Questions tagged [apples]
Apples are widely cultivated edible fruits in the genus Malus. Use this tag for questions on both the fruit and the tree.
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Pruning an ignored 8 year old apple tree
I have bought a garden recently and It seems like these apple trees have never been pruned. I don't know If I should cut down main branches to make these apple trees something like open center or ...
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Should I plant anything under dwarfing apple trees grown in containers?
I have a couple of apple trees on very dwarfing (M27) rootstock, than I have planted into patio containers, approximately 50 litres each, with a top diameter around 50cm.
I am wondering whether I ...
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My poor sick apple tree - what’s the mould?
This apple tree has this growth on many of its branches (say, 30%). It also hardly produces any fruit. How can I make this tree healthier?
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Why aren't my year-old apple seedlings thriving?
I planted a variety of seeds from apples from a local orchard. They have been growing for almost a year. They are about 8" and have suffered aphids and a white powdery fungus. I have sprayed plants ...
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When should I prune espalier apple trees?
I have a row of 5 beautiful espalier apple trees (Jonagold, Granny Smith and Gravenstein) that are about 4 years old, and they put out huge amounts of growth over the summer. I've been pruning the ...
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How can I grow an apple plant from a pip?
I recently found a sprouted pip inside a Pink Lady apple. How can I grow a plant from it, preferably indoors? I live in a cool climate, in Scotland.
I would just like to grow the plant; I do not mind ...
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What kind of green apple is this, and is it safe to eat it?
Can anyone tell me what kind of apple tree this is and if it’s safe to eat the apples?
It’s a shame to see these go to waste but I’m afraid to eat them without knowing.
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Can root sprouts from a very old Baldwin apple be from a different rootstock?
We had a very old Baldwin apple tree (more than 100 years old) that finally fell down last year. It now seems to be developing sprouts from the roots. My question is: since this is a very old tree, ...
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Should I thin out apples or let the 'June Drop' take care of this?
June Drop is where apple trees (maybe others?) tend to fruit prolifically from every flower, then naturally thin out a lot as the fruit start to grow - typically around June.
I'm unsure if this means ...
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Identify caterpillar infestation on apple tree
tl;dr; Found caterpillar nests. Should I keep them or destroy them?
I spotted three caterpillar nests(?) on my apple tree. The apple tree produces green eating apples (don't know what variety). There ...
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Plucking fruit off young fruit trees?
I planted some apples and other fruit trees (plum, peaches, apricot, pears, cherries), and they are grafted on dwarf or semi-dwarf rootstock (or else are naturally semidwarf?).
I'm getting close to ...
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Is there a limit how many branches I can graft onto a mature apple tree?
I have 5 mature Bramley apple trees - I think at least 10-15 years old, I do not know the rootstock but they are easily 6m high so I assume something large; they are also in great soil and get a ...
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What are the brown spots on my apples? [closed]
For a while now my apple tree's fruit has been growing with brown spots all over them. The more they grow, the worse they look. I'm wondering if this is a pest problem. Does this sound familiar to ...
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How to prune this Apple tree
I'm not sure how this tree got here. I don't think it was planted so may be it's a result of an Apple core being thrown in the bushes but it's here, and the fruit is edible.
The trouble is that it's ...
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Apple plant abnormal leaves
I have a apple plant which is about 5months old(guessed). As you can see in the image below the new leaves are curling up. I don't know what causes this or how to treat for this. This has happened to ...
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English name of “Verde Doncella” (Spanish) apple cultivar
"Verde Doncella" is the Spanish name of an apple cultivar typical of Aragon. Does it have a different name in English?
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How to manage fruit-trees blooming for the second time in autumn?
A friend of mine has an apple tree and a walnut tree that have bloomed for the second time this year. The trees grow in a 6b hardiness zone in the Northern hemisphere where it is already autumn. Night ...
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What are the chances to get an edible apple from a tree grown from seed?
I am growing a few good apple trees in my roof garden, in pots. I love growing the trees, and of course love the fruit. Since I am in a warm climate, I grow appropriate apple cultivars which are ...
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What is causing a section of this ornamental apple tree to lose its leaves and grow moss?
Pictured above is an ornamental apple tree outside of my home in Portsmouth, NH. Over the course of the summer I noticed that a section of the tree was not leafing and was totally bare. I don’t ...
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What are these patches of fluffy white growth on this young apple tree?
Out of three young apple trees, one in particular has been suffering with pest problems, mainly aphids. I check it almost daily, and probably once a week on average I find aphids swarming a terminal ...
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Apple tree with brown leaves and black bark
I have an apple tree which is at least fifteen years old and produces fruit most years. This year it has developed brown leaves on the lower branches and brown/black places on the bark near the ground....
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One of my apple seedlings is wilting, how can I rescue it?
Okay, so once, I was eating an apple, and all the seeds inside it had sprouted. So naturally, I planted them in two pots, and they all have been just exploding with growth ever since.
However, today, ...
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Apple Tree Leaf Growth/Disease? Cedar-Apple Rust?
Can anyone help me identify what is wrong with this apple tree and how to cure it. Most of the leaves have these. Yellow/orange spots on top and growths on the bottom of the leaves under those spots. ...
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Baby apple tree under attack by…aphids? What to do?
I have a little backyard nursery which includes a few young grafted apple trees. Today I saw a bunch of ants gathering around the top of one of the baby apple trees, and green nodes seeming to pop out ...
