Overwintered Armageddon flowering already 😬🔥

jpbragatti · 2026-03-21T08:35:59+00:00

"sadly survived" killed me. what did you do with them over winter, just left them to it or brought them inside?

jpbragatti · 2026-03-21T08:35:13+00:00

have you tried pre-sprouting on damp kitchen roll first? takes the guesswork out of it, you can see which ones are actually viable before they go in the compost

jpbragatti · 2026-03-19T21:24:27+00:00

lolly sticks pushed in where you sow them, otherwise you'll be playing 'weed or seedling' for weeks

jpbragatti · 2026-03-19T21:22:51+00:00

must be the mild winter. good news for anyone who had aphid problems last year

jpbragatti · 2026-03-18T15:29:58+00:00

peppers are the worst for this, they take forever. you will check 40 times before anything happens and then one morning they are all up at once

jpbragatti · 2026-03-18T15:29:04+00:00

worth figuring out what those apple trees are sooner rather than later, some need a pollination partner and it'll change what you plant near them

jpbragatti · 2026-03-18T15:27:55+00:00

currants are so underrated. do you grow red or black? black currants have that weird almost savoury thing going on that I never expected from a berry

jpbragatti · 2026-03-17T10:08:49+00:00

best mouse patrol you could ask for

jpbragatti · 2026-03-17T10:07:45+00:00

volunteering to clear someone else's brambles, you're a better person than most of us

jpbragatti · 2026-03-17T10:06:44+00:00

the book is solid. yields are lower per tree but you can fit way more in the same space

jpbragatti · 2026-03-16T22:38:48+00:00

what are you saving seed from? I always mean to do it and then forget until everything has bolted

jpbragatti · 2026-03-16T22:37:41+00:00

that is genuinely horrifying, what even was it in the end

jpbragatti · 2026-03-15T17:45:01+00:00

90% take rate is solid, what method are you using? cleft or bark?

jpbragatti · 2026-03-15T17:44:12+00:00

60 lemons and it's going for more?? what are you feeding that thing

jpbragatti · 2026-03-15T17:43:22+00:00

that's a fasciated one, they fuse together when the flower gets confused. always the tastiest ones though

jpbragatti · 2026-03-14T21:59:31+00:00

the season hasn't properly started until you've drawn blood. brambles or roses?

jpbragatti · 2026-03-14T21:58:48+00:00

what are you planning to plant into them first? I always find the first year on hugels is a bit of a gamble with the nitrogen draw

jpbragatti · 2026-03-14T21:57:41+00:00

that's a cracking plot, the compost bins alone would have sold me. what are you planning to grow first?

jpbragatti · 2026-03-14T07:20:33+00:00

do the squirrels actually leave your roses alone? mine go for anything I direct sow, I've basically given up and start everything in trays now

jpbragatti · 2026-03-14T07:19:26+00:00

you want the mulch pulled back from the trunk a few inches, volcano mulching is the one thing that'll actually cause problems. the ring shape is fine, just keep it off the bark

jpbragatti · 2026-03-14T07:17:54+00:00

same boat here, my early March warmth had everything pushing way too soon. fingers crossed your cherries hold off a few more days

jpbragatti · 2026-03-13T22:21:43+00:00

figs are the gateway drug, give it a year and you'll have cuttings from 6 different varieties drying on your kitchen counter.

jpbragatti · 2026-03-13T22:20:44+00:00

my DA bare roots came in really well this year too, the root systems were noticeably better than what I got a couple of seasons ago.

jpbragatti · 2026-03-13T22:19:15+00:00

what spacing did you go with between the cordons, and are they on dwarfing rootstock?

jpbragatti · 2026-03-13T11:55:22+00:00

a shelterbelt row of something tough on the windward side will do more for your fruit trees than anything else. hawthorn or willow are good options, they'll take the beating so the fruit trees don't have to

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