at RAK 3+4, looks good, will have a read later on. Thank you.
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    Hi guys. Hope everyone is keeping well. A few changes this year in the orchard, we now have some shrophire sheep in, they are all lambing at the minute so over in another paddock. They have done a good job over the winter eating the long grass that was left from autumn and still grew into...
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    The chives are a good bee attractor and aphid repeller, the plants are propagated off one £2 plant over the last two years. They just seem to grown well and along with lavender are very good pollinator attractors, same with the comfrey flowers. Grass mowed once a fortnight, I don’t see why neat...
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    For anyone who is interested, there are a few photo's showing some companion planting with chives and various herbs under the trees and an International 475 towing the bowser.
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    We've aslo talked about livestock in the orchard, but trees being young we haven't yet. I'm told shorpshire sheep are good, as they don't nibble anything, along with some old spot pigs. It's something we will do at some point. Any suggestions/experience on this I would be greatful for. I've...
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    Thanks Kidds for the info on the bins, I will will get back to you about the offer for the bottler. Re permaculture, when we planted the trees, I planted chives under every tree, they came again this year beautifully. I also have comfrey under most trees. Bought 15 bocking14 root cuttings at the...
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    I meant to mention, the trees all came from Brogdales in kent, they supplied the trees on what they thought would work well up here. The contact from another project my dad was doing. It was somthing we talked about for a while and one of a few projects ongoing. I really enjoy doing this and as...
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    To answer a few of the above. Equipment wise, we have a virgo electric scratter, it's a beast. It will do us for a few years I should think. We have an in bottle pasturising bath and two presses. Bottling is the next thing we need, we used to bottle our milk and have a few milkmen who are very...
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    Hi Kidds, thanks for your reply. I plan on only grafting only the best varieties from now on in, I'm grafting the from the trees that have stayed desease free, in the spring. We have had a crop this year and we juiced them all pretty much. We suffered frost damage too, the orchard is quite well...
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    Hi all We planted an orchard a few years ago (North Yorkshire), have about 500 trees on some of our land, about 35 heritage varieties on MM106 rootstock. We are maybe 2 years from getting a good crop and our plan is to sell organic juice. Are there any members on here growing Apples? If so...
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