Et fellesskap av mennesker i og utenfor Alrek Helseklynge, for å plante, ta vare på og plukke frukt fra fem plommetrær plantet i hage til Årstadveien 17. Studenter, ansatte, forskere, administrasjon, pasienter, kantineansatte og byggets naboer og besøkende, var invitert alle til å ta del i prosjektet.
May 2020 - September 2023.
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︎︎︎ Alrek Helseklynge
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Nettstedet er støttet av Bergen Kommune.
About the trees.
September 2020
Our five plums trees were planted in the garden of Alrek Helseklynge in September 2020. As they would be planted in to what was recently a building site, two meters squared of dirt was removed and replaced with food grade soil, containing compost, sand and loam as plum trees do best in well draining, well fertilised soil. Fruit trees are best planted as they enter their dormant period, so after the time in which they would bare fruit. This allows them to spend the dormant, winter period laying good roots into the soil before they have to focus on producing leaves and fruit from the spring onwards.
We have planted a selection of four different trees that will flower and produce fruit at slightly different times during the autumn meaning we get a longer season of fruit. The trees that were planted at Alrek are two years old, so when they go into the ground, we can expect the first fruit to come in the fall of 2022. All fruit trees are grown on a rootstocks, meaning that it a different species of tree from waist height and below. With our trees the stock of the tree is a St. Johns and the species of plum is grafted into the tree . Fruit trees are grown on rootstocks to control the size of the tree and to protect the tree from disease and damage. With their rootstock as St. John's, these plum trees will survive well in Bergen's wet climate.
The four different species of plum trees that we have at Alrek are two Opal, one Jubilee, one Reeves and one d’Oullin. I would like to say a special thank you to Spanne Plantesalg who offered great advice and help in selecting the trees.
We have planted a selection of four different trees that will flower and produce fruit at slightly different times during the autumn meaning we get a longer season of fruit. The trees that were planted at Alrek are two years old, so when they go into the ground, we can expect the first fruit to come in the fall of 2022. All fruit trees are grown on a rootstocks, meaning that it a different species of tree from waist height and below. With our trees the stock of the tree is a St. Johns and the species of plum is grafted into the tree . Fruit trees are grown on rootstocks to control the size of the tree and to protect the tree from disease and damage. With their rootstock as St. John's, these plum trees will survive well in Bergen's wet climate.
The four different species of plum trees that we have at Alrek are two Opal, one Jubilee, one Reeves and one d’Oullin. I would like to say a special thank you to Spanne Plantesalg who offered great advice and help in selecting the trees.
Opal plum trees
Blue-red, medium-sized with a very good taste.
Ripening at the end of August.
Self-pollinating.
Strong against diseases.
Blue-red, medium-sized with a very good taste.
Ripening at the end of August.
Self-pollinating.
Strong against diseases.
Jubilee plum trees
Red violet with small dots on a yellow base colour.
The fruit is very large, with good quality and even bearing.
Ripening at the end of September.
Red violet with small dots on a yellow base colour.
The fruit is very large, with good quality and even bearing.
Ripening at the end of September.
Reeves plum trees
Yellow base colour with a lot of red cover colour.
Large, round, juicy and good plum.
Ripening in the last half of September.
Pollenates with: Jubilee/Mallard/Opal/D'Oullins/Victoria.
Tie down the branches, it produces more fruit.
Yellow base colour with a lot of red cover colour.
Large, round, juicy and good plum.
Ripening in the last half of September.
Pollenates with: Jubilee/Mallard/Opal/D'Oullins/Victoria.
Tie down the branches, it produces more fruit.
d'Oullin's plum trees
Large, yellow plum with good taste.
Ripening beginning of September.
Self-pollinating.
Strong against diseases.
Large, yellow plum with good taste.
Ripening beginning of September.
Self-pollinating.
Strong against diseases.
