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Pumpkins
Richard decided to try and grow giant pumpkins this year; he could not have timed it worse – late frosts...
Bare-root and Root-balled hedging
We have started to get availability lists for bare-root and root-balled hedging. Lifting will not start for a week or...
Colour on the Nursery
We have plenty of colour – pansies, violas, Bellis and cyclamen. We carefully choose pansies and violas which will flower...

Category Archives: Fruit

Early fruit blossom – colour on the Nursery today, Tuesday, 12th March

Posted in: Fruit, Trees - Fruit | March 12, 2024 at 14:24 , by Downside Nurseries

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Almond – Apricot – Nectarine – Peach...

Tomatoes and Brix Values

Posted in: Brix Values, Fruit, Tomatoes | April 28, 2023 at 08:14 , by Downside Nurseries

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We listed the Tomatoes in our last newsletter – it’s here on our news page if you missed it Here’s a general scale for your informationBrix 4-5: the majority of commercial tomatoes seem to fall into this range; sometimes lacking a distinguishing flavourBrix 6-7: this is where the tomato starts...

Fruit

Posted in: Fruit, Soft Fruit | May 31, 2022 at 17:09 , by Downside Nurseries

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The fruit you buy in the supermarket has to be picked what the trade calls ‘backward’ i.e. unripe, in order to give it shelf life, so it never reaches its full flavour potential. Growing your own is really worthwhile from the point of view of both flavour and economy. A...