March is a good time to feed your Pears, Plums, Greengages and Blackcurrants.

• To boost your trees into growth they will appreciate a nitrogen feed.
• A general feed like Growmore or VitaxQ4 is easy to apply.
• A surface mulch of well rotted animal manure will also help.

Watering Tips

• If spring is dry water the plants gently with a bucket of water onto the roots. repeat every fortnight if needs be.
• Any watering should be dome before mid day.
  water well the weather is clement not in anticipation of a night frost.
• Water pears for the first six weeks after blossoming. They are usually grafted onto thirsty root stock.
• Try to keep water away from the trunk or woody stems to prevent rot.
• Newly planted trees need watering for the first year.
• If you have dry sandy soil mulch for the first three years to help retain water.
• Water the first year after transplant after that they are on their own.
• You want the trees to build deep roots so they are self sufficient for water.

Blackcurrants are a shallow rooted so weed by hand.

• Blackcurrents are prone to frost damage on the flowers.
• Varieties called Ben…. flower a but later or you can cover with horticultural fleece.

March is still a good time to plant new fruit trees and bushes. As the soil warms up they should grow away quite well.