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Is this an Apple tree in my new yard?
Is this an Apple tree in my new yard??
I would like to know what kind of tree this is.
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How to protect apple pears from getting lot of bugs?
Last year we had a decent produce of apple pears. But most of the fruits had at least one black spot on the surface. All of those fruits had some sort of bugs inside the fruit. The year before that ...
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Taking cuttings from apples
Does anyone have any direct experience of taking cutting from apples? I am aware that apples are usually grafted, however, I want to make comparisons between cultivars on their own roots and those on ...
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How do I stop woodpeckers from killing my beloved apple tree?
I have a really old Apple tree in the yard that seems to only produce every other year. (Anybody know what's up with that?)
The woodpeckers have done such a number on the trunk's bark, that it looks ...
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Fertilizing Over Mulch (Specifically Apple Trees)
I had a question and couldn't find the answer on here.
I have apple trees I've been struggling with for a few years now, between deer, caterpillars, and other things. I've got recommended fertilizer ...
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When should I plant an apple tree in the UK?
Can anyone tell me what the best time is to plant apple trees in the UK? These trees will be on a trellis and will be spread wide not high.
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Can I grow an apple tree by planting an apple from a nearby tree?
In our road we have a crab apple tree that has fruits but there have never been any small new trees rooting from the crab apples. Once, years ago, there were 3 crab apple trees within 100 yards but 2 ...
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Can apple scab be treated with comfrey or other biodynamic accumulators?
In this video from Advancing Eco Agriculture it is claimed that apple scab is totally arginine-dependent for energy, and historically sprays for apple scab suppressed arginine production. In some ...
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Need guidance on pruning multi-varietal apple tree
I am in zone 9b and have an apple tree (multi-varietal) that has been growing in all directions because of lack of proper pruning. I am interested in knowing when I can prune this tree in my zone and ...
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What's a good plan for fast and inexpensive apple tree propagation?
I'm looking for a fast way to propagate my M9 apple trees.
Could you tell my if my plan is feasible? Are there any improvements to it?
January 2016:
Buy a M9 apple rootstock
Cut all the branches off ...
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Could a wasp be hurting my apple tree?
First of all, my apple tree is young, just about two feet tall. More importantly my apple tree is on my porch in a pot, and it's been there for at least, say, a month or two. Also, on my porch ceiling ...
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Best Practices for fertilizing fruit trees
I have some fruit trees (apple, pear, orange, pomegranate, grapes) in my small backyard and have questions about taking good care of these fruit trees from a nutritional standpoint. I am wondering ...
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How to know my apple is ripe enough to collect it [duplicate]
I have planted an apple tree (Red devil) this year , and it have some fruits (10-15). When i check the internet it says its Harvest period is first half of sep. When i tried one which was almost red ...
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What apple tree is this?
I bought the house in January. There are two apple trees side by side. One is more of a crab apple tree with mall apples that turn red. But the other tree grows bigger yellow-ish apples. I've picked ...
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How can I prevent wasps from eating my apples?
Last year, as my apples were finally approaching ripeness, nearly all of them got eaten or burrowed into by wasps.
Is there anything I can do this year to prevent this from happening again?
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How do apple trees grow?
I have a young (3 year old) apple tree growing against a wall about 5 feet high. One branch is growing towards the wall and would be perfectly placed to go over the wall except it's about a foot too ...
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Fruit thinning - is that really required?
I have some multi-varietal fruit trees (primarily apples and pears) that are starting to fruit in bunches of 3-4 per cluster. I am debating whether I should thin these clusters to 1-2 fruits (breaks ...
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How do I treat a wound where a branch broke off my apple tree?
One of the secondary branches on my apple tree broke just where it joins the main branch:
The branch is now hanging by just a little strip of wood and bark:
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I ...
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What is the maximum yield of apple tree? [closed]
I am in the plan to plant and grow some apple trees in my land in kashmir. I want to know answers for the following questions.
How to plant it in proper manner?
what is the method of weeding it?
What ...
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Will branches on my damaged apple tree grow farther apart from each other as it gets taller?
I have an apple tree that is developing a lot of branches close together after it lost half its height due to a deer attack. As the tree grows taller again, will the new branches eventually grow with ...
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What is this Apple disease?
Close up of lesions
Close up stem side
I've had this Apple tree for a couple of decades which I had always assumed it was wild since it had always produced sour small apples.
For some years the ...
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Fertilizing multi-variety fruit trees
I have a few fruit trees (apple, pears, oranges, grapes) and need to fertilize them. What is the best way to fertilize them? I am planning to use a mix of chicken manure and horse manure. Do I need ...
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What is causing this damage on my apple tree?
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On inspecting all the other branches, I found one of the branches in the following state. It shows the bark beginning to fall off the tip, explaining how the other branches have developed.I cut ...
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Hugely different results storing apples from different trees?
So, I took a look at my apple store over this weekend. It being February, the apples have been in there a number of months.
In previous years I haven't had a massive amount of success storing apples ...
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How and when should I prune my 5 in one dwarf apple tree, including the suckers?
We have one of those 5 in one apple trees and actually got a couple of apples off of it last year. It seems like we have more trees growing off of it.
There are some branch like things sprouting ...
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What would make my apple seedling wilt and looks like it's dying?
I have a little apple sapling that I planted using a seed from an apple at the super market. I live in Auckland, New Zealand and my apple sapling is about 10 cm (4 in) tall. Recently it became very ...
