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Jobs to do in the Fruit Garden in
Early Autumn (Fall)
(September - UK)
Harvesting & Storing Fruit
in early autumn
Start
to harvest mid season apples and pears and store unblemished fruit
in a cool, dark, well ventilated place
Continue to harvest ripened plums
Continue harvesting damsons, peaches, nectarines and
figs
Pick nuts once the husks begin to yellow
Continue to pick ripened berries regularly
Care, Pruning, propagation & planting
fruit in early autumn
Finish summer pruning of early apple and pear trees
Lift and divide old rhubarb
crowns
Prune summer fruiting gooseberries and currants
(red, black and white) and take hardwood cuttings
Prune plums and damsons immediately after harvesting
has finished
Complete pruning and tying in of wall trained
peaches, nectarines and cherries
Dig up rooted strawberry runners transplant to pots or replant in beds.
Now is a good time to create new strawberry beds
Protecting Fruit in early
autumn
Protect autumn fruiting raspberries and blackberries
with netting
Spray peaches and nectarines against peach leaf curl
just as the leaves begin to fall
Regularly collect and burn fallen leaves which are
showing signs of disease such as peach leaf curl or scab
Planning and Buying Fruit Trees in early
autumn
Order or buy fruit trees and bushes
Start planning new fruit beds and plots for next year
Jobs to do in the Fruit Garden in
Mid Autumn (Fall)
(October -UK)
Harvesting & Storing Fruit
-
mid autumn
Continue to harvest ripened apples and pears and store unblemished fruit
in a cool, dark, well ventilated place
Harvest ripened grapes
Continue to harvest ripened plums
Pick nuts once the husks begin to yellow
Continue to pick ripened berries regularly
Care, Pruning & planting fruit
-
mid autumn
Cut down fruited canes of
blackberries and berries and tie in new canes
Lift and divide old rhubarb
crowns
Prune gooseberries and currants
(red, black and white) and take cuttings
Take cuttings of figs and grape
vines after leaf fall
Prune out dead or diseased
shoots on apple and pear trees
Plant new fruit trees
Complete the planting of
strawberry runners by mid October
Protecting Fruit -
mid autumn
Provide winter protection for wall-trained outdoor
figs by covering the plant with plastic netting and filling between the
plant and the netting with a loose layer of straw
Towards the end of October place grease bands on
fruit trees and their stakes if necessary to protect them from female
winter moths
Spray peaches and nectarines against peach leaf curl
just as the leaves begin to fall
Apply a final spray to stone fruit trees at leaf fall
against bacterial canker
Regularly collect fallen apples and pears affected
with brown rot and pick off any affected fruit on the tree
Regularly collect and burn fallen apple and pear
leaves infected with scab
Planning and Buying Fruit Trees
- mid autumn
Order or buy fruit trees and bushes
Plan new fruit beds and plots for next year
Jobs to do in the Fruit Garden in
Late Autumn (Fall)
(November - UK)
Harvesting & Storing Fruit
- late
Autumn
Complete the picking of late apples and pears
Continue to pick nuts
Continue to pick ripened berries regularly
Care, Pruning & Planting fruit -
late Autumn
Cut out the old fruited canes of blackberries at
ground level and tie in the new canes to replace them.
Complete pruning of raspberries and check canes are
securely tied in
Prune out dead or diseased
shoots on apple and pear trees
Plant new fruit trees and bushes as soon as possible
Protecting Fruit in late autumn
Apply grease bands to your trees now to stop another
infestation next year
Check that fruit cages and netting are secure
Net or cotton all fruit against bird attack
Spray apple and pears trees against canker
Spray peach and nectarine trees against peach leaf
curl if not already done
Planning and Buying in late autumn
Order fruit seeds for next year
Order bare root or pot grown trees and bushes
Plan new fruit beds and plots for next year
Although harvesting will be tailing off from now, you
may still end up with too much of any one crop to eat straight away. There are many methods of
keeping fruit
including making preserves such as jam,
bottling,
freezing and even drying .
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