I didn't prune the tree last year time just got away with me. This
year I will make sure that I do. Thanks to all that replied!
Douglas
Standard practice, if I remember correctly, is to thin in june AFTER
the natural drop occurs. There is usually some spontaneous fruit
drop in early to
I know this is OT and never had a apple tree before and now I do. It’s a Fuji
and last year we got maybe 4-5 apples off it. This year the thing is so loaded
down that the limbs are bending.
When and how much do I thin the fruit out?
Douglas
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Douglas wrote:
When and how much do I thin the fruit out?
I'd like to know too. My semi-dwarves were way overloaded last year.
I don't think another bumper crop of undersized apples this year would be a good
idea.
I'd assume the sooner the better with thinning.
Mitch.
Do you prune your apple trees in the fall?
This is the first and best way to protect against over-production of
undersized, unhappy fruit.
It's an important practice, not only to prevent over-production of
fruit, but to give the tree a good structure and keep the canopy open
enough that light
Standard practice, if I remember correctly, is to thin in june AFTER
the natural drop occurs. There is usually some spontaneous fruit
drop in early to mid June, and if that doesn't reduce the crop to
around one fruit per 4-6 of branch, you need to thin manually.
The fewer apples there
I neither spray pesticides nor use chemical fertilizers. Just a
shovel-full of compost now and then.
I do plant my apple trees as a guild with other friendly plants to help
meet the apple's needs, including perennial nitrogen fixers.
Insectaries like dill, fennel, yarrow, lovage attract
1. bloom
2. Blossom set
3. pea size
4. 3/8 to 3/4 dia
5 larger than 3/4 dia, By hand only
The first stages can be done with Sevin, or hormone or by hand. Do
not use Sevin during bloom, as you do not want to kill bees, and
honeybees in particular.
I know this is OT and never had a apple tree
Established apple trees seldom (Never) need fertilizer in the
midwest. Don't know about your area, but it sounds like you have
worked to establish a good system, so fertilizer is probably not
needed unless the leaves show a nutrient deficiency.
Fertilizer is probably the most overused,
True.
Over-fertilizing, particularly with chemical fertilizers, also creates
super-abundant nitrogen in the foliage which makes your plants much more
attractive to insect pests. Which then drives you to use the pesticides
in addition to the chemical fertilizers.
Or so I have read.
Lee
Prop the branches up.
Other than that, just make sure you use a good bug oil to reduce
infestation of fruit. If you want to cull, look for fruit that may
impinge on others or that is a tad too small or misformed
clay
Gump - She is green, simple and runs and runs
Cleo - Used by the Queen
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