Organic
| One of the advantages of growing plants amongst the Radnorshire hills is that our isolated position and its healthy environment reduce the pest and disease risks. By having a mixed livestock farm and using long rotations we can keep the soil in optimum condition which helps reduce plant stress. We have the following organic plants available this year: |
Strawberry Plants(PHPS Elite certificate)Honeoye - main early variety Hapil - large sweet fruit but susceptible to some diseases Pegasus -excellent disease resistance Cambridge Favourite - tolerant, juicy variety Alice - NEW disease resistant late mid season variety Symphony - good disease resistance, best in west and north Florence - excellent disease resistance and ideal flavour Sophie - useful exension to the season Judibell - NEW - crops well into August, good disease resistance. |
Raspberry Canes(PHPS 'A' certificate)Malling Jewel - older, juicy variety, tolerant of most conditions Julia - robust mid season variety Tulameen - high quality fruit, later season Octavia - crops well into August Autumn Bliss - superb autumn fruiting variety |
Rhubarb SetsTimperley Early - good all- rounder suiatble for forcing and outdoor growing.Victoria - an old fashioned variety, very large leaves and sticks. |
Bush Fruit(Grown from our own certified cuttings)Blackcurrants Ben Gairn - has resistance to reversion virus, early season Ben Sarek small compact bush with large fruit, early season Ben Connan - outstanding disease resistance and very large fruit Ben Hope - vigorous variety, large fruit of superb flavour Ben Alder - good disease resistance, later season Ben Tirran - late season variety, juicy fruit with good flavour Gooseberries Martlet - excellent disease resistance. A red fruited variety. Pax almost spine free, red dessert variety Greenfinch - compact bush with excellent disease resistance, smooth green fruit. Invicta vigorous high yielding variety Red/whitecurrants Jonkheer van Tets - an early variety, good disease resistance, large berries. Rovada late season variety with high yields. Red Start - later season, excellent disease resistance. White Versailles - good disease resistance, large white berries. Jostaberries A vigorous spineless gooseberry/blackcurrant cross with excellent disease resistance against mildew, leaf curling midge and bigbud. |
Growing TipsLearned from our experience in the organic growing of soft fruit plants...Choice of variety There are much improved varieties nowadays with inbred resistance to some of the problems associated with growing soft fruit. eg Mildew can be a avoided, just by choosing a resistant variety. Weed control We have experimented with many types of weed control. Straw mulches, plastic mulches, flame weeders, cultivators of all types and sizes, and they all have their place in the field situation but we still come back to using the hoe to help out. We find the Wolf push/pull hoe to be by far the best for most situations. It is quick, robust and very satisfying! Organic fertilisers It is important to have your soil in a good working condition before starting. Get the pH to around 6 if at all possible. If you can, check phosphorus and potassium levels, but if you are not that technical then an application of calcified seaweed and some well rotted compost is always a good idea. We are lucky to have plenty of composted FYM on our farm, but in offlying fields we still have to buy in some replacement nutrition. We use Laws organic fertilisers on the organic ground which feeds the soil which then feeds the plant. We have also found the foliar feeds to be excellent. We have used seaweed based organic products on all plants and also garlic extracts which have been excellent. They feed the plant, reduce any stress and also makes the plant unpalatable to a lot of insect life! If you require any further information please don't hesitate to contact us. |
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