Where can I buy dwarf apple/pear/cherry trees cheapest?

[aqueousdan]

After an unsuccessful year with my first vegetable patch I have decided to go back to the drawing board. The site was completely covered in perennial weeds and I simply didn't pull enough of the roots out before I put my veg seeds in.

Anyway I have decided to dedicate half of my plot to dwarf fruit trees but dont have much of an idea where to buy them from as cheaply as possible... Anyone any ideas?

thanks a lot,

Dan

[Annpan]

You don't say where you are aqueousdan.

I got fruit trees from Lidl last year (£4 each) , though they are full size I wonder if you can keep them to dwarf proportions by careful pruning?

[DominicJ]

Trees-online.co.uk

I got some shrubs from there last year, all seem to be doing great.
I've also got 3 cherry trees from T E S C O but they're big ones.

[gray_bale]

I got some from Aldi a few years ago, the only problem is that they do not say what the rootstock is ??

I have a range of varieties mainly on M26 growing in clay ground. Some are growing well and some are not, some are tall some are short. So select the variety carefully to suit the ground.

If you check out the varieties that I have at http://www.balesfield.co.uk/

I am soon to update the site with comments as to there growth rates, productivity etc

[aqueousdan]

I'm in North Lincs, our ground seems to be pretty fertile if not a bit clayey I got one of Lidl's "Stella" cherry trees last year and it is growing huge so I dont think it is m26 which I really am after. Is it possible to prune a larger tree to the proportions of a smaller one and still get the amount of fruit you see in the photos of m26 trees?

[aqueousdan]

By the way I found this site to be pretty much the cheapest so far but unfortunately I cannot tell the variety of tree for sale in each case

http://www.vanmeuwen.com/plants/catalog ... GgodF0lykQ

[aqueousdan]

Oh and another brilliant one seems to be

http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/search.aspx

a superb range...

[gray_bale]

I have purchased from this company in the past, and he even phoned me up just to check on the type of ground I was planting in. Such a nice friendly touch.

http://www.talatonplants.co.uk/trees.htm

you will not get any cheaper, and with quality.

Also try out

https://secure.agroforestry.co.uk/plants2003.html

ROOTSTOCK ULTIMATE HEIGHTS (dependant on soil conditions, waterlogging, how far north you are etc etc.

Apples - M27 (1.5-2 m), M26 (2.5-3.5 m), MM106 (4 m)
Pears - Quince A (4.5m), Quince C (4 m)
Plums, gages & damsons - St Julien A (3.5-4m), Pixy (2.7-3.6 m)
Cherries - Colt (4-5m), Gisela (2.4-3 m)

[becks77]

Got mine from Woolworths cherry, 2xpatio apple and pear all dwarf around £7.00 each but that was a couple of years ago

[Enormous Sage]

After an unsuccessful year with my first vegetable patch I have decided to go back to the drawing board. The site was completely covered in perennial weeds and I simply didn't pull enough of the roots out before I put my veg seeds in.

Don't give up yet!

What did you plant?
I had a catastrophic time with cabbages, brocolli and cauliflower last year - my soil just isn't suitable for that type of thing yet (heavy, clay)
Beans, peas and sweetcorn have gone crazy this year in the same soil and the sweetcorn seems to destroy the weeds in the area (it's a very hungry crop, I am told, and other plants struggle to compete)
Just goes to show it's worth trying a different type of crop if one type fails. We live and learn.