Apple Tree

I've been growing plants seriously for over fifteen years and Apple Tree remains a reliable favourite. For anyone starting out: the most critical thing is mulching around the base to retain moisture and suppress weeds. Everything else follows from that. fireblight bacterial disease affecting pears …

I don't have a garden so a fan-trained shape on a warm boundary fence is my only option for Apple Tree. It absolutely works — with the right attention to formative pruning in the first three years to build good structure you can get excellent results in containers. blossom spectacle in spring befor…

Apple Tree is clearly a great plant — I can see that from other people's results. Mine has been decent but not spectacular, and I think I know why. I underestimated the importance of thinning fruitlets in early summer to improve individual fruit size in the early stages and paid for it. late frost …

After growing Apple Tree for over a year here is what I'd tell a beginner. First: checking and adjusting tree ties and stakes annually is not optional — it's the foundation everything else depends on. Second: fireblight bacterial disease affecting pears and apples will happen and you should know ho…

Someone gave me Apple Tree as a birthday gift and I barely knew what it was. Two years later it's my most treasured plant and I've spent more time researching it than I'd care to admit. The key discovery was formative pruning in the first three years to build good structure — once that clicked, the…

I've been growing Apple Tree for a full year now and want to capture what each season offered. blossom opening in spring requiring frost protection was the clear high point — everything you're told about Apple Tree at that time of year is true. But the plant has something to offer in every season, w…

I started with one Apple Tree and now have four, all from propagation. The process is straightforward once you understand formative pruning in the first three years to build good structure — something I picked up from trial and error rather than any guide. I display them in a large half-barrel cont…

I'd had Apple Tree for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to formative pruning in the first three years to build good structure and the difference over the next two months was dramatic. long productive lifespan of decades with good ma…

Here are my notes from twelve months of growing Apple Tree: Spring: harvest from late summer through autumn depending on variety. This was the moment that confirmed the whole venture. I focused on thinning fruitlets in early summer to improve individual fruit size during this period which set up th…

I nearly gave up on Apple Tree after three months of mediocre results. Then I focused properly on formative pruning in the first three years to build good structure and within a few weeks the difference was dramatic. It now lives in a sheltered south or west-facing garden wall as an espalier and ha…