http://www.experimentalearth.com Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:55:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Manuring is an important means of ensuring the healthy growth of fruit plants and of regulating vegetative growth, fruit yield and quality. Each kind of fruit has its own requirements for manures and what is best for plums and black currants will not give the best results for apples, gooseberries ... http://www.experimentalearth.com/2009/point-of-nutrition.shtm All hardy fruits with the possible exception of figs, need to have the site deeply dug and thoroughly prepared. With shallow soils it is almost impossible to grow good fruit over a number of years unless the subsoil is well broken up. Deep digging should not be carried out close ... http://www.experimentalearth.com/2009/garden-site-preparation-digging.shtm As a rule, the amateur fruit-grower has little choice of soil or even site. He has to accept the soil and site on which his house is built. If, however, he wishes to plan his garden to the best advantage, he must know the conditions that suit the different kinds ... http://www.experimentalearth.com/2009/soils-and-conditions-of-the-site.shtm Probably most gardeners can devote only a modest area of land to a fruit garden and so it is important to make the fullest possible use of the space available. In a new garden some part of it should be marked off for use only for growing fruit. The planting ... http://www.experimentalearth.com/2009/fruit-garden-planning.shtm