Orchard Management Course

We’ve attended a few orchard management courses (the latest by Cheshire BTCV in December 2009) to learn the basics of looking after apple trees & have a go at some winter pruning. The following gallery of pictures gives a taste of the issues and techniques involved.

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Agriculture
sustainable food
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manchester
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Introduction.
Ripe apple still on the tree.
History.
Timperley community orchard.
Conservation.
Duddon St. Peter's Primary School orchard with eight year old trees.
Why Prune?
Two people reviewing a tree's shape before deciding what branches to prune.
When to Prune.
Pruning impliments next to a pruned tree.
Considerations.
Worcester apple tree variety.
Tools.
Box of pruning tools.
Pruning Techniques.
Pruning branches at a sloped angle.
Cutting Branches.
Cutting load bearing branches.
Rootstock.
The trunk of an apple tree showing where it has been grafted onto rootstock.
Reducing Vigour.
Methods of stressing a tree to encourage more fruit.
Varieties.
Withington Welter variety of apple tree.
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FarmStart Started.
Shipping Container arrives at our FarmStart site.
FarmStart Manchester has started, with 6 people signed up for ¼ acre plots to start their vegetable growing businesses.
Mapping Success.
Open Source Mapping of food growing land in Old Trafford.
We had a lovely sunny evening mapping potential food growing land in Old Trafford.
Growing Stronger.
Moss Side Community Allotment
Three day course on strengthening your Community Growing Project.

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