Tesco Trees

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Tesco Trees

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There are Trees in Tesco again

Fruits, I saw apples and plums, are £7, willows were £4

Not sure about root stocks, but the cherries I got last year will be 3-4metres when fully grown.
If anyone is thinking of putting in an orchard or a fire wood, these could bulk it out a bit.
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DominicJ wrote:There are Trees in Tesco again
Sounds like the title of a song :)
Wish we had room for a couple more trees in our garden.
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No, no, no. If you want to buy trees go to a true tree shop like Talaton.
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biffvernon wrote:...shop like Talaton
Asparagus...mmm...alas, I am undone!
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RenewableCandy wrote:Asparagus...mmm...alas, I am undone!
We'll be getting our first crop in a few months time. Great!

Cheap trees in Tesco means a supplier somewhere is being shafted to get the price down.
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kenneal wrote:
RenewableCandy wrote:Asparagus...mmm...alas, I am undone!
We'll be getting our first crop in a few months time. Great!
Hey I love the way that post goes with your signature (iirc the chap who was talking about famine?..)

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Kenneal
And the cheap trees from Biff's link?
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DominicJ wrote:There are Trees in Tesco
What a wonderful dream. Tesco gone out of business, their shops abandoned and nature reclaiming the site :D
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Buy one get one tree - boom boom, tish! :P
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The tree selling link was great.

Anyone got any tips on the best place to buy nut bearing trees - hazlenut, walnut, etc?

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Nut trees...These guys look interesting. I think they supplied Totnes with their nut trees.
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Bandidoz wrote:Buy one get one tree - boom boom, tish! :P
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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RenewableCandy wrote:Nut trees...These guys look interesting. I think they supplied Totnes with their nut trees.
These guys? One guy, I think, Martin Crawford (a very nice chap),


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Blue Peter wrote:
RenewableCandy wrote:Nut trees...These guys look interesting. I think they supplied Totnes with their nut trees.
These guys? One guy, I think, Martin Crawford (a very nice chap),
Presumably a very busy one too, then :D

Must admit I've not bought trees from there as there's a theory it's better to buy near where you intend to plant (so the weather and the tree match up). We bought ours from RHS Harlow Carr.
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RenewableCandy wrote:
Presumably a very busy one too, then :D

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Very busy, very organized, I guess. I read an article on forest gardens which said that there is a tendency for them to get out of control - the one exception (in the UK, that the author knew of) was Martin's,


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