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Super low price Almond ‘Robijn’Prunus dulcisPrunus amygdalus, Almond Oil Plant, Sweet Almond

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Almond ‘Robijn’ is a wonderfully sweet flavoured almond, grown upon a highly ornamental tree that will produce feint pink coloured blooms in spring months. As ‘Robijn’ is grafted onto Peach ‘St Julian’, a semi-dwarfing rootstock, it is advised not to plant near peach trees to avoid hybridisation, which can result in bitter tasting almond nuts. It will grow to a medium size, spreading tree with impressive resistance to the common peach leaf curl. Although hardy, almond trees do need frost free winters and warm dry summers to produce nuts, in locations with generally tame or frost free winter seasons, nuts will be ready for harvest three years after planting from late August. Almond trees are self-fertile but for improved pollination, plant alongside another almond tree. Height and spread: 3.5m (11′).

Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.
Estimated time to best yields: 3 years.

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Growing Information

Although perfectly hardy, almond trees require a frost free winter and a warm dry summer in order to produce a crop. Grow almond trees in a sheltered, sunny position in any well drained, neutral soil. Prior to planting, incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the soil, and drive a stake into the planting hole to support the tree once it is planted. Plant almonds at the same soil level as they were growing at the nursery, and use a tree tie to fasten the tree to the stake.