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    HAVE YOUR SAX

    Feb 22, 2022 3 minutes

    FAN FARING WELL

    I bought a bare-rooted maiden apricot tree three years ago. When it arrived, it had very little fibrous root and I was quite concerned whether it would survive. I dug the ground over, to which I added compost, fish, blood and bone and mycorrhizal to both the planting hole and tree roots. Once the tree was planted and the ground had settled I relaid the surrounding turf.

    The tree is against a south-east facing garage wall (I don’t have any suitable south or

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