SOME LIKE IT HOT!!

Hello - phew what a scorcher!! Temperatures have soared at the nursery to 25C - some difference to last week - when the best we could make was 12C!!!

It is nice if you are laying on a beach - but rather hot in the tunnels at the moment - but really we should not complain!!

As long as plants have sufficient moisture - they will make very rapid growth now. But again I stress AS LONG AS THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE. Soil moisture evaporates literally overnight in these sort of conditions - so it is very important that all new planting is well-watered in - and kept well-watered for at least the next few months.

On the plus side - it looks a very promising fruit set this year - uninterrrupted blossom-time has led to the trees appearing to be stuffed full of fruitlets - even despite the late frosts last week - but only time will tell - never count your chickens before they are hatched - or your fruit before the June drop!!!

Otherwise the nursery is obsessed with one project only - Operation S.S - The Suffolk Show!!! In the last week - I have allocated almost 500 plants for it alone - and there are still more to come!!

It may only be a two-day show (June 2nd and 3rd) - but it takes just as much time as a week-long event!!

If all goes as planned - (does it ever??) - then we should have something quite DIFFERENT for you to see!!

Do come and see us - we are in the Flower Tent -at the catering end - with our huge main display - and also just outside the entrance with our raised beds demonstration.

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD