The Fruit Gardener's Diary during September (Early Autumn)
September is known for its ripe fruits, berries and seeds. Apples, blackberries, plums and pears are all ready for picking, these can be eaten fresh, or preserved for later use. September is also the time to prepare your fruit garden for winter.
September is the time to:
Prepare
- Ground for fruit trees to be planted in November
Harvest
- Apples
- Pears
- Plums
- Blackcurrants
- Redcurrants
- Loganberries
- Damsons
Things to do in the fruit garden during September
- Prune loganberry bushes as soon as the crop has been taken off
- Grease band the trunks of fruit trees to trap wingless insects which could attack your tree
- To prepare the ground for fruit trees to be planted in November, simply dig the ground over deeply
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The September Fruit Garden in the UK... 
