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Fruit Tree Espalier/Cordon Frame from £39.95

GDN-303


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This sturdy 0.9m/35” W x 1m/3’3” H steel Fruit Tree Espalier/Cordon Frame adds a touch of Kitchen Garden elegance by allowing an apple or pear tree to be trained as a free standing espalier or cordon. The 0.6m/24” long legs stand 0.3m/12” apart and can be pushed directly into the soil or a large pot, and introducing multiple frames creates attractive garden or patio screens and dividers. Full training instructions included, and available in two quality finishes. • Solid steel frame • Measures 0.9m/35” W x 1m/3’3” H • Legs are 0.6m/24” long and stand 0.3m/12” apart • Ideally suited to both open soil or a large decorative pot • Espalier and cordon frames are best suited to apples, pears and some plums • Choose from Galvanised or Black Powder Coated finishes

Growing Instructions
These instructions will help you to grow a fruit tree in the style shown above using your Harrod Horticultural Support Frame. This type of training should produce a good yield of fruit and result in an attractive natural feature.

Start by selecting a healthy tree from a nursery or garden centre. This style of growing is most suited to apple and pear trees. These instructions start with a simple maiden whip but some outlets now offer ready trained trees.

Make sure that you ask for a dwarfing root stock M27 / M9 (apple) or Quince C (pear).
If you are using the frame with a pot ensure that the pot is at least 15”/ 38 cm diameter and the same deep so that the frame legs will fit within the pot as shown below. This size of pot filled with a compost like John Innes No 3 will ensure stability and also adequate water retention in the
summer.

Place crocks in the base of the pot to ensure free drainage. Line terracotta pots inside wall with polythene sheet and mulch the top of the soil to help prevent evaporation.

Step 1.
Plant the tree with the graft above the soils surface Prune the fruit tree as shown above during the winter leaving a healthy bud either side below the cut. If your tree has suitable branches that can be left to resemble step 2. then use them, trimming off any other unwanted side shoots.

Step 2.
Early summer the following year, tie the topmost two side shoots as shown to canes at approximately 45o and remove any other unwanted shoots. To encourage growth of one or the other shoot, raise the angle of the cane towards the vertical. Lowering the angle will have the opposite effect. This technique can be used to ensure symmetrical growth.

Step 3.
Early autumn bend the shoots horizontal from the main trunk and then bend and tie the tips of each side shoot vertical as shown. During the winter prune as shown, removing any unwanted shoots and leaving a healthy bud either side below the cut as in step one.

Step 4.
Early summer the following year tie the topmost two side shoots as shown above as in step 2. (canes may not be required). Early autumn bend the shoots horizontal and then onto the vertical bars as shown above. From then on prune to maintain the form. Fruit will occur on two-year-old and older shoots and on short spurs produced on the older wood

Gripple Plant Support System

GDN-898

£12.50

Cross-Beam Fruit Press (12 litre)

GDN-226

£239.95

Gripple Plant Support System

£12.50

The Gripple Plant Support System is simple but extremely effective, and is suitable for both outdoor and greenhouse use, supplied as a Starter Kit with the option of purchasing additional Gripple Wire and Gripple Clips.

• The Starter Kit consists of 30m of nylon strand and 4 Gripple clips, and is ideal for creating a support system for climbing plants
• Ideal for Clematis and wisteria, for supporting raspberries and runner beans in the vegetable garden, and even for creating a framework for vines.
• Extra components – nylon strand and clips – are readily available.
• The replacement Gripple nylon wire is 100% nylon strand, 50m long, replaces the need to use awkward, ugly and unmanageable wire.
• With no knots or sharp ends, the Gripple nylon strand is easily tensioned by hand using the Gripple clips.
• The Gripple clips are fitted with rollers that grip the nylon strand in one direction, but instantly lock in the other, so the nylon can be easily tensioned, and further tension can always be applied.
• The components are made from non-rusting materials so can be used in any situation, and were originally developed for the viticulture industry.
• Clips are supplied in packs of 10.

• The Gripple Plant Support System is ideal for supporting all sorts of crops and plants, from beans and cane fruit to ornamentals, such as roses and clematis and it is sturdy enough for climbers like wisteria, or to train fruit trees.

Gripple Plant Support System – This plant support starter kit can be used both outdoors and in the greenhouse to train and support a wide range of plants. The kit contains 30m (100ft) of lightweight flexible plastic wire and four green plastic gripple joiners which contain internal serrated rollers. These allow you to easily tension and join the training wire to create a secure plant support system.
Voted Best for Vigorous Climbers, Buyer’s Guide, Garden News, 17 March 2009

Cross-Beam Fruit Press (12 litre)

Cross-Beam Fruit Press (12 litre)	£239.95
This12 litre Cross Beam Fruit Press allows you to produce up to 4½ litres of freshly pressed juice from your windfall apples and pears in one operation and will help revolutionise your garden fruit pressing activities. Fill the fruit press cage with an optional straining bag, (available separately) add your crushed fruit and then simply wind the handle to force the fresh, pure juice through the beech staves. And if you've got a glut of fruit and want to produce even more sparkling fresh fruit juice, try our 20 Litre and 36 Litre Presses for size - we even stock a specialist Fruit Crusher to prepare your fruit for pressing and help ensure you extract every last drop of juice! • 12 litre Cross-Beam Fruit Press measures 57cm/22.5” H x 43cm/17” D - weight =29.4kg • Frames made from steel and covered in EU safety standard compliant polyester coating • Press cages made from fashioned beech staves embraced with steel hoops • Seasoned oak wind down pressure plate • Steel legs pre-drilled with boltholes for permanent fixing and added stability • Easy to clean with fresh water after use • Machine washable Straining Bags, for straining juice as fruit is pressed are available as an optional extra - please note these straining bags have a hole in the bottom to act as an extra juice outlet What The Experts Say.... Number 5 for 'Five of the best..... for the apple harvest' The Sunday Telegraph, October 2009 A traditional fruit press is the ideal way to transform an overabundance of apples and pears into a delicious juice.Oxfordshire Preview, Autumn 2009 "Harrod Horticultural's Cross-Beam Oak Fruit Press produces 4.5 litres of juice." Country Buys - Go natural this month with our selection of wonderful wood. BBC Country File magazine, November 2008 "And for those who have everything... With this traditional press from Harrod Horticultural, you can turn windfall apples and pears into delicious fruit juice. Made from steel and oak, it comes in a range of sizes and with an optional straining bag for smoother liquid." The Week magazine (with source credit to House and Garden), 20 September 2008 "If you have a glut of fruit, a juicer is a godsend." BBC Gardeners' World, October 2007

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